B05B13/0636

Apparatus and method for dispersing a chemical agent
10946397 · 2021-03-16 · ·

An apparatus includes an intake assembly, the intake assembly including a connector, the connector configured for coupling to a pressurized liquid source. The apparatus also includes a chemical storage assembly. The chemical storage assembly is coupled to at least one outlet of the intake assembly. The chemical storage assembly is configured for at least one of (a) storing a chemical or (b) mixing a chemical with a liquid from the pressurized liquid source. The apparatus further includes an outlet assembly. The outlet assembly includes a first outlet configured for expelling pressurized liquid from the pressurized liquid source in a first direction. The outlet assembly also includes a second outlet or a nozzle for expelling the chemical, the chemical mixed with the liquid, a chemical agent, or a foam mixture in a second direction.

Pipe inspection system with jetter push-cable

Pipe inspection systems including a push-cable, jetter, and camera assembly are disclosed. A jetter nozzle may be configured to spin and/or propel the camera head within a pipe or other cavity. A cutter line may be attached to the camera head to clean obstructions. A sonde may be coupled to a camera head to generate magnetic field signals for use with a buried utility locator to locate a pipe or other cavity into which the camera head is deployed.

CONTAINER PROCESSING SYSTEM

Provided is a container processing system capable of improving a speed of processing containers with a simple configuration and providing a compact production line. The container processing system (10) includes a container conveyer (20) having a container conveying path (21a) that conveys containers (C) arranged in a row and a container processor (40) that performs processing on the containers (C) in a container processing area (A2) set lateral to a container transfer area (A1) set in a segment of the container conveying path (21a). The container conveyer (40) includes a container carrier (21) conveying the containers (C) arranged in the row along the container conveying path (21a) and a container transferrer (22) moving a container row including the plurality of containers (C) arranged in the row in the container transfer area (A1) toward the container processing area (A2).

Coating apparatus
10913082 · 2021-02-09 ·

A coating apparatus is disclosed for applying an activated coating onto an internal surface of a conduit, the coating being activated by mixing at least a first and a second component. The apparatus includes a high-pressure mix gun for mixing the at least first and second components such that the activated coating is generated. A rotary atomizer is operatively connected to and cooperates with the high pressure mix gun for receiving the activated coating from the high pressure mix gun. The rotary atomizer cooperates with the activated coating such that the activated coating is atomized so that application of the atomized activated coating onto the internal surface of the conduit is permitted.

CONTAINER PROCESSING SYSTEM

Provided is a container processing system that inhibits, a processing liquid that is used to process containers from being attached to peripheral equipment. A container processing system (10) includes a chamber (30) having in an inside thereof a gas flow control chamber (35) and a container processor (40) including container treaters (51) and (61) that perform processing on containers (C). The chamber (30) has container processing openings (36) and (37) making the gas flow control chamber (35) and an outside of the chamber (30) communicate with each other. The container treaters (51) and (61) are configured to perform, from inside the gas flow control chamber (35), processing on the containers (C), which are inserted into the chamber (30) through the container processing openings (36) and (37), or on the containers (C), which is opposed to the container processing openings (36) and (37), outside the chamber (30).

Spray nozzle and method

A spray nozzle, which in some embodiments has a body and a deflector, the body having a fluid passageway and an outer wall including a plurality of fluid-flow orifices therethrough in fluid communication with the fluid passageway and spaced at least partly circumferentially around the outer wall, where the deflector is disposed at least partly circumferentially about and radially outwardly of the body in fluid communication with the plurality of fluid-flow orifices, and the body includes slots and fingers spaced at least partly circumferentially about the deflector. Some embodiments include a second deflector. In some embodiments, each finger and slot has a configuration that defines, at least in part, a flow trajectory, and the flow trajectory defined, at least in part, by one finger or slot is different from the flow trajectory defined by another finger or slot.

Mechanism for delivering highly viscous materials for coating an interior surface of a tubular substrate
10960425 · 2021-03-30 · ·

A material delivery assembly includes a delivery fitting attached to a drive shaft and including an outer wall that extends perpendicularly from a receiving surface. Apportioning slots are defined within the outer wall. A dispersion chamber is defined within the outer wall and the receiving surface. A material delivery conduit extends to a delivery port located within the dispersion chamber and is proximate the receiving surface of the delivery fitting. The material delivery port selectively delivers a viscous material to the receiving surface. The drive shaft and the delivery fitting are rotationally operated to define an apportioning state of the delivery fitting that is configured to manipulate the viscous material toward an inner surface of the outer wall. The apportioning slots in the apportioning state are configured to regulate passage of the viscous material from the dispersion chamber, through the outer wall and into a disk-shaped spread pattern.

WASHING DEVICE AND OPERATION SETTING METHOD THEREFOR

Parameters for a plurality of motors that move a nozzle on a three-dimensional movement locus are set easily. A washing device 1 includes display device 7, and a worker touches an input unit 7A of the display device 7 with a finger, to thereby set parameters for both servo motors that move a nozzle 3 on a three-dimensional movement locus. Specifically, a three-dimensional model Md1 of a tank 2 to be washed is displayed on the input unit 7A, and next, the worker drags specific spots of the three-dimensional model Md1, sequentially, and selects washing methods and washing time periods of the spots. The selected contents are transmitted to a control device 6, are computed by a computing unit 6A of the control device 6, so that the parameters for both servo motors for operating the nozzle 3 in three dimensions are set in washing.

RETRACTABLE CLEANING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM
20230415188 · 2023-12-28 · ·

A retractable cleaning apparatus for spray cleaning of pipes or vessels comprises a rotatable spray head configured to spray the interior of the pipes or vessels with a cleaning liquid. The rotatable spray head is linearly movable between a retracted position and a cleaning position along a longitudinal axis of the rotatable spray head. The rotatable spray head is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the rotatable spray head independent of a flow of the cleaning liquid. The rotatable spray head is rotatable with an angular velocity that is independent of the flow of the cleaning liquid. The angular velocity may be within a range of 0.1-1.3 radians per second. A system including a retractable cleaning apparatus is also disclosed.

HIGH PRESSURE NOZZLE AND RELATED METHODS
20210025664 · 2021-01-28 ·

A high pressure nozzle adapted to clean a tube includes an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end, and defines one or more elongated channels along an exterior, extending from the distal end to the proximal end, and includes a head rotatably mounted to the body adjacent the distal end. The head includes jets that expel liquid at a pressure of at least 1000 psi to clean material from a wall of a tube and/or rotate the head relative to the body about a longitudinal axis. The channels are operable in an evacuation mode in which a portion of liquid is conveyed through the channels away from the head toward the proximal end to prevent and/or impair hydraulicing of the nozzle in the tube when the nozzle encounters a blockage within the tube. Related methods of use of the nozzle also are provided.