GB2603136A - Oil tank cleaning ball - Google Patents

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GB2603136A
GB2603136A GB2101073.1A GB202101073A GB2603136A GB 2603136 A GB2603136 A GB 2603136A GB 202101073 A GB202101073 A GB 202101073A GB 2603136 A GB2603136 A GB 2603136A
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Chien Chian-Yeu
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    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C—MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C1/00—Magnetic separation
    • B03C1/02—Magnetic separation acting directly on the substance being separated
    • B03C1/025—High gradient magnetic separators
    • B03C1/031—Component parts; Auxiliary operations
    • B03C1/033—Component parts; Auxiliary operations characterised by the magnetic circuit
    • B03C1/0332—Component parts; Auxiliary operations characterised by the magnetic circuit using permanent magnets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C—MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C1/00—Magnetic separation
    • B03C1/02—Magnetic separation acting directly on the substance being separated
    • B03C1/035—Open gradient magnetic separators, i.e. separators in which the gap is unobstructed, characterised by the configuration of the gap
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C—MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C1/00—Magnetic separation
    • B03C1/02—Magnetic separation acting directly on the substance being separated
    • B03C1/28—Magnetic plugs and dipsticks
    • B03C1/286—Magnetic plugs and dipsticks disposed at the inner circumference of a recipient, e.g. magnetic drain bolt
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C—MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C2201/00—Details of magnetic or electrostatic separation
    • B03C2201/18—Magnetic separation whereby the particles are suspended in a liquid
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C—MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C2201/00—Details of magnetic or electrostatic separation
    • B03C2201/22—Details of magnetic or electrostatic separation characterised by the magnetical field, special shape or generation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C—MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03C2201/00—Details of magnetic or electrostatic separation
    • B03C2201/28—Parts being easily removable for cleaning purposes

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Abstract

A magnetic sheet 20 is within a non magnetic but magnetically permeable housing 40. It can be placed in an oil tank 100 to attract metallic impurities 200 and checked to assess the tank cleanliness. There can be a flexible wire 30 attached to the housing to suspend the ball. The housing can be made from two rubber or plastic recessed sheets 40 sandwiching the magnetic sheet in the recess 41. The sheets can seal together by screws 50 passing through both sheets, studs, adessive or deformation. The magnetic field need not extend far beyond the housing. The texture can be in the form of square or round projections 61 increasing the surface area. Multiple such devices can be connected together.

