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Device for cleaning the inside of a container with a jet of liquid

US4930531A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 9, 1988
Grant dateJun 5, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 9, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB08B9/0936
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for cleaning the inside of a container. A rotor (10) has mounted on it at least one nozzle (12) oriented tangentially so as to cause the rotor to rotate when the said nozzle emits a jet (13) of liquid intended to clean the inside of the container. The rotor (10) is itself mounted on a rotating head (6) capable of rotating about an axis xx' not parallel with the axis yy' of the rotor, this head being provided with an auxiliary spout (7) which causes it to rotate about this axis xx', such that the whole of the inner surface of the container is scavenged. Preferably, the nozzle (12) and the auxiliary spout (7) are supplied with the same cleaning liquid.

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