Mobile hydraulic jetting device for cleaning large planar surfaces

An apparatus for high pressure hydrocleaning of large planar surfaces, which comprises:

• a. an elongated tubular high pressure manifold having a horizontal longitudinal axis and two ends;
• b. a plurality of spray nozzles attached in a linear pattern to and fluidly communicating with said manifold;
• c. means for transporting said manifolding along the planar surface;
• d. means for mounting said manifold on said transporting means, said manifold being located, when mounted, at an angle to said transporting means and substantially parallel to said surface being cleaned, said angle varying from 0.degree. up to 55.degree.;
• e. means for highly pressurizing water and communicating highly pressurized water to said spray nozzles;
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• f. means, communicating with said pressurizing means, for supplying large quantities of water thereto.

An apparatus for high pressure hydrocleaning of large planar surfaces, which comprises:

• a. an elongated tubular high pressure manifold having a horizontal longitudinal axis and two ends;
• b. a multiplicity of spray nozzles attached in a linear arrangement to and fluidly communicating with said manifold, said nozzles having a bore along their longitudinal axis and said nozzles further have a fan-tail portion arranged to flatten out the high pressure fluid spray emitted from said bore, said fan-tail portion arranged to alter the direction of spray from said bore, said angle of alteration being from about 5.degree. up to about 90.degree.;
• c. means for transporting said manifold along the planar surface;
• d. means for mounting said manifold on said transporting means;
• e. means for highly pressurizing water and communicating highly pressurized water to said spray nozzles;
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• f. means, communicating with said pressurizing means, for supplying large quantities of water thereto.

Apparatus for high pressure hydrocleaning of large planar surfaces, which comprises:

• a. a mobile high pressure pump;
• b. a large volume mobile tank;
• c. a low pressure conduit fluidly connecting said pump to said tank;
• d. a spray system comprising:
• 1. a carrier attached to said mobile pump;
• 2. a spray manifold mounted on said carrier;
• 3. a plurality of fan-tail spray nozzles located on said spray manifold and fluidly communicating with said spray manifold;
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• 4. fluid pressure means for controllably counterbalancing any reactive forces of said spray nozzles upon said manifold;
• 5. means for rotating said manifold about its longitudinal axis;
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• 6. means for measuring the angle of such rotation relative to a given position;
• e. a high pressure conduit fluidly connecting said pump to said spray manifold;
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• f. at least one valve in at least one of said conduits.

Apparatus for hydrocleaning large planar surfaces, said apparatus comprising:

• a. mobile pressurizing means containing high pressure pumping means;
• b. mobile tank means having the capacity for carrying large volumes of fluids;
• c. conduit means fluidly connecting said pumping means to said tank means;
• d. spray means on said mobile pressurizing means, said spray means comprising:
• 1. carrier means attached to said mobile pressurizing means;
• 2. spray manifold means mounted on said carrier means;
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• 3. a plurality of spray nozzles located on said spray manifold means and communicating fluidly with said spray manifold means;
• e. high pressure conduit means fluidly connecting said pumping means to said spray manifold means;
• f. valve means in said conduit means;
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• g. guidance means for guiding said hydrocleaning apparatus along said planar surface, wherein said guidance means includes laser beam generating means, transit means attached to said laser beam generating means and aimed in substantially parallel relationship to the laser beam emitted by said laser beam generating means, and target means on said cleaning apparatus for receiving said laser beam and indicating alignment with said laser beam.