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Pipe cleaning apparatus

US6085376A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
23References
15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 7, 1998
Grant dateJul 11, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 7, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF28G1/08
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A pipe cleaning apparatus that is a pipe cleaning plug assembly for cleaning pipes or tubes that includes a plurality of scrapers removably secured to a plurality of shafts. Each of the scrapers includes a body having an outer perimeter defining a scraper blade and at least one perforation defined by the body. Each of the shafts is removably secured to the scraper. The scraper blade is adapted to contact an inner surface of a tube or a pipe.

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