Dripless expanding tubes for combination truck
OwnerHenry Polstoninventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to cleaning waste collection systems such as but not limited to sewers, sumps, wet wells, collection tanks, digesters, clarifiers, classifiers, etc. and in particular to cleaning and removal of solid and liquid materials therefrom. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to an improved slurry hose and/or pipe for use in connection with cleaning waste collection systems such as but not limited to sewers, sumps, wet wells, collection tanks, digesters, clarifiers, classifiers, etc. and in particular to cleaning and removal of solid and liquid materials therefrom.
Claims20
A cleaning system comprising:
- a tubular member;
- at least one device controlling movement of the tubular member from a mobile platform to an operative position relative to a waste collection system;
- at least one pumping device pumping a slurry comprised of liquids and solids from the waste collection system through the tubular member;
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- at least one waste container;
- wherein the tubular member comprises a flexible section having a first end and a second end and a rigid telescoping section having a first end and a second end formed from at least two sub-sections in telescoping relation to one another, where the first end of the flexible section is joined to the waste container and the second end of the flexible section is joined to the first end of the telescoping section, and where the second end of the telescoping section is open so as to enable pumping of slurry into and through the tubular member to the waste container.
The cleaning system of claim 11, further comprising at least one decanting device decanting water from the waste container.
A cleaning system for a waste collection system, the cleaning system comprising:
- a water pressurizer outputting pressurized water in a waste collection system;
- a pumping device to pump a slurry from the waste collection system, wherein the pumping device is located downstream of the water pressurizer;
- a tubular member in operative communication with the pumping device, wherein the tubular member comprises a flexible section having first and second ends and a rigid telescoping section having first and second ends formed from at least two telescoping sub-sections, wherein the first end of the flexible section is joined to the waste container and the second end of the flexible section is joined to the first end of the telescoping section, and wherein the pumping device pumps a slurry into and through the tubular member to the waste container.
A cleaning system for a waste collection system, the cleaning system comprising:
- a water pressurizer outputting pressurized water in a waste collection system;
- a pumping device to pump a slurry from the waste collection system, wherein the pumping device is located downstream of the water pressurizer;
- a tubular member in operative communication with the pumping device, wherein the tubular member comprises a flexible section having first and second ends and a rigid telescoping section having first and second ends formed from at least two telescoping sub-sections, wherein the first end of the flexible section is joined to the waste container and the second end of the flexible section is joined to the first end of the telescoping section, and wherein the pumping device pumps slurry into and through the tubular member to the waste container;
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- a boom controlling movement of the tubular member from a mobile platform to an operative position relative to the waste collection system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.