Apparatus for treating pipe

An apparatus for providing patterned movement to a cleaning jet nozzle in a cleaning system comprising:

• a) nozzle having a jet cleaning outlet for providing a cleaning liquid flow from said nozzle wherein said nozzle also has an inlet for cleaning liquid delivered through said nozzle to said outlet;
• b) an elongate flexible hose fixedly connected at one end to said nozzle inlet and extending to a remote source of high pressure cleaning liquid and said hose has sufficient length to permit nozzle movement in a controlled patterned movement;
• c) support means connected to said nozzle to secure said nozzle with respect to a surface so that said nozzle cleaning outlet is operatively directed toward the surface for cleaning the surface;
• d) rotating nozzle support means for moving said support means in a controlled patterned movement over the surface and wherein said nozzle and nozzle support means move as a unit at the end of said flexible hose in a patterned movement repetitively while also moving one end of said flexible hose so that said hose provides the high pressure cleaning fluid from the remote source to enable said support means to move said hose and said nozzle;
• e) motor means providing motion;
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• f) motion transfer means connected from said motor means to said rotating nozzle support means so that said nozzle is moved over the surface for cleaning, and wherein said nozzle is moved in a closed loop in a controlled pattern of movement while connected with said flexible hose to provide cleaning liquid for said jet cleaning outlet and said flexible hose and nozzle are moved in patterned movement without rotation of said nozzle with respect to said one end of said hose.

An apparatus for providing patterned movement to a cleaning jet nozzle in a cleaning system comprising:

• a) nozzle having a jet cleaning outlet for providing a cleaning liquid flow from said nozzle wherein said nozzle also has an inlet for cleaning liquid delivered through said nozzle to said outlet;
• b) an elongate flexible hose fixedly connected at one end to said nozzle inlet and extending to a remote source of high pressure cleaning liquid and said hose has sufficient length to permit nozzle movement in a controlled patterned movement;
• c) support means connected to said nozzle to secure said nozzle with respect to a pipe surface so that said nozzle cleaning outlet is operatively directed toward the pipe surface for cleaning the surface of the pipe;
• d) rotating nozzle support means for moving said support means in a controlled patterned movement over the pipe surface and wherein said nozzle and nozzle support means move as a unit at the end of said flexible hose in a patterned movement repetitively while also moving one end of said flexible hose so that said hose provides the high pressure cleaning fluid from the remote source to enable said support means to move said hose and nozzle;
• e) motor means providing motion;
• f) motion transfer means connected from said motor means to said rotating nozzle support means so that said nozzle is moved over the pipe surface for cleaning, and wherein said nozzle is moved in a closed loop in a controlled pattern of movement while connected with said flexible hose to provide cleaning liquid for said jet cleaning outlet and said flexible hose and nozzle are moved in patterned movement without rotation of said nozzle with respect to said one end of said hose;
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• g) pipe surface moving means constructed and arranged to move a pipe surface so that the pipe surface is exposed to said nozzle over the length and circumference thereof.

Apparatus for providing patterned movement in treating the outer surface of a pipeline with a cleaning jet nozzle in a cleaning system comprising:

• a) a carriage aligned adjacent the pipeline to support the carriage for longitudinal movement wherein the carriage moves along the pipeline with the carriage moving a predetermined longitudinal distance along the pipeline;
• b) plural nozzle support means supported by said carriage to position a plurality of discharge nozzles mounted about the outer periphery of the pipeline for discharge of treating material against the pipeline;
• c) means for arcuately moving said nozzle support means and nozzles thereon in a predetermined arcuate path relative to pipeline while the treating material is discharged from said nozzles;
• d) rotating means to provide repetitive motion for each of said nozzles to form a treated area about the periphery of said pipeline of a predetermined width so that the pipeline is treated along the entire external surface in patterned movement;
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• e) an elongate flexible hose for each of said plural nozzles having two ends wherein one end is connected to a nozzle and the second end thereof is connected to a remote source of high pressure treating material, and said hose has sufficient length to enable said discharge nozzle connected to said hose to move with said support means in a patterned movement.

Apparatus providing patterned movement for cleaning the outer surface of a pipeline with a cleaning jet nozzle in a cleaning system for delivery of a stream of high pressure water comprising:

• a) a carriage aligned adjacent the pipeline for longitudinal movement along the pipeline;
• b) nozzle support means supported by said carriage and having a plurality of cleaning jet nozzles for the discharge of pressurized water against the pipeline about the outer periphery of the pipeline;
• c) means for arcuately oscillating said nozzles concentric to the outer surface of said pipeline for an arcuate distance sufficient for cleaning the entire circumference of said pipeline;
• d) a housing supported from said carriage extending about said nozzles and said pipeline to form an enclosed cleaning chamber about the pipeline with the water and removed waste material from the cleaning operation collecting in the bottom of the housing, said housing including a lower pivotally mounted section adapted to be moved radially toward said pipeline for assembly of said housing about said pipeline and to be moved radially outward for removal of said housing from said pipeline;
• e) means to adjust the angular upright position of said carriage on the pipeline with respect to a defined vertical reference so that said carriage is directed toward the upright position during longitudinal travel along the pipeline;
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• f) said oscillating means, said nozzle support means, and said carriage move said nozzles in patterned movement fully encircling said pipeline along a length thereof.

Cleaning apparatus providing patterned movement for cleaning a surface positioned adjacent the cleaning apparatus with a cleaning liquid from a jet nozzle, comprising:

• a ) a frame;
• b) a motor supported by said frame;
• c) a guide surface defining a closed locus;
• d) a rotating member driven by said motor to rotate in a closed locus guided by said guide surface;
• e) a nozzle support rotated by said rotating member for movement along the closed locus;
• f) a nozzle having a cleaning jet orifice supported and moved by said nozzle support to direct a cleaning jet of cleaning liquid at a surface to be cleaned located in operative proximity of said frame;
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• g) a flexible hose having one end connected to a source of high pressure cleaning liquid and a second end connected to said nozzle wherein said hose fixedly connects to said nozzle to enable hose flexure in accommodating nozzle movement by said nozzle support without rotating said nozzle with respect to said hose while said nozzle is moved in patterned movement determined by said rotating member.

A cleaning apparatus for providing patterned movement of a nozzle over an area on a surface to be cleaned, comprising:

• a ) a supportive frame;
• b) a housing having an open side to enable cleaning of a surface through said housing on an area opposite the open side wherein said housing is supported by said frame;
• c) at least one nozzle;
• d) at least one nozzle support means;
• e) at least one nozzle connected flexible hose having one end connected to a remote supply of cleaning liquid and a second end connected to said nozzle;
• f) means for providing repetitive motion to said nozzle support means to provide a closed loop pattern of motion to said nozzle to enable said nozzle to form a cleaning stream of cleaning liquid directed toward the opposite area during patterned movement;
• g) wherein said flexible hose is repetitively moved with said motion providing means while supplying cleaning liquid;
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• h) wherein said nozzle moves in said closed loop pattern of motion without limitation by said flexible hose in movement.

Apparatus providing patterned movement to a jet nozzle in a system for treating a surface including:

• a) at least one integral nozzle tube;
• b) support means supporting said nozzle tube relative to a surface;
• c) rotatable support means supported by said support means for rotation of said nozzle tube;
• d) said integral nozzle tube having an inlet end with an inlet for receiving pressurized fluid and an end with an outlet for discharging the pressurized fluid;
• e) a pump for supplying the pressurized fluid to said nozzle end with an inlet;
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• f) a flexible conduit connected from said pump to said nozzle tube inlet end for conveying the pressurized fluid from said pump to said nozzle tube.