公开(公告)号：US20210237127A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-05

申请号：US17235354

申请日：2021-04-20

Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.

Inventor： Brian Merritt ,  Brett Stripe ,  Charles Bryan Shiflet ,  Robert C. Beesley ,  J. Mark Nunn

IPC: B08B5/02

Abstract: An apparatus for self-cleaning of a component in a machine, which includes at least one air nozzle disposed in air discharge communication with a surface of the component to be cleaned, such as a sensor surface or a gripper surface. The air nozzle is in air flow communication with air exhaust from an air cylinder of the component or a second component of the machine. Related, corresponding, or associated methods for self-cleaning the component in a machine are also disclosed.