Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pipeline cleaning pig with self-energizing diagonally oriented scrapers
- Patent Title (中): 管道清洁猪用自动对角定向刮刀
-
Application No.: US12355133Application Date: 2009-01-16
-
Publication No.: US08650695B2Publication Date: 2014-02-18
- Inventor: Rick D. Pruett , William J. Rankin
- Applicant: Rick D. Pruett , William J. Rankin
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: TDW Delaware Inc.
- Current Assignee: TDW Delaware Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: Gable Gotwals
- Main IPC: B08B9/04
- IPC: B08B9/04

Abstract:
The present invention is a pipeline pig for cleaning the interior of a pipeline, the pipeline pig having a longitudinal pig body with forward and rearward elastomeric propulsion members affixed to and supporting the pig body substantially concentrically in a pipeline, the propulsion members functioning to move the pig body through a pipeline by the force of fluid flow and a plurality of spaced apart elastomeric diagonally oriented scrapers radially extending from the pig body, each scraper member having a semi-circular outer peripheral edge configured and dimensioned to engage the interior wall of a pipeline to thereby scrape and clean the interior pipeline wall as the pig is moved through the pipeline and provide additional support for the pig substantially concentrically in a pipeline. Orientation of the scraper enhances scraping effectiveness by slicing through any debris buildup, separating the debris from the inner pipe wall so that it can be pushed out of the pipeline by the pig discs or cups.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100180391A1 Pipeline Cleaning Pig with Self-Energizing Diagonally Oriented Scrapers Public/Granted day:2010-07-22
Information query
IPC分类: