公开(公告)号：US12023718B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US17848912

申请日：2022-06-24

Applicant: Path Environmental Technology, LLC

Inventor： Adam McGuire ,  Robert O'Brien ,  Kelan McElduff

IPC: B08B9/047 ,  B05B1/10 ,  B05B15/652 ,  B05B15/72 ,  B08B3/04 ,  B08B9/049 ,  B08B9/093 ,  B08B13/00

CPC classification number: B08B9/047 ,  B05B1/10 ,  B05B15/652 ,  B05B15/72 ,  B08B3/04 ,  B08B9/0495 ,  B08B9/093 ,  B08B13/00 ,  B08B2209/08

Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning a surface with a liquid jet, the apparatus having: a primary fluid conduit having a longitudinal axis and two ends, a fluid-intake end and a fluid-exit end; a first motor-driven drive assembly configured to engage the primary fluid conduit and turn the primary fluid conduit about the primary-fluid-conduit longitudinal axis; a first motor configured to engage the first motor-driven drive assembly; a section of the primary fluid conduit being inside of an adjacent penetration sleeve; a section of the penetration sleeve being inside of a piston sleeve; the piston sleeve configured to engage the penetration sleeve and move the penetration sleeve back and forth along a penetration-sleeve linear path over a primary-fluid-conduit exterior surface; an actuator configured to engage the piston sleeve and move piston sleeve back and forth along the piston-sleeve linear path; a penetration-sleeve end being attached to an extension sleeve that has a first end and a second end; the extension-sleeve second end being attached to a swivel rod that has a first end and a second end; the primary-fluid-conduit fluid-exit end being attached to a fixed nozzle having a first end and a second end; the fixed-nozzle second end being attached to a swivel nozzle; the swivel-rod second end being attached to the swivel nozzle; the swivel nozzle configured to pivot between a fully extended position and a fully retracted position as the swivel rod respectively extends and retracts as the penetration sleeve moves back and forth; the swivel nozzle being attached to a nozzle pipe; the nozzle pipe being attached to a nozzle configuration that is configured to open and close a flapper door having a fluid exit orifice; and a continuous fluid-flow channel that extends from the primary-fluid-conduit fluid-intake end through the swivel nozzle.

公开(公告)号：US11796116B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US16751790

申请日：2020-01-24

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Alexander Kyle Duncan ,  Todd William Danko ,  Justin Foehner ,  Yakov Polishchuk ,  Douglas R. Forman

IPC: B08B9/027 ,  F16L55/44 ,  B08B9/049 ,  F16L55/30 ,  F16L55/32 ,  B08B7/00 ,  B08B9/051 ,  F16L55/34 ,  F16L55/48 ,  F16L101/12 ,  F16L101/20 ,  F16L101/30

CPC classification number: F16L55/44 ,  B08B7/0042 ,  B08B9/049 ,  B08B9/051 ,  F16L55/30 ,  F16L55/32 ,  F16L55/34 ,  F16L55/48 ,  B08B2209/04 ,  F16L2101/12 ,  F16L2101/20 ,  F16L2101/30

Abstract: A system for use in maintaining a pipe having a sidewall is provided. The system includes a motorized apparatus sized to fit within the pipe and configured to travel along the pipe through an interior cavity. The motorized apparatus includes a plurality of leg assemblies coupled circumferentially around a body assembly. The body assembly includes an actuator assembly coupled to each leg assembly and configured to independently actuate each leg assembly to adjust a position of each leg assembly. The body assembly also includes at least one sensor configured to collect information associated with the position of each leg assembly. The body assembly also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the motorized apparatus and configured to receive the information from the sensor, and to determine at least one of a pipe diameter and a pitch of the motorized apparatus based on the information from the at least one sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11549339B1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-10

申请号：US17539446

申请日：2021-12-01

Applicant: TRI-STATE ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC

Inventor： Anthony Scott Carter

IPC: E21B41/00 ,  E21B21/00 ,  B08B9/049 ,  B08B9/04 ,  F16L55/46 ,  E21B17/00 ,  F16L101/12 ,  G01M3/00

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of cleaning and inspection of drilling mud carrying flow lines, each flow line having an inner surface. The method includes affixing a fitting to the flow line, the fitting having a main flow channel and a branch flow channel extending at an angle from said main flow channel. A first end portion of the fitting can have an attachment that enables connection of the fitting to the flow line at one flow line end portion. A second end portion of the fitting can have one or more doors that can be moved between opened and closed positions, the door or doors providing an opening that is not closed when the doors are in the closed position. A suction line can be connected to the branch flow channel. A cleaning tool can be guided first into the fitting and then into the flow line using a fluid carrying cable. The cleaning tool and jetting fluid can be used to clean drilling mud and debris from the inner surface of the flow line. The jetting fluid can be removed via the branch flow channel using the suction line. The cable can extend through the door opening or openings when the door or doors are in the closed position. A camera can be guided into the flow line using a camera cable wherein the camera cable extends through the door opening or openings. The cleaning tool is preferably too small to fit through the door opening.

公开(公告)号：US11378219B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US13576221

申请日：2011-07-28

Applicant: Darcy Warren ,  Ron Bartel ,  Steve Bartel

Inventor： Darcy Warren ,  Ron Bartel ,  Steve Bartel

IPC: F16L55/18 ,  B08B9/049 ,  E03F7/12

Abstract: An example sewer preparation from the main (PFM) device provides for the inspection and preparation of the sewer pipe from the main sewer pipe. The PFM device provides for the insertion of one or more individual and separately controllable tools into the sewer pipe. The tools include a clean out tool and a camera.

