Cleaning pig with debris flushing action

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1987-01-29

1988-01-26

Roberts, Edward L.

Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning

Implements

Pipe, tube, or conduit cleaner

B08B 904

Patent

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047208848

ABSTRACT:
A cleaning pig for use in a pipeline to be moved through the pipeline by the flow of fluid therethrough, the pig being formed of a cylindrical body having shallow depth channels formed in paralleled spiral patterns on the cylindrical surface, and an elongated, narrow, brush member positioned in each of the channels, each of the brush members having bristles which extend generally radially outward from the pig body, the width of the brush members being less than the width of the channels providing fluid flow passageways within each of the channels permitting fluid to flow past the pig as it is moved through a pipeline to thereby flush debris which has been brushed from the pipeline sidewall forwardly of the pig so that the debris will be carried out of the pipeline.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4122575 (1978-10-01), Sagawa

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