Patent ID: 8303720
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An unmanned apparatus for cleaning the floor of an animal accommodation, the apparatus being provided with an air-flow-generating device, which generates air-flow by blowing air, and a floor-cleaning device, and with a control system for controlling the operation of the apparatus, the apparatus being movable over the floor controlled by the control system and the apparatus performing a cleaning of the floor controlled by the control system; wherein the apparatus comprises a master unit and a mobile unit that is movable relative to the master unit, the floor-cleaning device and the air-flow-generating device being disposed on the mobile unit that is movable relative to the remaining part of the apparatus; and wherein the control system is programmed in such a way that the control system activates the air-flow-generating device when the mobile unit moves away from the master unit and deactivates the air-flow-generating device when the mobile unit moves towards the master unit, and, after activation of the air-flow-generating device, activates the floor-cleaning device when the mobile unit moves towards the master unit and deactivates the floor-cleaning device when the mobile unit has reached the master unit.