公开(公告)号：US11267024B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-08

申请号：US16725575

申请日：2019-12-23

Applicant: AGI Engineering, Inc.

Inventor： Alexander G. Innes

IPC: B08B9/049 ,  B08B9/043 ,  B05B1/14 ,  E03F9/00 ,  B05B3/06

Abstract: Manual, automated, or semi-automated programmable tank cleaning nozzle systems, devices and methods for providing safe and efficient methods for breaking up oil, tar, chemical, radioactive, hazardous, or any other liquid, solid, or sludge waste inside storage tanks, ballast tanks, floating roof tanks, void tanks, rail tank cars and the like with nozzles which utilize fluid jets to break up, liquefy, and motivate tank material. The programmable tank cleaning nozzle incorporates two degrees of freedom and can be mounted to existing booms, robotic arms, gantry systems, rigid beams, manways, or any other rigid structure. The programmable tank cleaning nozzle can be a standalone, independent unit or integrated into new designs and/or existing systems. Simplified programming and user interface allowing an operator to remotely operate the system without the need for a camera system. The system is hydraulically controlled and can work in the presence of flammable vapors and dust.

公开(公告)号：US10850313B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-01

申请号：US16013319

申请日：2018-06-20

Applicant: Brügger HTB GmbH

Inventor： Beat Bruegger ,  Matthias Bruegger ,  Thomas Bruegger

IPC: B08B9/049 ,  B08B5/02 ,  B08B9/035 ,  B08B1/00 ,  B08B7/04 ,  B61D15/00 ,  E01B31/02 ,  E01B27/10 ,  E01H1/08 ,  E01H1/00 ,  B05B14/30 ,  B05B1/00

Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning device for the dry cleaning of a tunnel, comprising a feeding device for feeding a flow of air to a surface being cleaned, wherein the feeding device has an exit opening, through which the flow of air emerges from the feeding device, and a removal device comprising at least one removal pipe with a free end with an opening for suctioning away direct or trash from the surface with the opening of the free end in a first direction. The feeding device is arranged such that the flow of air from the exit opening emerges from the feeding device in a second direction toward the opening of the free end of the removal pipe and impinges on the surface. The first direction is oriented at an angle between 45° and 80° to the second direction.

公开(公告)号：US20200179995A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16346278

申请日：2017-11-01

Applicant: ATAM GROUP LIMITED

Inventor： Mark Loades

IPC: B08B9/043 ,  B08B9/049 ,  E03F9/00

Abstract: A device for cleaning the internal surface of a pipe has a main pipe axis. The device further includes one or more generally tubular conduits, including a conduit wall, at least one of the or each tubular conduit including an inlet to receive pressurised gas into the tubular conduit. One or more nozzles is deployed around the outside of the or each tubular conduit, with the or each nozzle being in fluid connection with the tubular conduit. At least one nozzle is directed at least partially to direct fluid in a direction non-perpendicular to the main tubular conduit axis, with one or more spacer elements to hold the or each tubular conduit in spaced relationship to a pipe.

公开(公告)号：US20200070219A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-05

申请号：US16678161

申请日：2019-11-08

Applicant: Professional Extraction Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Daniel Grenier

IPC: B08B9/049 ,  B08B9/053

Abstract: A method and system for removing debris from drainage lines in high rise building uses a high pressure water line terminated by a head having one or more backwards-facing nozzles. The thrust force creates at the backward-facing nozzle(s) is sufficient to propel the head and water line vertically up a drainage line. An operates can control the head and, with the assistance of a video system used with the head, maneuver the head along the line, into single stack aerator fittings, and into and along horizontal lines connected to the single stack aerator fittings. The force of the water exiting the nozzle(s) on the head both dislodges debris in the drainage line and fittings, and urges it downstream back to the access point where the head was inserted into the drainage line.

公开(公告)号：US20190270126A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-05

申请号：US16418749

申请日：2019-05-21

Applicant: Daniel Grenier

Inventor： Daniel Grenier

IPC: B08B9/049 ,  B08B9/053

Abstract: A method and system for removing debris from drainage lines in high rise building uses a high pressure water line terminated by a head having one or more backwards-facing nozzles. The thrust force creates at the backward-facing nozzle(s) is sufficient to propel the head and water line vertically up a drainage line. An operates can control the head and, with the assistance of a video system used with the head, maneuver the head along the line, into single stack aerator fittings, and into and along horizontal lines connected to the single stack aerator fittings. The force of the water exiting the nozzle(s) on the head both dislodges debris in the drainage line and fittings, and urges it downstream back to the access point where the head was inserted into the drainage line.

公开(公告)号：US10359368B1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-23

申请号：US15728410

申请日：2017-10-09

Applicant: SeeScan Inc.

Inventor： Mark S. Olsson ,  Eric M. Chapman ,  Justin W. Taylor ,  Matthew J. Thompson

IPC: G01N21/954 ,  B05B13/06 ,  B05B1/14 ,  E03F7/12 ,  H04N5/225 ,  B08B9/049 ,  B08B9/043 ,  E03F9/00 ,  F16L101/30 ,  F16L101/12

Abstract: Pipe inspection systems including a push-cable, jetter, and camera assembly are disclosed. A jetter nozzle may be configured to spin and/or propel the camera head within a pipe or other cavity. A cutter line may be attached to the camera head to clean obstructions. A sonde may be coupled to a camera head to generate magnetic field signals for use with a buried utility locator to locate a pipe or other cavity into which the camera head is deployed.