Tank cleaner with gear assembly
AssigneeGEA Tuchenhagen GmbH
InventorRichard Collins
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Abstract
A tank cleaner comprising a static body for coupling with a supply line, a rotating body rotatably mounted on the static body, a nozzle carrier mounted to the rotating body and having at least one nozzle for dispensing cleaning fluid, a driving arrangement for converting fluid pressure into kinetic energy, a gear assembly having a main input shaft driven by the driving arrangement and a main output shaft for driving the rotating body around the main axis of rotation. The invention suggests that the main input shaft has a first engagement area engaging a first input gear wheel area and at least a second engagement area engaging a second input gear wheel area arranged at a distance to the first gear wheel area.
Claims20
A tank cleaner for cleaning a tank, the tank cleaner comprising:
- a static body configured for coupling with a supply line for receiving a cleaning fluid;
- a rotating body mounted on the static body and rotatable about a main axis of rotation;
- a nozzle carrier mounted to the rotating body and having at least one nozzle for dispensing the cleaning fluid;
- a driving arrangement configured to convert fluid pressure of the cleaning fluid received from the supply line into kinetic energy;
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- a gear assembly having a main input shaft coupled to the driving arrangement, the main input shaft being driven by the cleaning fluid received from the supply line, and a main output shaft configured to drive rotation of the rotating body about the main axis of rotation;
- wherein the main input shaft has a first engagement area configured to engage a corresponding first input gear wheel area of the gear assembly and at least a second engagement area configured to engage a corresponding second input gear wheel area of the gear assembly arranged at a distance to the first gear wheel area, wherein the first input gear wheel area and the second input gear wheel area are configured to commonly transmit an input torque of the main input shaft for driving the main output shaft.
A gear assembly for a tank cleaner, the gear assembly comprising:
- a main input shaft configured to couple to a driving arrangement for driving the main input shaft via cleaning fluid received from a supply line;
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- a main output shaft configured to drive a rotating body about a main axis of rotation;
- wherein the main input shaft has a first engagement area configured to engage a corresponding first input gear wheel area of the gear assembly and a second engagement area configured to engage a corresponding second input gear wheel area of the gear assembly;
- wherein the second input gear wheel area is arranged at a distance to the first gear wheel area;
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- wherein the first input gear wheel area and the second input gear wheel area are configured to commonly transmit an input torque of the main input shaft for driving the main output shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.