US 2026/0233813 A1Published application

Supply vessel liquid bulk system cleaning system

OwnerClayton Karsteninventor

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Abstract

A cleaning system used on a supply vessel's wet holding tanks allows the plumbing for such tanks to be cleaned without flooding the tank proper. A gun line hose has a manifold with a series of nozzles that each connect to one of the gun lines of the vessel. An outflow hose is connected to the ship's sump. The opposing ends of the gun line hose that have the outflow hose are connected to a port section that allows the system to form a closed loop through which cleaning solution flows either under the sump's pump or a separate pump located within the port section. The port section also has an accumulator and appropriate inlet and outlet ports and appropriate valving.

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A cleaning system for cleaning a hold hank on a ship, the hold tank having a series of gun lines fed by a fill line, the ship also having a sump with a pump creating suction within the sump, the cleaning system comprising:

a gun line hose having a first end with a manifold thereon, the manifold having a series of nozzles such that each nozzle is adapted to be connected to a respective one on the gun lines nozzles, the gun line hose also having a second end;
an outflow hose having a third end and a fourth end, the third end adapted to be connected to the sump;
a port section having an inflow pipe having first distal and a first proximal end, the port section also having an outflow pipe with a second distal end and a second proximal end, such that an inlet port is located on the first distal end of the inflow pipe and an outlet port is located on the second distal end of the outflow pipe and such that a first crossover pipe connects the inflow pipe and the outflow pipe;
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wherein the second end of the gun line hose is connected to the second proximal end of the outflow pipe and the fourth end of the outflow hose is connected to the first proximal end of the inflow pipe so that a closed fluid flow loop is created by the inflow pipe, the outflow hose, the sump, the gun feed line, the gun lines, the manifold, the gun line hose, the outflow pipe and the first crossover pipe.

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A cleaning system for cleaning a hold hank on a ship, the hold tank having a series of gun lines fed by a gun feed line, the ship also having a sump with a sump pump creating suction within the sump, the cleaning system comprising:

a gun line hose having a first end with a manifold thereon, the manifold having a series of nozzles such that each nozzle is adapted to be connected to a respective one of the gun lines, the gun line hose also having a second end;
an outflow hose having a third end and a fourth end, the third end adapted to be connected to the sump;
a port section having an inflow pipe having first distal and a first proximal end, the port section also having an outflow pipe with a second distal end and a second proximal end, such that an inlet port is located on the first distal end of the inflow pipe and an outlet port is located on the second distal end of the outflow pipe and such that a first crossover pipe connects the inflow pipe and the outflow pipe;
an inlet valve located on the inlet pipe between the first crossover pipe and the inlet port;
an outlet valve located on the outlet pipe between the first crossover pipe and the outlet port;
a system pump located on the inlet pipe between the first crossover pipe and the first proximal end;
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wherein the second end of the gun line hose is connected to the second proximal end of the outflow pipe and the fourth end of the outflow hose is connected to the first proximal end of the inflow pipe so that a closed fluid flow loop is created by the inflow pipe, the outflow hose, the sump, the gun feed line, the gun lines, the manifold, the gun line hose, the outflow pipe and the first crossover pipe.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.