UNMANNED CLEANING VEHICLE

• Main Authors: WEIJERS, JACOB DERK, PASTOOR, JAN LAMBERTUS, VAN DEN BERG, KAREL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 27.03.2014
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRAPPING

The invention relates to an unmanned wheeled vehicle for cleaning the floor of an accommodation of an animal, the vehicle being configured to clean a first floor surface at a first height level, while at least partially being supported on a second floor surface at a second height level, wherein the first height level is higher than the second height level, wherein the vehicle comprises a main body comprising a support side and a cleaning side, and a support device connected to the main body at the support side thereof to at least partially support the main body on the second floor surface, wherein the main body comprises at the cleaning side a contact cleaning device configured to clean the first floor surface by contact with the first floor surface, wherein the vehicle comprises a tilting device to tilt the main body between a tilted position in which the cleaning side of the main body can be moved over the first floor surface without contact between the contact cleaning device and the first floor surface, and a cleaning position, in which the contact cleaning device is in contact with the first floor surface, when the cleaning side is moved over the first floor surface.