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US 10,786,905 B1Granted
Tank excavator
AssigneeAGI Engineering, Inc.
InventorAlex G. Innes
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Abstract
Devices, apparatus, systems, vehicles and methods for cleaning contaminated tanks without introducing free water or liquefier into the tanks. A mobile vehicle with left and right sets of tracks can support a gathering arm assembly, a bucket assembly, an eductor vacuum, and a pump/tank assembly that can be used to remove and break up waste debris from a contaminated tank.
Claims17
A tank excavator device for cleaning contaminated tanks, comprising:
- a mobile vehicle having a front end and a rear end;
- a gathering arm assembly having a first end and a second end attached to the front end of mobile vehicle, the first end for breaking up waste from a contaminated waste tank;
- wherein the mobile vehicle includes:
- a first pair of wheels with a first track of parallel tank threads on a left side of the mobile vehicle;
- and
- a second pair of wheels with a second track of parallel tank threads on a right side of the mobile vehicle;
- a gathering arm assembly having a first end and a second end attached to the front end of mobile vehicle, the first end for breaking up waste from a contaminated waste tank;
- a bucket assembly on the front end of the mobile vehicle, having a receptacle for collecting the waste from the first end of the gathering arm assembly;
- and
- a pump and tank assembly for collecting waste material in the bottom of the contaminated waste tank with a pump.
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A tank excavator device for cleaning contaminated tanks, comprising:
- a mobile vehicle having a front end and a rear end;
- a gathering arm assembly having a first end and a second end attached to the front end of mobile vehicle, the first end for breaking up waste from a contaminated waste tank;
- a bucket assembly on the front end of the mobile vehicle, having a receptacle for collecting the waste from the first end of the gathering arm assembly;
- pivoting arms for allowing the bucket assembly to pivot up or pivot down relative to the front end of the mobile vehicle;
- a pump and tank assembly adjacent a rear end of the mobile vehicle, for collecting waste material from the discharge of an eductor in the bottom of the bucket assembly in order to pump the waste material out of the waste tank;
- a scraper on the first end of the gathering arm assembly;
- a pivotable mast with a lower end pivotally attached to the front end of the mobile vehicle, and an upper end;
- and
- a boom having a first end pivotally attached the upper end of the mast, and a second end pivotally attached to a base of the scraper.
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A tank excavator device for cleaning contaminated tanks, comprising:
- a mobile vehicle having a front end and a rear end;
- a gathering arm assembly having a first end and a second end attached to the front end of mobile vehicle, the first end for breaking up waste from a contaminated waste tank;
- a bucket assembly on the front end of the mobile vehicle, having a receptacle for collecting the waste from the first end of the gathering arm assembly;
- a pump and tank assembly for collecting waste material in the bottom of the contaminated waste tank with a pump;
- electrical and controls assembly having onboard controls and hydraulic valves housed in explosion proof enclosures, and
- communications for the electrical and controls assembly over fiber optics.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.