EP3742896A4 - CLEANING DEVICE FOR SUBMERSIBLE SURFACE - Google Patents

CLEANING DEVICE FOR SUBMERSIBLE SURFACE Download PDF

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Publication number: EP3742896A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: cleaning device; submersible surface; submersible; cleaning
Prior art date: 2018-01-25
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

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EP19743883.1A

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German (de)

French (fr)

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EP3742896A1 (en

Inventor

Anders Molaug

Ole Molaug

Harald AAMODT

Knut MOLAUG

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Aqua Robotics AS

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Aqua Robotics AS

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2018-01-25

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2019-01-22

Publication date

2021-10-13

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2019-01-22 Application filed by Aqua Robotics AS filed Critical Aqua Robotics AS

2019-01-22 Priority to EP22171418.1A priority Critical patent/EP4085764B1/en

2020-12-02 Publication of EP3742896A1 publication Critical patent/EP3742896A1/en

2021-10-13 Publication of EP3742896A4 publication Critical patent/EP3742896A4/en

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- 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
- A46—BRUSHWARE
- A46B—BRUSHES
- A46B13/00—Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers
- A46B13/001—Cylindrical or annular brush bodies
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A46—BRUSHWARE
- A46B—BRUSHES
- A46B13/00—Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers
- A46B13/02—Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers power-driven carriers
- 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
- 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
- B08B1/10—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools characterised by the type of cleaning tool
- B08B1/16—Rigid blades, e.g. scrapers; Flexible blades, e.g. wipers
- B08B1/165—Scrapers
- 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
- 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
- B08B1/36—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools by movement of cleaning members over a surface using rotary cleaning members rotating about an axis orthogonal to the surface
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
- B63B59/00—Hull protection specially adapted for vessels; Cleaning devices specially adapted for vessels
- B63B59/06—Cleaning devices for hulls
- B63B59/08—Cleaning devices for hulls of underwater surfaces while afloat
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
- B63B59/00—Hull protection specially adapted for vessels; Cleaning devices specially adapted for vessels
- B63B59/06—Cleaning devices for hulls
- B63B59/10—Cleaning devices for hulls using trolleys or the like driven along the surface
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
- B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
- B63B59/00—Hull protection specially adapted for vessels; Cleaning devices specially adapted for vessels
- B63B59/06—Cleaning devices for hulls
- B63B59/08—Cleaning devices for hulls of underwater surfaces while afloat
- B63B2059/087—Cleaning devices for hulls of underwater surfaces while afloat the devices being adapted for being pulled across, or along the underwater surface to be cleaned, e.g. by ropes
- 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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Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
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Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Animal Husbandry (AREA)
Marine Sciences & Fisheries (AREA)
Biodiversity & Conservation Biology (AREA)
Cleaning In General (AREA)
Brushes (AREA)
Crystals, And After-Treatments Of Crystals (AREA)
Mechanical Treatment Of Semiconductor (AREA)
Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)
Current-Collector Devices For Electrically Propelled Vehicles (AREA)

EP19743883.1A 2018-01-25 2019-01-22 CLEANING DEVICE FOR SUBMERSIBLE SURFACE Withdrawn EP3742896A4 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
EP22171418.1A EP4085764B1 (en)	2018-01-25	2019-01-22	Rotatable brush for cleaning a submerged net

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
NO20180118A NO343977B1 (en)	2018-01-25	2018-01-25	Diving surface cleaner
NO20181124A NO344164B1 (en)	2018-01-25	2018-08-28	Rotatable brush for a submersible cleaner
PCT/NO2019/050012 WO2019147137A1 (en)	2018-01-25	2019-01-22	Cleaning device for a submerged surface

Related Child Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP22171418.1A Division EP4085764B1 (en)	2018-01-25	2019-01-22	Rotatable brush for cleaning a submerged net

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP3742896A1 EP3742896A1 (en)	2020-12-02
EP3742896A4 true EP3742896A4 (en)	2021-10-13

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Family Applications (2)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP19743883.1A Withdrawn EP3742896A4 (en)	2018-01-25	2019-01-22	CLEANING DEVICE FOR SUBMERSIBLE SURFACE
EP22171418.1A Active EP4085764B1 (en)	2018-01-25	2019-01-22	Rotatable brush for cleaning a submerged net

Family Applications After (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP22171418.1A Active EP4085764B1 (en)	2018-01-25	2019-01-22	Rotatable brush for cleaning a submerged net

Country Status (10)

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EP (2)	EP3742896A4 (en)
KR (2)	KR20230092027A (en)
CN (1)	CN111787790A (en)
AU (1)	AU2019211023B2 (en)
CA (2)	CA3089570A1 (en)
CL (1)	CL2020001953A1 (en)
DK (2)	DK202070491A1 (en)
ES (1)	ES3011083T3 (en)
NO (2)	NO343977B1 (en)
WO (1)	WO2019147137A1 (en)

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DK202270218A1 (en)	2022-05-11
WO2019147137A1 (en)	2019-08-01
NO344164B1 (en)	2019-09-23
CL2020001953A1 (en)	2020-12-18
KR20200111229A (en)	2020-09-28
DK181512B1 (en)	2024-03-20
AU2019211023A1 (en)	2020-09-03
DK202270218A8 (en)	2022-05-25
ES3011083T3 (en)	2025-04-07
KR20230092027A (en)	2023-06-23
EP4085764A1 (en)	2022-11-09
CA3089570A1 (en)	2019-08-01
NO343977B1 (en)	2019-08-05
EP4085764B1 (en)	2024-11-06
EP3742896A1 (en)	2020-12-02
AU2019211023B2 (en)	2021-12-02
CA3204519A1 (en)	2019-08-01
DK202070491A1 (en)	2020-08-04
CN111787790A (en)	2020-10-16
NO20181124A1 (en)	2019-07-26

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