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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2021
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Brian Merritt, Easley, SC (US);
Brett Stripe, Piedmont, SC (US);
Charles Bryan Shiflet, Greenville, SC (US);
Robert C. Beesley, Greenville, SC (US);
J. Mark Nunn, Simpsonville, SC (US);
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for self-cleaning of a component in a machine, which includes at least one air nozzle disposed in air discharge communication with a surface of the component to be cleaned, such as a sensor surface or a gripper surface. The air nozzle is in air flow communication with air exhaust from an air cylinder of the component or a second component of the machine. Related, corresponding, or associated methods for self-cleaning the component in a machine are also disclosed.