The Boeing Company

Robert Neth

Todd S Tiffany

An automated cleaning system for an aircraft fuselage interior is provided. The system has a movable assembly designed to fit within an aircraft fuselage interior to be cleaned. The movable assembly has a removable track assembly and an automated transport mechanism mounted on the removable track assembly, the automated transport mechanism being a guided cart that travels on the removable track assembly. The movable assembly further has a manifold and frame assembly mounted on the automated transport mechanism and a fluid dispensing assembly coupled to the manifold and frame assembly for dispensing fluids onto an aircraft fuselage interior surface. The system further has a fluid management system coupled to the movable assembly for supplying the fluids to the fluid dispensing assembly. The system further has a control system that communicates with and controls the movable assembly and the fluid management system.

Automated cleaning method for an aircraft fuselage interior

The disclosure provides in one embodiment an automated cleaning system for an aircraft fuselage interior. The system comprises a movable assembly designed to fit within an aircraft fuselage interior to be cleaned. The movable assembly comprises a removable track assembly, an automated transport mechanism mounted on the removable track assembly, a manifold and frame assembly mounted on the automated transport mechanism, and a fluid dispensing assembly coupled to the manifold and frame assembly for dispensing one or more fluids onto an aircraft fuselage interior surface to be cleaned. The system further comprises a fluid management system coupled to the movable assembly for supplying the one or more fluids to the fluid dispensing assembly. The system further comprises a control system that communicates with and controls the movable assembly and the fluid management system.

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Kingston, WA, United States of America

Robert Neth