GB2487434B - Apparatus and method for inserting a cleaning element in a container - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for inserting a cleaning element in a container

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GB2487434B
GB2487434B GB201101179A GB201101179A GB2487434B GB 2487434 B GB2487434 B GB 2487434B GB 201101179 A GB201101179 A GB 201101179A GB 201101179 A GB201101179 A GB 201101179A GB 2487434 B GB2487434 B GB 2487434B
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container
cleaning element
cleaning
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Alan Leslie Male
Duncan Maitland
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RAY OIL TOOL CO Ltd
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RAY OIL TOOL CO Ltd
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B37/00—Methods or apparatus for cleaning boreholes or wells
    • E21B37/02—Scrapers specially adapted therefor
    • E21B37/04—Scrapers specially adapted therefor operated by fluid pressure, e.g. free-piston scrapers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/02—Cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes
    • B08B9/027—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages
    • B08B9/04—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes
    • B08B9/053—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes moved along the pipes by a fluid, e.g. by fluid pressure or by suction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/02—Cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes
    • B08B9/027—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages
    • B08B9/04—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes
    • B08B9/053—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes moved along the pipes by a fluid, e.g. by fluid pressure or by suction
    • B08B9/055—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes moved along the pipes by a fluid, e.g. by fluid pressure or by suction the cleaning devices conforming to, or being conformable to, substantially the same cross-section of the pipes, e.g. pigs or moles
    • B08B9/0552—Spherically shaped pigs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/08—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
    • B08B9/087—Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by methods involving the use of tools, e.g. brushes, scrapers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
    • E21B33/02—Surface sealing or packing
    • E21B33/08—Wipers; Oil savers

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Cleaning In General (AREA)
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GB201101179D0 GB201101179D0 (en) 2011-03-09
GB2487434A GB2487434A (en) 2012-07-25
GB2487434B true GB2487434B (en) 2014-12-24

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Cited By (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US10344566B2 (en) 2014-01-29 2019-07-09 Coretrax Technology Limited Method for launching a cleaning element

Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1421134A (en) * 1972-02-02 1976-01-14 British Petroleum Co Pipelines
GB1498803A (en) * 1974-04-10 1978-01-25 British Petroleum Co Pipeline tool
US5186757A (en) * 1991-08-26 1993-02-16 Abney Sr Marvin D Pig loading system and method thereof
US20060016461A1 (en) * 2004-07-20 2006-01-26 The Boeing Company Pneumatic cleaning methods and systems

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1421134A (en) * 1972-02-02 1976-01-14 British Petroleum Co Pipelines
GB1498803A (en) * 1974-04-10 1978-01-25 British Petroleum Co Pipeline tool
US5186757A (en) * 1991-08-26 1993-02-16 Abney Sr Marvin D Pig loading system and method thereof
US20060016461A1 (en) * 2004-07-20 2006-01-26 The Boeing Company Pneumatic cleaning methods and systems

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US10344566B2 (en) 2014-01-29 2019-07-09 Coretrax Technology Limited Method for launching a cleaning element

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GB2487434A (en) 2012-07-25

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