Apparatus for cleaning stacked vessels with low head clearance
US7815748B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 15, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB08B9/0936
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning vessels stacked on racks with a minimum of head clearance. The cleaning apparatus has a drive unit with a turbine wheel connected to a multi-stage gear train. The output motion of the gear train connects through an angular transmission within a fluid conveying elbow to a rotatable housing having a rotatable nozzle angularly assembled thereto. The elbow has a pressure channel and a suction channel there through. The length of the apparatus from the elbow to the housing is short enough to be passed into the bunghole of a vessel, e.g. a wine barrel, while racked. A flexible suction hose is connected to a suction line in the apparatus for removing spent cleaning fluid from within the vessel.
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