| 摘要 |
The invention relates to a device for cleaning a cylindrical or conical tube ( 2 ) having a smooth wall and placed in a horizontal or an inclined position, said device comprising: a cylindrical body ( 4 ) that has an axis X, that is suitable for being inserted axially into said tube, and that, around its periphery, has brush means ( 6, 7 ) for brushing the inside wall ( 1 ) of said tube ( 2 ); a rod ( 30 ) fastened to an end face of said body ( 4 ); and means for causing said rod ( 30 ) and said body ( 4 ) to turn about the axis X; said device being characterized by the fact that the cylindrical body ( 4 ) has a chamber ( 12 ) that is suitable for receiving a cleaning liquid and, on one of its generator lines, it has: a first orifice ( 14 ) opening out into a first end of a radial duct ( 17 ) which is disposed in said chamber ( 12 ) and whose second end ( 19 ) is disposed in the vicinity of that wall ( 20 ) of said chamber ( 12 ) which is situated facing said first orifice ( 14 ); and at least one second orifice ( 13, 15 ) open to the outside and serving to discharge a quantity of cleaning liquid by gravity when it is situated under the level ( 21 ) of the liquid in the chamber ( 12 ) while said device is turning; the first orifice ( 14 ) serving to fill said chamber ( 12 ) with cleaning liquid, and to allow air to be taken into said chamber ( 12 ) when the second end ( 19 ) of the duct ( 17 ) is disposed above the level ( 21 ) of the liquid.
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