GB2181810B - Tube cleaners. - Google Patents

Tube cleaners.

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Publication number
GB2181810B
GB2181810B GB8525897A GB8525897A GB2181810B GB 2181810 B GB2181810 B GB 2181810B GB 8525897 A GB8525897 A GB 8525897A GB 8525897 A GB8525897 A GB 8525897A GB 2181810 B GB2181810 B GB 2181810B
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Prior art keywords
tube cleaners
cleaners
tube
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Expired - Lifetime
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GB8525897A
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GB8525897D0 (en
GB2181810A (en
Inventor
Marvin Echols
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SUPERIOR I D TUBE CLEANERS Inc
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SUPERIOR I D TUBE CLEANERS Inc
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Priority claimed from US06/554,765 external-priority patent/US4569097A/en
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Publication of GB2181810A publication Critical patent/GB2181810A/en
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Classifications

    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28G—CLEANING OF INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL SURFACES OF HEAT-EXCHANGE OR HEAT-TRANSFER CONDUITS, e.g. WATER TUBES OR BOILERS
    • F28G1/00—Non-rotary, e.g. reciprocated, appliances
    • F28G1/12—Fluid-propelled scrapers, bullets, or like solid bodies
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/02—Cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes
    • B08B9/027—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages
    • B08B9/04—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes
    • B08B9/053—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes moved along the pipes by a fluid, e.g. by fluid pressure or by suction
    • B08B9/055—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes moved along the pipes by a fluid, e.g. by fluid pressure or by suction the cleaning devices conforming to, or being conformable to, substantially the same cross-section of the pipes, e.g. pigs or moles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/02—Cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes
    • B08B9/027—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages
    • B08B9/04—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes
    • B08B9/053—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes moved along the pipes by a fluid, e.g. by fluid pressure or by suction
    • B08B9/057—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes moved along the pipes by a fluid, e.g. by fluid pressure or by suction the cleaning devices being entrained discrete elements, e.g. balls, grinding elements, brushes
GB8525897A 1983-11-23 1985-10-21 Tube cleaners. Expired - Lifetime GB2181810B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US06/554,765 US4569097A (en) 1983-11-23 1983-11-23 Tube cleaners

Publications (3)

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GB8525897D0 GB8525897D0 (en) 1985-11-27
GB2181810A GB2181810A (en) 1987-04-29
GB2181810B true GB2181810B (en) 1990-06-13

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GB8525897A Expired - Lifetime GB2181810B (en) 1983-11-23 1985-10-21 Tube cleaners.

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EP (1) EP0220347B1 (en)
FR (1) FR2589090A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2181810B (en)

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DE102011114326A1 (en) 2011-09-24 2013-03-28 Peter Wolf Piggable system of collapsible endless heat exchanger, has tubular casing and jacket tube whose length and diameter are set differently so that heat exchange of heat exchanger system is not interrupted
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GB700833A (en) * 1951-11-12 1953-12-09 Joseph Taprogge Improvements in or relating to the automatic cleaning of cooling-water and like tubes
US3011197A (en) * 1957-07-18 1961-12-05 Mobay Chemical Corp Pipeline cleaning devices
GB1083797A (en) * 1965-05-05 1967-09-20 Williamson Inc T Hollow sphere for pipeline apparatus
US3707442A (en) * 1970-02-27 1972-12-26 Hitachi Ltd Multistaged flash evaporator and a method of operating the same with sponge ball descaling treatment
US3872920A (en) * 1973-05-28 1975-03-25 Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co Descaling system for the cooling tubes of a steam condenser
US3882931A (en) * 1972-03-24 1975-05-13 Hitachi Ltd Means for cleaning heat conductive conduits of a heat exchanger
US3946455A (en) * 1974-05-15 1976-03-30 Marvin Echols Cleaning device for tubes
US3983895A (en) * 1975-04-17 1976-10-05 Marathon Oil Company Pump station bypass system
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DE3316022C1 (en) * 1983-03-17 1984-08-30 Taprogge GmbH, 4000 Düsseldorf Method and arrangement for monitoring the operability of a device for cleaning the pipes of a power plant condenser system or the like.
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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB293032A (en) * 1927-06-30 1928-11-29 Jakob Adolf Improvements in bodies for cleaning pipe or hose lines and the like
GB700833A (en) * 1951-11-12 1953-12-09 Joseph Taprogge Improvements in or relating to the automatic cleaning of cooling-water and like tubes
US3011197A (en) * 1957-07-18 1961-12-05 Mobay Chemical Corp Pipeline cleaning devices
GB1083797A (en) * 1965-05-05 1967-09-20 Williamson Inc T Hollow sphere for pipeline apparatus
US3707442A (en) * 1970-02-27 1972-12-26 Hitachi Ltd Multistaged flash evaporator and a method of operating the same with sponge ball descaling treatment
US3882931A (en) * 1972-03-24 1975-05-13 Hitachi Ltd Means for cleaning heat conductive conduits of a heat exchanger
US3872920A (en) * 1973-05-28 1975-03-25 Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co Descaling system for the cooling tubes of a steam condenser
US3946455A (en) * 1974-05-15 1976-03-30 Marvin Echols Cleaning device for tubes
US3983895A (en) * 1975-04-17 1976-10-05 Marathon Oil Company Pump station bypass system
EP0009137A1 (en) * 1978-09-23 1980-04-02 Josef Koller Apparatus for separating rubbed cleaning bodies

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EP0220347B1 (en) 1991-12-27
EP0220347A1 (en) 1987-05-06
GB8525897D0 (en) 1985-11-27
GB2181810A (en) 1987-04-29
FR2589090A1 (en) 1987-04-30

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Effective date: 19951021