Method and apparatus for cleaning cylindrical components which are transversely rotated in a drum during liquid treatment
AssigneeNiagara Tube Washing Systems AB
InventorErik J. Lithander
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Abstract
A tube or pipe cleaning apparatus in which a rotatable conveyor drum is mounted within a container. The drum periphery is formed with pipe-receiving pockets, where a high pressure solution is simultaneously sprayed over, and within the pipes, to clean them.
Claims9
A method for cleaning elongate objects, comprising the steps of:
- providing an elongate apparatus for cleaning said elongate objects, said apparatus comprised of an elongate container having an open interior, said interior receiving a rotatably driven cylindrical conveyor drum covered with elongated pockets for receiving said elongate objects, said drum including follower means for delimiting said pockets and a hemispherical cover about an upper half of said drum,
- said apparatus including a means for conveying a high pressure cleaning solution through and around said elongate objects and a collector plate for receiving said solution after said solution is conveyed;
- providing a plurality of elongate objects to be cleaned by introducing said objects into an inlet opening of said apparatus, said inlet opening in communication with said drum such that one object is placed within each of said elongated pockets;
- rotating said drum;
- spraying said objects in said elongated pockets with said high pressure cleansing solution so as to simultaneously clean an interior and an exterior of said elongate objects and;
- removing said elongate objects from said drum through an elongate exit opening of said apparatus.
An Apparatus for cleaning elongated objects comprising an elongated apparatus means for cleaning said elongated objects, said apparatus comprised of an elongated container having an open interior, said interior receiving a rotatably driven cylindrical conveyor drum covered with elongated pockets for receiving said elongated objects, said drum including follower means for delimiting said pockets and a hemispherical cover about an upper half of said drum,
- said apparatus including a means for conveying a high pressure cleaning solution through and around said elongated objects and a collector plate for receiving said solution;
- an inlet opening means of said apparatus for receiving said elongated objects, said inlet opening in communication with said drum such that one object is placed within each of said elongated pockets;
- rotating means for rotating said drum;
- spraying means for spraying said objects in said elongated pockets with said high pressure cleansing solution so as to simultaneously clean an interior and an exterior of said elongated objects and;
- removal means for removing said elongated objects from said drum through an elongated exit opening of said apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.