Tank car cleaning and rinsing apparatus and method

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1996-08-01

1998-02-24

Coe, Philip R.

Cleaning and liquid contact with solids

Apparatus

For work having hollows or passages

239227, B08B 302, B08B 908

Patent

active

057203105

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for cleaning and rinsing the interior surfaces of a railway tank car with a single, high-pressure fluid spray. The apparatus is inserted into a tank car through its manway and secured using a lockdown assembly. A swivel assembly includes a swivel shaft which is disposed longitudinally through a swivel housing and is interconnected with a rotor motor and with a hollow spindle assembly. A fluid channel communicates the fluid to the spindle assembly where the fluid is sprayed through a single nozzle onto the interior surfaces of a tank car. Control of fluid spray orbit is accomplished by two perpendicular axes for causing rotation and actuation of the nozzle affixed to the spindle assembly, through the cooperation of an idler gear.

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Bristol Equipment Company Brochure, 1993.

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