Cable cleaning unit
OwnerDesmond G. Crump, William G. Cornish +1inventors
InventorsDesmond G. Crump, William G. Cornish, Hyem G. Same
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Abstract
A cable cleaning unit comprising a chamber adapted to surround a section of the cable to be cleaned, a plurality of outlets located within the chamber through which jets of high pressure fluid are directed onto the surface of the cable and mechanism for withdrawing fluid from the chamber. A traction unit for moving the cleaning unit along the cable to be cleaned is also disclosed.
Claims5
A cable cleaning apparatus employing a chamber surrounding a section of a cable to be cleaned, said chamber having a cleaning fluid inlet space, a plurality of nozzles within said space for directing jets of high pressure oil onto the surface of the cable at an acute angle, said apparatus including:
- means for communicating with said nozzles for supplying cleaning fluid thereto;
- positioning means for positioning said nozzles in a designated radial direction;
- a spin-off space adjacent to said inlet space and upstream thereof in relation to the entering side of the cable into the unit and in open communication with said inlet space, said spin-off space being adapted to receive oil and impurities from the cable, and a common outlet manifold from said apparatus arranged circumferentially in a side wall of said spin-off space at the upstream end thereof, said spin-off space having a plurality of turbo-vanes directing the oil and impurities to said common outlet manifold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.