US 12,434,272 B2
Ejection device and method for removing foreign matter
Tetsuhiro Takenaka, Miyoshi (JP); Keisuke Fukushima, Nagoya (JP); and Masashi Katsura, Kasugai (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/150,376.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-013028 (JP), filed on Jan. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0294137 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B08B 1/16 (2024.01); F16C 33/66 (2006.01)
CPC B08B 1/165 (2024.01) [F16C 33/6622 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ejection device, comprising an insertion portion that is held by an operator and inserted toward a relevant portion in a narrow space, wherein the insertion portion includes an ejection unit including a fluidic substance ejection port in a distal end portion of the ejection unit, and a foreign matter removing surface configured to remove foreign matter adhering to the relevant portion by scraping the foreign matter off the relevant portion is located on the distal end portion of the ejection unit, and
wherein the insertion portion further includes an imaging device configured to capture an image including the distal end portion of the ejection unit, the foreign matter removing surface, and surroundings of the distal end portion and the foreign matter removing surface.