US 12,173,461 B2
Automated road sweeper and road cleaning method using said road sweeper
Fabrizio Tagliaferri, Trecasali (IT)
Assigned to DULEVO INTERNATIONAL S.P.A., Fontanellato (IT)
Appl. No. 17/424,644
Filed by DULEVO INTERNATIONAL S.P.A., Fontanellato (IT)
PCT Filed Dec. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/060720
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/152526, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000001111 (IT), filed on Jan. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0120047 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. E01H 1/04 (2006.01); A46B 13/00 (2006.01); A46B 13/02 (2006.01); A46B 15/00 (2006.01); E01H 1/05 (2006.01); E01H 1/08 (2006.01); G06V 10/75 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); E01H 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC E01H 1/04 (2013.01) [A46B 13/008 (2013.01); A46B 13/02 (2013.01); A46B 15/0004 (2013.01); E01H 1/053 (2013.01); G06V 10/751 (2022.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); A46B 2200/3066 (2013.01); E01H 1/0854 (2013.01); E01H 1/101 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated road sweeper comprising:
means of transport suitable to allow said sweeper to travel on a road surface including debris,
a plurality of cleaning members arranged at fixed points located in different portions of said sweeper and each said cleaning member suitable for cleaning within a predetermined cleaning area, and
selection means operatively connected to said cleaning members, suitable for scanning said road surface and locating said debris so as to select and exclusively operate said cleaning members, the predetermined cleaning area of which covers said debris during the movement of said sweeper.