Mat washing machine
AssigneeIndianhead Pipeline Services, LLC
InventorsRandall D. Rubenzer, Robert M. Simons
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Abstract
Mat washing device, method of using the mat washing device, and method of washing mats. The mat washing device includes a system that may be transported on a flat bed trailer from one location to another. The mat washing device includes conveying systems, brush systems, rails systems and control mechanisms. The mat washing device may be used by placing mat, on edge, on a conveying system and conveying the mat to a first brushing system and a second brushing system. In one aspect the first brushing system includes a cable brush having a bolt secured at the end of a cable in order to beat or brush material from the mat when the cable brush is spun.
Claims21
An apparatus comprising:
- a conveyor system conveying along a conveying line;
- a cable brush system positioned along the conveying line and at least partially downstream a first end of said conveyor system;
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- a fiber brush system positioned along the conveying line and downstream said conveyor system from said cable brush system, further comprising:
- said fiber brush system comprises:
- a frame;
- a drum assembly;
- a lower bearing assembly engaging said drum assembly and slidable along said frame;
- an upper bearing assembly engaging said drum assembly and slidable along said frame;
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- a fiber brush extending radially from said drum assembly.
An apparatus comprising:
- a conveyor system conveying along a conveying line;
- a cable brush system positioned along the conveying line and at least partially downstream a first end of said conveyor system;
- and
- a fiber brush system positioned along the conveying line and downstream said conveyor system from said cable brush system, further comprising:
- said cable brush system comprises:
- a frame;
- a drum assembly;
- a lower bearing assembly engaging said drum assembly and slidable along said frame;
- an upper bearing assembly engaging said drum assembly and slidable along said frame;
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- a cable brush having a bolt on a first end of said cable brush and a second end of said cable brush engaging said drum assembly, and
- where said cable brush extends radially from said cable drum.
A machine for washing a swamp mat made of wooden segments and having a side surface and an edge surface, the side surface having a surface area substantially greater than a surface area of the edge surface, said machine comprising:
- an exposed powered brush system;
- an exposed powered conveyor system;
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- a system capable of orienting the swamp mat on the edge surface and to assist the mat along said conveyor system toward said brush system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.