GB2470830B - Apparatus and method for moving across a ferromagnetic surface - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for moving across a ferromagnetic surface

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GB2470830B
GB2470830B GB1009155.1A GB201009155A GB2470830B GB 2470830 B GB2470830 B GB 2470830B GB 201009155 A GB201009155 A GB 201009155A GB 2470830 B GB2470830 B GB 2470830B
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ferromagnetic surface
ferromagnetic
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Mehmet Ali Erbil
Siddharth Odedra
Stephen Dominic Prior
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MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION CORP
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GB1009155.1A 2009-06-01 2010-06-01 Apparatus and method for moving across a ferromagnetic surface Active GB2470830B (en)

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GBGB0909358.4A GB0909358D0 (en) 2009-06-01 2009-06-01 PC101 - a portable, lightweight and compact surveillance tool for climbing vertical metalic street furniture

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US2030840A (en) * 1934-08-01 1936-02-18 W M Blain Smokestack painter
GB2203108A (en) * 1987-04-07 1988-10-12 Babcock Energy Ltd Endless track vehicle for verticle and like surfaces
DE19643138A1 (en) * 1996-10-18 1998-04-23 Sadikovic Sasenko Magnet endless track machine for paint or polish application
JP2000168305A (en) * 1998-12-07 2000-06-20 Shuji Akiyama Magnetic attraction type wheel
EP1650116A1 (en) * 2004-10-22 2006-04-26 Sin Andamios Almansa, Sl Tracked type robot with magnetic soles
CN2780580Y (en) * 2005-04-29 2006-05-17 胡广怀 Magnetic wheel engineering vehicle

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2030840A (en) * 1934-08-01 1936-02-18 W M Blain Smokestack painter
GB2203108A (en) * 1987-04-07 1988-10-12 Babcock Energy Ltd Endless track vehicle for verticle and like surfaces
DE19643138A1 (en) * 1996-10-18 1998-04-23 Sadikovic Sasenko Magnet endless track machine for paint or polish application
JP2000168305A (en) * 1998-12-07 2000-06-20 Shuji Akiyama Magnetic attraction type wheel
EP1650116A1 (en) * 2004-10-22 2006-04-26 Sin Andamios Almansa, Sl Tracked type robot with magnetic soles
CN2780580Y (en) * 2005-04-29 2006-05-17 胡广怀 Magnetic wheel engineering vehicle

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