# US 10,767,661 B2 · Submersible pump water jetter > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,767,661 B2 - Document ID: US10767661B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/635,534 - Filed: 2017-06-28 - Published: 2017-11-30 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2009-06-04 - Assignees: U.S. Submergent Technologies, LLC - Applicants: U.S. Submergent Technologies, LLC - Inventors: Henry Polston - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10767661B2 ## CPC - F04F 1/18: the fluid medium being mixed with, or generated from the liquid to be pumped - B08B 9/051: the cleaning devices having {internal} motors {, e.g. turbines} for powering cleaning tools - E02B 1/003: {Mechanically induced gas or liquid streams in seas, lakes or water-courses for forming weirs or breakwaters; making or keeping water surfaces free from ice, aerating or circulating water, e.g. screens of air-bubbles against sludge formation or salt water entry, pump-assisted water circulation (moving sediments E02B3/023; for ice breakers B63B35/08; aerating or circulating water in fish-tanks A01K63/042; purification of waste water with addition of air C02F; distributing gases in liquids in general B01F23/20)} - E03F 9/00: Arrangements or fixed installations {methods or devices} for cleaning {or clearing} sewer pipes, e.g. by flushing (sediment traps, rakes, screens, or the like, arranged in sewer lines E03F5/14; cleaning pipes in general, devices for cleaning pipes B08B9/02 {; gullies provided with flushing means for cleaning or emptying E03F5/0402; devices to remove obstructions in waste-pipes or sinks E03C1/30}) - F04D 7/04: the fluids being viscous or non-homogenous - F04D 13/046: {the fluid driving means being a hydraulic motor of the positive displacement type} - B08B 9/02: Cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes (apparatus for cleaning metal pipes by chemical methods C23G3/04) - B08B 9/0328: {by purging the pipe with a gas or a mixture of gas and liquid} - F04F: PUMPING OF FLUID BY DIRECT CONTACT OF ANOTHER FLUID OR BY USING INERTIA OF FLUID TO BE PUMPED {(evacuating by sorption F04B)}; SIPHONS {(conveying materials in bulk by flows of gas, liquid of foam B65G53/00)} - B08B: CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL - E02B: HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING (ship-lifting E02C; dredging E02F) - E03F: SEWERS; CESSPOOLS - F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02) ## Abstract An apparatus and method for cleaning containers using water within the container and a submersible pump exhibiting a nozzle. Air may be injected into the pumped water to increase its pressure as it exists the nozzle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A jetter comprising: a submersible, portable pump comprising a liquid intake and a liquid exhaust; a submersible hydraulic motor comprising a hydraulic fluid intake, the submersible hydraulic motor operatively coupled with the submersible pump controlling a rate at which liquid flows from the liquid intake to the liquid exhaust, wherein the liquid exits the liquid exhaust at a first pressure; a nozzle in communication with the liquid exhaust, wherein the nozzle expels water at a second pressure to a container to remove debris from the container, wherein the second pressure is greater than the first pressure; and a passageway for injection of air into the liquid exhaust. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The jetter of claim 1, wherein the submersible pump, hydraulic motor, hydraulic fluid intake and nozzle are selectively positionable within the container. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The jetter of claim 1, wherein the submersible pump pumps water at a volume of approximately 2000 gallons per minute. ### Claim 4 A fetter comprising: a nozzle positionable in a container; a pump comprising an exhaust, the pump positionable in the container, wherein the pump expels water at a first pressure; a liquid conduit comprising proximal and distal ends in communication with the exhaust, the distal end in communication with the nozzle; wherein the nozzle is rotatably adjustable and the nozzle expels the water at a second pressure to the container to remove debris from the container; and a gas intake in communication with the liquid conduit, the gas intake pressurizing liquid in the liquid conduit to a pressure greater than a pressure of the liquid in the proximal end of the liquid conduit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The jetter of claim 4 further comprising a skid cage generally enclosing the pump. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The jetter of claim 5, wherein the nozzle is pivotable relative to the skid cage. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The jetter of claim 6 further comprising a hydraulic motor operatively engaged with the pump. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The jetter of claim 7 further comprising a screen operatively engaged with the pump to generally prevent solids from entering the pump. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The jetter of claim 8 further comprising a clean out port positioned in the nozzle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The jetter of claim 9 further comprising a removable cap positioned generally over the clean out port. ### Claim 11 A jetter for cleaning water-containing containers comprising: a pump hydraulically driven, the pump comprising an intake, wherein the pump pressurizes water to a first pressure; an exhaust conduit exiting the water pump; at least one nozzle in communication with the water exhaust conduit, the nozzle releasing liquid at a pressure greater than the first pressure into a container, whereby the pressure removes debris from the container; and a gas conduit in communication with the exhaust conduit, the gas conduit pressurizing liquid within the exhaust conduit to a second pressure, wherein the second pressure is greater than the first pressure. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The jetter of claim 11 further comprising a skid cage engaged with the at least one nozzle wherein the at least one nozzle is selectively rotatable relative the skid cage. ### Claim 13 A fetter comprising: a submersible, portable pump comprising a liquid intake and a liquid exhaust; a submersible hydraulic motor comprising a hydraulic fluid intake, the submersible hydraulic motor operatively coupled with the submersible pump controlling a rate at which liquid flows from the liquid intake to the liquid exhaust, wherein the liquid exits the liquid exhaust at a first pressure; a nozzle in communication with the liquid exhaust, wherein the nozzle expels water at a second pressure to a container to remove debris from the container, wherein the second pressure is greater than the first pressure; a liquid conduit having proximal and distal ends in communication with the liquid exhaust of the submersible pump, the distal end in communication with the nozzle; and a gas intake in communication with the liquid conduit, the gas intake pressurizing liquid in the conduit to a pressure greater than a pressure of the liquid in the proximal end of the liquid conduit.