GB2615503A - Cleaning device - Google Patents

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GB2615503A
GB2615503A GB2307793.6A GB202307793A GB2615503A GB 2615503 A GB2615503 A GB 2615503A GB 202307793 A GB202307793 A GB 202307793A GB 2615503 A GB2615503 A GB 2615503A
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cleaning device
track
cleaning
belt assembly
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Einar Jakobsen Hans
Lillebo Håvard
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Watbots AS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B1/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
    • B08B1/30—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools by movement of cleaning members over a surface
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K61/00—Culture of aquatic animals
    • A01K61/60—Floating cultivation devices, e.g. rafts or floating fish-farms
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K63/00—Receptacles for live fish, e.g. aquaria; Terraria
    • A01K63/10—Cleaning bottoms or walls of ponds or receptacles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K75/00—Accessories for fishing nets; Details of fishing nets, e.g. structure
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B1/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B1/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
    • B08B1/10—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools characterised by the type of cleaning tool
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B1/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
    • B08B1/10—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools characterised by the type of cleaning tool
    • B08B1/12—Brushes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B1/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
    • B08B1/30—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools by movement of cleaning members over a surface
    • B08B1/32—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools by movement of cleaning members over a surface using rotary cleaning members
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B1/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
    • B08B1/30—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools by movement of cleaning members over a surface
    • B08B1/32—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools by movement of cleaning members over a surface using rotary cleaning members
    • B08B1/34—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools by movement of cleaning members over a surface using rotary cleaning members rotating about an axis parallel to the surface
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A40/00—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production
    • Y02A40/80—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production in fisheries management
    • Y02A40/81—Aquaculture, e.g. of fish

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  • Environmental Sciences (AREA)
  • Marine Sciences & Fisheries (AREA)
  • Animal Husbandry (AREA)
  • Biodiversity & Conservation Biology (AREA)
  • Zoology (AREA)
  • Cleaning In General (AREA)
  • Belt Conveyors (AREA)
  • Cleaning By Liquid Or Steam (AREA)
  • Sewage (AREA)
  • Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)

Abstract

The disclosure describes a cleaning device for cleaning a submerged net. The cleaning device comprises a first cleaning unit for being positioned on a first side of the net, and a second cleaning unit for being positioned on a second side of the net opposite to the first cleaning unit. The first cleaning unit comprises cleaning means for cleaning the net and two parallelly oriented belt assemblies, while the second cleaning unit comprises two parallelly oriented belt assemblies. The belt assemblies facilitate for the cleaning device to adhere to and to move cross a net to be cleaned. Each belt assembly of the cleaning device comprises a track, a rear road wheel, a middle road wheel and a front road wheel, where each road wheel is provided with a suspension, and where each track is provided with magnets for generating an attractive force between the belt assemblies of the first cleaning unit and the belt assemblies of the second cleaning unit such that the cleaning device adhere to the net.

Claims (14)

Claims:
1. A cleaning device (100) for cleaning a submerged net (120), the cleaning device (100) comprising a first cleaning unit (110) for being positioned on a first side of the net (120), the first cleaning unit (110) comprising cleaning means (140) for cleaning the net (120) and two parallelly oriented belt assemblies (150), and a second cleaning unit (120) for being positioned on a second side of the net (120) opposite to the first cleaning unit (110), the second cleaning unit (120) comprising two parallelly oriented belt assemblies (150), where each belt assembly (150) comprises a track (160), a rear road wheel (170), a middle road wheel (180) and a front road wheel (190), where each road wheel is provided with a suspension (200), and where each track (160) is provided with magnets (210) for generating an attractive force between the belt assemblies (150) of the first cleaning unit (110) and the belt assemblies (150) of the second cleaning unit (120) such that the cleaning device (100) adhere to the net (120).
2. The cleaning device (100) according to claim 1, where each belt assembly (150) further comprises a damper wheel (220), and where each damper wheel (220) is provided with a suspension (200) for shifting the position of said damper wheel (220) in order to compensate for a shift in position of a road wheel.
3. The cleaning device (100) according to claim 1 or 2, where the track (160) of each belt assembly (150) forms a leading edge (240) and/or trailing edge (250) that forms a non-zero angle with a driving direction (230) of said belt assembly (150).
4. The cleaning device (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, where the road wheels of each individual belt assembly (150) are separated by a distance of at least 3 centimetres.
5. The cleaning device (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, where the track (160) of each belt assembly (150) is provided with a plurality of studs (270) evenly positioned along the longitudinal direction of the track (160), and where the wheels of each belt assembly (150) are provided with corresponding recesses (280) for receiving the studs (270) of the track (160).
6. The cleaning device (100) according to claim 5, where each stud comprises a magnet.
7. The cleaning device (100) according to claim 6, where the track (160) of each belt assembly (150) is provided with an even number of studs and where the polarity of the magnet of any two adjacent studs are opposite to each other.
8. The cleaning device (100) according to any one of the claims 5 - 7, where the track (160) of each belt assembly (150) comprises a plurality of rigid track elements (290) connected together by flexible joints (300), and where each stud is provided on a rigid track element (290) at a non-zero distance from any of the flexible joints (300).
9. The cleaning device (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, where the track (160) of each belt assembly (150) is made at least in part from rubber, plastic or silicone.
10. The cleaning device (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, where the track (160) of each belt assembly (150) is provided with friction studs (310) on the side of the track (160) facing away from the road wheels, where each friction stud (310) protrudes up to 1 mm from the track (160)
11. The cleaning device (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, where each belt assembly (150) further comprises any number of drive wheels (320), damping wheels (220), road wheels, idlers (330) and/or tightener wheels (340).
12. The cleaning device (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, where each wheel of each belt assembly (150) has a diameter in the range of 60 mm to 120 mm.
13. The cleaning device (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, where the extension of the cleaning device (100) is less than 150 cm.
14. Use of the cleaning device (100) according to any one of the claims 1 - 13 for cleaning a net (120) or a sheet of a fish pen.
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NO20201292A NO345993B1 (en) 2020-11-25 2020-11-25 A cleaning device for cleaning a submerged net
PCT/NO2021/050242 WO2022114962A1 (en) 2020-11-25 2021-11-18 Cleaning device

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JPH099818A (en) * 1995-06-28 1997-01-14 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd Closely contacting self-propelled cleaning apparatus for fishing net
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NO20172022A1 (en) * 2017-12-21 2019-05-27 Narvik Maritime Service As Method and device for cleaning a net in a fish farm

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JPH01281024A (en) * 1988-05-09 1989-11-13 Bridgestone Corp Removing device of underwater attached material
JPH099818A (en) * 1995-06-28 1997-01-14 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd Closely contacting self-propelled cleaning apparatus for fishing net
WO2018080315A1 (en) * 2016-10-28 2018-05-03 HAUKÅS, John Kristian Assembly for carrying out an operation on a net
NO20172022A1 (en) * 2017-12-21 2019-05-27 Narvik Maritime Service As Method and device for cleaning a net in a fish farm

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