System for cleaning a ship side

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(11)

EP 1 238 905 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	05.11.2003 Bulletin 2003/45

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	11.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/37

(21)	Application number: 02075763.9

(22)	Date of filing: 26.02.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B63B 59/06 // B08B3/02

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

05.03.2001 NL 1017498

(71)	Applicant: Boat Drydock Systems
	7764 AN Zandpol (NL)

(72)	Inventor:
	Borsboom, Dirk 7764 AN Zandpol (NL)

(54)	System for cleaning a ship side

(57) The invention relates to a pump unit (1) and a cleaning head (2) connected to the pump unit (1), for cleaning a ship side (4) of a ship which is placed on a wharf or in a dry-dock (5). During cleaning, the cleaning head (2) is manually moved back and forth along the ship side (4), while the pump unit (1) supplies the cleaning head (2) with a cleaning liquid under high pressure and at the same time drains away cleaning liquid with fouling, removed from the ship side.

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