Pipe cleaning tool
AssigneeAutomatic Coating Limited
InventorBrad Bamford
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Abstract
A pipe cleaning device has a housing movable along a pipe to remove a coating. A stripper head, preferably water jets, are located in the housing to remove the coating from the pipe. The coating is removed from the housing by a vacuum hose and a comminuation device is located in the housing to reduce the size of the stripped coating and facilitates passage along the hose. The comminuation device includes a rotor driven by an external motor and aligned with the axis of the hose.
Claims15
A pipe cleaning device comprising a housing to encompass a pipe to be cleaned, at least one stripping head within said housing and operable to remove a coating from said pipe, and a material handling system to remove material from said housing, said material handling system including a comminuation device to ensure coating removed from said pipe may be handled by said material handling system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.