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US 6,745,782 B2Granted
Systems and methods for cleaning oxygen lines
AssigneeC.H.O.C.S., Inc.
InventorJoseph E. Mooney
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Abstract
A portable apparatus cleans a passage such as an oxygen line by circulating a cleaning medium, such as a silicated alkaline cleaner such as OCC, through the passage. A rinse medium, such as distilled water, may than be circulated through the passage. The cleaning medium and the rinse medium may be filtered, and a flush medium is preferably circulated through the passage after the circulation of the cleaning medium and before the circulation of the rinse medium.
Claims4
A method for cleaning an oxygen line, comprising the steps of;
- connecting a pump having a pump inlet and a pump outlet to pump inlet and pump outlet connection devices, respectively, within a portable unit;
- connecting a cleaning medium filter having a filter inlet and a filter outlet to filter inlet and filter outlet connection devices, respectively, within said portable unit;
- connecting the pump inlet connection device to a reservoir of a silicated alkaline cleaning medium;
- connecting a first part of an oxygen line to be cleaned to the pump outlet connection device;
- connecting a second part of an oxygen line to be cleaned to the filter inlet connection device;
- connecting the filter outlet connection device to the reservoir of the silicated alkaline cleaning medium;
- and
- driving the pump to circulate the silicated alkaline cleaner from the reservoir through the oxygen line to be cleaned, through the filter and back to the reservoir.
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