Apparatus for cleaning waste collection system
OwnerSheron R. Sheppard, Henry B. Polstoninventors
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Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning waste collection systems of solid materials using normal and injected water flow to suspend the solids in a slurry, A submersible pump moves the slurry from a collection point up to a pressurized container where the water content of the slurry is decanted and reused as injection water while the particulate material settles to the bottom of the pressurized container. When the container is filled with solid material it may be removed for emptying at a waste dump.
Claims16
An apparatus for cleaning waste collection systems of solid material by suspending the material in a water slurry and pumping the slurry to a waste container where the solids separate from the water and drop to the bottom of the container and water is decanted for use in cleaning the waste collection system, comprising:
- a source of water;
- means to pressurize water;
- means to direct the pressurized water against solid materials contained in a waste collection system, whereby the solid material is suspended in a water slurry;
- means to control the movement of the water pressurization means through the waste collection system;
- a submersible pump adapted for pumping a slurry comprised of liquids and solids from the waste collection system and located downstream of said water pressurization means, said pump being powered from a remotely located power source;
- a positive pressure waste container;
- a slurry hose having first and second ends, said slurry hose first end in communication with said waste container and said second end in communication with said submersible pump for transmitting the pumped slurry to the waste container;
- a decant water outlet in said waste container;
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- a decant water hose having first and second ends, said decant water hose first end in communication with said waste container water decant outlet and said second end in communication with the waste collection system upstream of said submersible pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.