Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dry brush assembly and method of operating dry brush assembly for cleaning solar panel modules
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Application No.: US14800170Application Date: 2015-07-15
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Publication No.: US10130165B2Publication Date: 2018-11-20
- Inventor: Eddie Bugg
- Applicant: First Solar, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OH Perrysburg
- Assignee: FIRST SOLAR, INC.
- Current Assignee: FIRST SOLAR, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Perrysburg
- Agency: Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
- Agent Michael E. Dockins
- Main IPC: A46B13/00
- IPC: A46B13/00 ; A46B13/08 ; F24J2/46 ; H02S40/10 ; B08B1/00

Abstract:
A solar panel cleaning brush assembly including a trolley frame having parallel first and second side frame members. A first guide member is connected to the first side frame member. A second guide member is connected to the second side frame member. A first belt rotatably disposed about a perimeter of the first guide member directly contacts a first array edge of a solar panel array. A second belt rotatably disposed about a perimeter of the second guide member directly contacts a second array edge of the solar panel array. At least one brush set is connected to the trolley frame, the at least one brush set having multiple fixed, non-rotating brushes each frictionally contacting and spanning across a module face of individual ones of multiple solar panel modules defining a solar panel array.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160015164A1 DRY BRUSH ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATING DRY BRUSH ASSEMBLY FOR CLEANING SOLAR PANEL MODULES Public/Granted day:2016-01-21
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