MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617008332 A) filed by Cable Coatings Limited, Leeds, U.K., on Jan. 28, for 'robotic device for coating and/or pre-treatment of overhead transmission or distribution line conductors.'
Inventor(s) include Coogan, Niall; Arevalo, Arpys; Dorzi, Rafic; Saxena, Tanmay; Higbee, Oliver; and Lorimer, Trevor.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A robotic device (300) for applying a coating and/or treatment to an overhead transmission or distribution line includes a pair of wheels (302), (304) configured to run on top of a conductor of the line. A pair of applicators (322), (323) are provided at leading and trailing ends of the device (300) for applying a coating or pre-treatment to the line. The wheels (302), (304) are mounted to a top bar (312) of a T shaped connector (315) of the chassis. The connector (315) includes a stem (314) suspending a main body (350) of the device (300) below the wheels. First and second tanks are located in first and second portions (354), (356) of the main body (350) for storing fluid for use in the pre-treatment or coating process. Fluid is supplied from the tanks to the applicators (322), (323) via pumps through fluid conduits disposed in a hollow interior of the connector (315)."
The patent application was internationally filed on July 04, 2024, under International application No.PCT/GB2024/051751.
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