Unmanned aerial vehicle pod apparatus for removing covering and icicles from building or device

By using a drone pod to spray high-speed airflow or liquid and cutting abrasive, the problem of removing icicles, snow cover, and easily falling objects from buildings or equipment has been solved, achieving a safe and efficient removal effect.

WO2026016093A1PCT designated stage Publication Date: 2026-01-22ZHANG XIANG
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Application Number
PCT/CN2024/105998
Authority / Receiving Office
WO · WO
Patent Type
Applications
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-07-17
Publication Date
2026-01-22

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Technical Problem

Existing technologies are insufficient for efficiently removing icicles, snow cover, and other loose objects from buildings or equipment, and pose safety hazards.

Method used

Using a drone pod device, high-speed airflow or liquid flow and cutting abrasive are used to remove icicles, snow cover and easily falling objects. High-temperature or room-temperature airflow or liquid flow is used to melt snow and ice by spraying abrasive jet pipe.

Benefits of technology

It enables the safe and efficient removal of icicles, snow cover, and other loose objects from buildings or equipment, preventing personal injury and damage to property.

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Abstract

An apparatus for removing a covering and icicles from a building and device is provided, and an unmanned aerial vehicle pod (4) is used in the apparatus. The apparatus belongs to the field of municipal engineering, and is a device for clearing a covering in a cold or dusty area. The apparatus comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle pod (4) and abrasive-spraying tubes (2, 3). The abrasive-spraying tubes (2, 3) of the unmanned aerial vehicle pod for removing a covering and icicles from a building and device spray high-speed airflows and cut abrasives or separate high-speed, high-temperature airflows. The abrasive-spraying tubes (2, 3) can be symmetrically mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle pod (4) either transversely or longitudinally to reduce displacement as much as possible. A device such as a camera (6) can also be mounted and arranged on the pod (4).
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Description

A drone pod device for removing icicles from building or equipment coverings.

[0001] manual Technical Field

[0002] This invention uses a municipal drone pod, which falls under the field of municipal engineering. Background Technology

[0003] Drones have numerous applications in low-altitude flight. This invention utilizes a pod mechanism mounted on the drone to remove icicles, snow cover, sand, and loose snow. The pod mechanism can also spray high-speed, high-temperature airflow or liquid to remove snow cover and loose snow. The abrasive injection pipes are installed horizontally or vertically in a counter-spray configuration. This counter-spraying installation prevents the drone pod from shifting arbitrarily.

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] The purpose of this invention is to eliminate the problems of icicles, snow cover, falling objects, dust and snow on building eaves and equipment.

[0006] Technical solution of the present invention

[0007] This invention utilizes a drone pod device for removing building and equipment coverings, loose debris, and icicles. Its key feature is the ability to spray high-speed airflow or liquid streams and cutting abrasives to remove these materials. The drone pod can also remove snow or loose snow from equipment or buildings and melt accumulated snow and ice by spraying high-speed, ambient-temperature or hot airflow / liquid streams through an abrasive jet nozzle.

[0008] Beneficial effects of the present invention

[0009] This invention utilizes the abrasive jetting pipe of a drone pod to spray a high-speed and high-temperature abrasive airflow to remove sand, dust, loose objects, snow, icicles, etc. from equipment or buildings.

[0010] The attached figure is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present invention.

[0011] In the diagram: 1. Propeller; 2. Vertical abrasive jet nozzle; 3. Horizontal abrasive jet nozzle; 4. UAV pod; 5. Control panel; 6. Monitoring camera; 7. Pod displacement adjustment nozzle; 8. UAV; 9. Abrasive filling port; 10. Air jet nozzle assembly; 11. Wireless module; 12. Battery; 13. Pod jet controller; 14. Wireless module; 15. Cutting abrasive feed bin; 16. High-pressure fluid generator; 17. Heating module. Specific implementation examples:

[0012] This invention utilizes a drone pod to spray a gas jet or liquid jet carrying abrasive material to remove icicles, snow, and other easily falling debris. Barriers must be erected around buildings to prevent injury from falling icicles and ice. Liquid jetting of icicles and ice caps is prohibited in high-altitude areas where control is difficult. The pod's spray controller is electrically connected to a monitoring camera and communicates with a wireless module, which in turn connects to a computer or other smart terminal device. Operators control the abrasive spray nozzle and other operations remotely via a remote control and computer. The pod's spray controller is also electrically connected to the pod's displacement adjustment nozzle and air jet assembly. These components can be activated to promptly adjust the pod's displacement when it yaws.

Claims

1. A drone pod device for removing ice slurry from building and equipment coverings, comprising a drone pod (4) containing a pod spray controller (13), a monitoring camera (6) and an abrasive spray pipe (2, 3) and the like, characterized in that: The abrasive blasting pipe (2, 3) of the unmanned aerial vehicle pod for removing ice and snow from the covering of buildings and equipment sprays high-speed airflow and cutting abrasive or high-speed high-temperature airflow alone, wherein the cutting abrasive is garnet, quartz sand, silicon carbide, iron sand, ceramic sand, copper sand, river sand, sea sand, ice particles, chlorides, brown corundum, white corundum, glass sand, silicon carbide, stone particles, potassium acetate, non-Newtonian fluid droplets, nylon sand, kelp sand, and rubber sand.

2. The unmanned aerial vehicle pod according to claim 1 is provided with a displacement adjustment air jet (7) and a wind jet pair pipe (10), which can be started immediately to make timely adjustment to the displacement of the pod when the unmanned aerial vehicle pod deviates.

3. The abrasive blasting pipe (2, 3) of the unmanned aerial vehicle pod according to claim 1 is arranged in one pipe or multiple pipe pair jet mode.

4. The unmanned aerial vehicle pod according to claim 1 is provided with a pod jet controller (13), a monitoring camera (6), a wireless module (14), a battery (12), a high-pressure fluid generator (16), a heating module (17), and a power supply control cable, and the abrasive blasting pipe (2, 3) is connected with the high-pressure fluid generator (16), the cutting abrasive supply bin (15), and the heating module (17).

5. The unmanned aerial vehicle pod according to claim 1 is further provided with a monitoring camera (6) for monitoring the ice and snow being polished and communicating the situation to a remote smart terminal device such as a mobile phone or computer controller through the pod jet controller (13) and the wireless module (14), and the pod jet controller (13) simultaneously accepts the control of the smart terminal device.

6. The abrasive blasting pipe (2, 3) of the unmanned aerial vehicle pod according to claim 1 can also spray high-speed high-temperature airflow to remove dust and snow from buildings and equipment.

7. The devices of the unmanned aerial vehicle pod according to claim 1 can be lowered into a ground device storage box, which can be connected with the unmanned aerial vehicle pod through pipes and wires or wireless electricity to realize continuous feeding, air supply, communication, and power supply.

8. The pipe of the abrasive blasting pipe (2, 3) of the unmanned aerial vehicle pod according to claim 1 can be a vortex pipe.

9. The unmanned aerial vehicle pod according to claim 1 can also be installed under a hot air balloon, a hydrogen balloon, a helium balloon, and a helicopter to work, and can also be used in outer space, other planets, and underwater.

10. The abrasive blasting pipe (2, 3) of the unmanned aerial vehicle pod according to claim 1 can also spray high-speed high-temperature abrasive liquid flow or high-speed high-temperature liquid flow alone to remove dust and snow from buildings and equipment.

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