CLEANING ROBOT AND UNDERWATER SEDIMENT CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHOD

Title:

CLEANING ROBOT AND UNDERWATER SEDIMENT CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHOD

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/023676

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A cleaning robot capable of cleaning a water tank in an unmanned manner and an underwater sediment cleaning apparatus and method are provided. The cleaning robot includes a body put into a water tank, a driver supporting the body and moving the body, a suction part arranged in front of the body and sucking contaminated water containing sediment in the water tank, and a tilting part supported by the body to support the suction part and rotating the suction part on an axis corresponding to the direction across the moving direction of the body.

Inventors:

HONG YOUNG JIN (KR)
LEE MUN JIK (KR)
LEE JUNG WOO (KR)
KIM JONG GEOL (KR)
SUH JIN HO (KR)

Application Number:

PCT/KR2011/000598

Publication Date:

February 23, 2012

Filing Date:

January 28, 2011

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

POHANG INST OF INTELLIGENT ROBOTICS (KR)
HONG YOUNG JIN (KR)
LEE MUN JIK (KR)
LEE JUNG WOO (KR)
KIM JONG GEOL (KR)
SUH JIN HO (KR)

International Classes:

B08B9/087; B25J5/00; E04H4/16

Foreign References:

JPH06285448A	1994-10-11
US20040021439A1	2004-02-05
JPH0681677U	1994-11-22
JP2001029910A	2001-02-06
JP2002312035A	2002-10-25
JP2004243202A	2004-09-02

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