EP 0750083 B1 20000510 - Driving vehicle, specially cleaning robot, in particular for swimming pools with means for automatically changing the driving direction in front of an obstacle
Title (en)
Driving vehicle, specially cleaning robot, in particular for swimming pools with means for automatically changing the driving direction in front of an obstacle
Title (de)
Fahrzeug, insbesondere Reinigungsroboter für Schwimmbäder mit automatischer Fahrtrichtungsänderung vor einem Hindernis
Title (fr)
Véhicule roulant, notamment robot de nettoyage en particulier de piscine, à changement automatique de direction de déplacement devant un obstacle
Publication
Application
Priority
FR 9507297 A 19950619
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0750083A1] The robot has two independent rear driving wheels (1). It has two obstacle detection arms (2) located on each of its front sides. Each driving wheel is driven from a drive shaft (8) through a rotation inverter. A connector (7) is interposed between each detector and the wheel drive. The obstacle detectors and the connector are arranged so that, when the vehicle encounters an obstacle, the detector activated by the obstacle activates the inverter so as to change rotation of the drive wheel from forwards to rearwards. Each obstacle detector arm is in the shape of a moustache. It has an active edge (3) projecting frontwards and extending over the vehicle half-width and the corresponding corner of the vehicle is opposite the drive wheel to which the arm is functionally associated. The arm opposite end (6) is located near the drive wheel which it controls and is supported to rotate freely on a vertical rotational axis (5).
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
E04H 4/16 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
E04H 4/1654 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE DE ES FR IT NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0750083 A1 19961227; EP 0750083 B1 20000510; AT E192821 T1 20000515; AU 5604796 A 19970109; AU 704603 B2 19990429; CA 2179482 A1 19961220; DE 69608168 D1 20000615; DE 69608168 T2 20010111; ES 2146366 T3 20000801; FR 2735437 A1 19961220; FR 2735437 B1 19970814; US 5771987 A 19980630; ZA 965184 B 19970123
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 96401298 A 19960614; AT 96401298 T 19960614; AU 5604796 A 19960618; CA 2179482 A 19960619; DE 69608168 T 19960614; ES 96401298 T 19960614; FR 9507297 A 19950619; US 66482896 A 19960617; ZA 965184 A 19960703