US 12,377,449 B2
Cleaning in place robotic nozzle system
Kåre Knudsen, Humble (DK)
Assigned to CIP-ROBOTICS, Humble (DK)
Appl. No. 17/767,581
Filed by CIP-ROBOTICS, Humble (DK)
PCT Filed Oct. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/078316
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/069610, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19202265 (EP), filed on Oct. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0278080 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B08B 9/093 (2006.01); B05B 3/02 (2006.01); B05B 15/74 (2018.01); B05B 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC B08B 9/0936 (2013.01) [B05B 3/028 (2013.01); B05B 15/74 (2018.02); B05B 13/0636 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robotic cleaning in place nozzle system for cleaning surfaces of complex shape, comprising:
a first body part comprising a dry section and a fluid section,
a second body part coaxially arranged in the first body part,
a nozzle part having a nozzle axis where the nozzle part is arranged in the second body part,
a fluid inlet arranged in the first or the second body part,
a fluid outlet arranged in the nozzle part, and
a controller configured to control rotational movement of the nozzle part, and/or the second body part relative to the first body part,
wherein, in a closed position, the controller is configured to retract the second body part into the first body part and to fully retract the nozzle part into the second body part, and, in an open position, the controller is configured to extend the second body part out of the first body part and to project the nozzle part out of the second body part.