Patent ID: 8567004
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: A47L,E01H

Abstract:
1. A pickup head for removing a liquid disposed on a solid surface comprising: at least an input port for receiving an airflow; a blower opening for providing the airflow to the solid surface; a blower deflector for directing the airflow through the blower opening at an acute angle to the solid surface, wherein the blower deflector is shaped such that the airflow is impacting on the solid surface at a predetermined angle for atomizing a first portion of the liquid and rendering it airborne; a suction opening for receiving the airflow and an airborne portion of the liquid; at least an output port for being connected to a suction device providing suction and for providing the received airflow with the airborne portion of the liquid there through; and, a divider disposed between the blower opening and the suction opening, wherein a bottom end of the divider is placed at a predetermined distance to the solid surface such that the airflow between the bottom end of the divider and the solid surface has a velocity that is sufficient for removing a second portion of the of the de-icing liquid through shearing action and rendering it airborne, and wherein a bottom portion of a blower side of the divider and the blower deflector are shaped such that the bottom portion of the blower side of the divider, the blower deflector, and the solid surface form a nozzle.