Patent ID: 9061326
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B08B,B24C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A tool for cleaning an interior of a freight container of ISO type having an access opening for receiving goods, the tool comprising: a framework; a robot movably connected to the framework and provided with a nozzle for supplying a cleaning medium; and an actuating unit arranged to move the robot between the framework and the interior of the container, wherein: the tool is a portable unit; the tool has a size and design that allows a truck adapted for gripping and carrying freight containers of ISO type to grip and carry the tool in order to move the tool to and from the container to be cleaned; said cleaning medium is dry ice; and the robot and the nozzle are adapted to clean the interior of the container by means of dry ice blasting, and wherein the framework comprises a housing enclosing the robot and the actuating unit, the housing having an opening for receiving the robot and the actuating unit is arranged to move the robot between an interior of the housing and the interior of the container when the opening of the housing is facing the opening of the container and wherein the housing further includes a ventilation duct for transporting waste products originating from the dry ice cleaning from the container to the tool, the ventilation duct having an inlet arranged in the opening of the housing.