Type
PatentPatent Status
Granted PatentAuthors
Eitelhuber, GeorgDate
2014-07-16Submitted Date
2012-08-06Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/630359
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Embodiments of solar panel cleaning apparatuses, solar panel cleaning systems, and solar panel cleaning methods are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the disclosed solar panel cleaning apparatuses, systems and methods do may not require any water or other cleaning liquids in the whole cleaning process, which makes them prominent well suited in for water-deficit environments such as deserts. In one embodiment, the solar panel cleaning apparatus comprises one or more rotatable brushes each having a rotational axis and a drive configured to move each of the one or more rotatable brushes in a direction that is not perpendicular to the rotational axis. The solar panel cleaning apparatus is may be configured such that the angle of the rotational axis of at least one of the one or more rotatable brushes is adjustable relative to the direction of travel.Patent Number
US9355873B2EP2740150B1
CN103930983B
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US20130037051A1EP2740150A2
KR20140081787A
CN103930983A
CA2844535A1
WO2013017960A2
WO2013017960A3