ANTI-FOULING APPARATUS FOR CLEANING DEPOSITS IN PIPES AND PIPE JOINTS

摘要

A system for cleaning pipes and pipe joints where the interior surface of the pipe becomes coated with material being processed comprising a cylindrical cleaning body having opposing first and second ends, said cylindrical body having an annular shape with interior and exterior walls so that the outer wall contacts the interior surface of a pipe and wherein ends of the cleaning body have means for removing material deposited on the interior surface, a means for moving the apparatus along the length of said pipe, a first and second means for cleaning said cleaning body having passages that allow fluid to pass through, wherein said first and second cleaning means mates with said first and second ends of said cleaning body, where said cleaning body is moved into contact with said cleaning means to dislodge accumulated deposits from the cleaning body and simultaneously dislodging accumulated deposits from said cleaning means.

主权项

1. A system for cleaning a pipe or joint comprising:
a moveable wiping component having opposing first and second ends, the wiping component having an exterior wall that contacts the interior surface of the pipe and wherein the first and second ends of the wiping component each have at least one edge, a external sliding component, wherein an internal wall of the external sliding component contacts an external surface of the pipe or joint, an upper pipe flange having passages that allow fluid to pass through, a lower pipe flange having passages that allow fluid to pass through, wherein the upper pipe flange mates with the first end of the wiping component and thereby dislodges accumulated deposits from the wiping component and from the upper pipe flange, wherein the lower pipe flange mates with the second end of the wiping component and thereby dislodges accumulated deposits from the wiping component and from the lower pipe flange.