Description

OII, TANK CLEANING BALL
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the cleaning of oil tanks and, in particular, to an oil tank cleaning ball.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In manufacturing, transportation and storage of gasoline, gasoline must make contact with different kinds of manufacturing tools, devices and storage tanks, generally, these tools, devices or tanks contain large amounts of metals such as iron powders, rust powders, or impurities of metal particles or powders. These impurities will mix into the gasoline and then flow into the oil tanks of vehicles and sink to the bottom of the oil tank. After a long time, these impurities will seal the oil pump so that the pump cannot act and thus gasoline will not flow out of the oil tank to the engine.
The above-mentioned conditions will be such that the vehicles cannot move so as to induce traffic jams abruptly and thus cause traffic chaos, as a result, the driver needs to hire a tow truck to move the affected vehicle away. All these actions are time and money wasted.
In general maintenance works, the worker does not cheek whether the interior of the oil tank is dirty and how much metal powders are staying therein. This is because these works must be performed with the work of opening the oil tank, while to open the oil tank is a very difficult work.
Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a novel structure which can reduce the metal impurities such as iron powders, rust powders, or impurities of metal particles or powders. Furthermore the user can also check whether the oil tank needs to be cleaned so as to avoid destroying the oil tank due to the seal of the oil pump.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the object of the present invention is to provide an oil tank cleaning ball, wherein the impurities (for example, iron powders, rust powders, or other impurities such as metal particles or powders) within an oil tank can be cleaned easily and conveniently by the oil tank cleaning ball of the present invention. In addition, the oil tank cleaning balls can be used to check whether the interior of the oil tank is sufficient dirty so that it is needed to be cleans. These functions provide sufficient convenience to the drivers. It can be used to prevent the oil pump from stopping abruptly due to the pump being sealed by metal impurities. Therefore, it can avoid 10 many traffic jam accidents due to the failure of the oil pump.
To achieve the above objects, the present invention provides an oil tank cleaning ball for attracting metal impurities within an oil tank, the impurities including iron powders, rust powders, or other metal particles or powders; and the oil tank cleaning ball having a function of checking whether the oil tank is dirty; the oil tank cleaning ball comprising; an enclosing body made of non-magnetic material, but the magnetic lines can pass through the enclosing body, an outer surface of the enclosing body being uneven and rough, having sags and crests so as to expand an area of the outer surface for attracting impurities; a magnetic metal sheet enclosed within and fixed by the enclosing body; the magnetic lines emitting from the magnetic metal sheet can pass through the enclosing body so as to attract the impurities within the oil tank; and wherein the oil tank cleaning ball is placed into an oil tank and is sunk to a lower side of the oil tank so that the oil tank cleaning ball can attract the impurities on the bottom of the oil tank to avoid these impurities sealing an oil pump in the bottom of the oil tank; and the amount of impurities on the oil tank cleaning ball is used to decide whether the interior of the oil tank is dirty so that it is necessary to be cleaned.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a schematic view showing the elements of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is an exploded schematic view about the two sheet bodies of the enclosing body according to the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view showing the combination of the elements in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is an exploded schematic view of another sheet body of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic view showing the assembly of the elements of Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is a schematic view showing the application of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a schematic view showing another application of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In order that those skilled in the art can further understand the present invention, a description will be provided in detail. However, these descriptions and the appended drawings are only used to enable those skilled in the art to understand the objects, features, and characteristics of the present invention, but not to be used to confine the scope and spirit of the present invention defined in the appended claims.
With reference to Figs. 1 to 7, the oil tank cleaning ball 1 according to the present invention is illustrated. The present invention includes the following elements.
An enclosing body 10 is made of non-magnetic material, but magnetic lines can pass through the enclosing body 10, such as rubber, plastics. etc. Referring to Fig. 1, an outer surface 11 of the enclosing body 10 is uneven and rough, has sags and crests so as to expand an area of the outer surface 11 for attracting impurities, such as iron powders, rust powders, or other metal particles or powders.
A magnetic metal sheet 20 is enclosed within and fixed by the enclosing body 10. Preferably, the magnetic force from the magnetic metal sheet 20 is such that that it only acts in a near field of the enclosing body 10 so as to attract the impurities nearby, while the enclosing body 10 is not attached to walls of oil tanks.
A line 30 has one end attached to the enclosing body 10.
Referring to Fig. 6, in use of the present invention, the oil tank cleaning ball 1 of the present invention is placed into an oil tank 100, sinks in the gasoline of the oil tank 100 and falls to a bottom of the oil tank 100 so that the oil tank cleaning ball 1 can attract the impurities on the bottom of the oil tank 100 to avoid these impurities moving to an oil pump 110 in the bottom of the oil tank 100 so as to seal the oil pump 110 and cause the oil pump 110 to stop. The line 30 connected to the enclosing body 10 is exposed out of an opening 120 of the oil tank 100 so that the user can pull the oil tank cleaning ball 1 from the line 30 to cause the oil tank cleaning ball 1 to move out from the oil tank 100. Thereby, the user can clean the oil tank cleaning ball 1 and can view the oil tank cleaning ball 1 to decide whether an interior of the oil tank 100 is dirty and to decide whether the oil tank 100 is necessary to be cleaned.
With reference to Figs. 2 to 5, in this embodiment, the enclosing body 10 is formed by two sheet bodies 40. An inner side of each sheet body 40 is formed with a recess 41. After combining the two sheet bodies 40, the magnetic metal sheet 20 is enclosed with the two recesses 41 of the two sheet bodies 40. One inner surface of one sheet body 40 is corresponding to that of another sheet body 40 so that after combination, the magnetic metal sheet 20 is tightly sealed within the recesses 41.
Combination of the sheet bodies 40 is performed by any way which can include combining the two sheet bodies 40, such as screwing by screws or studs, sticky, or buckling, etc. Referring to Figs. 3 and 5, it is illustrated that two screws 50 pass through the two sheet bodies 40 so as to combine the two sheet bodies 40 as one integral body and the magnetic metal sheet 20 is enclosed within the recesses 41.
After combination, the magnetic metal sheet 20 is enclosed within the recesses 41, the magnetic lines emitting from the magnetic metal sheet 20 can pass through the enclosing body 10 so as to attract the impurities in the lower side of the oil tank 100.
In the present invention, the outer surface 11 of each sheet body 40 is uneven for providing greater surface area for locating impurities. In the present invention, unevenness of each outer surface 11 of the sheet body 40 is formed by a plurality of round posts 61 (referring to Figs. 2 and 3), or a plurality of rectangular posts 62 (referring to Figs. 2 and 5) so as to provide a larger combined area.
Fig. 7 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in this embodiment, a plurality of oil tank cleaning balls 11 are connected so as to form an oil tank cleaning ball set 5. In use, this oil tank cleaning ball set 5 can provide a larger area for attracting impurities. In Fig. 7, there are four oil tank cleaning balls 1 are connected together.
In the above mentioned-applications, the oil tank cleaning balls 1 can 20 be connected by any ways which are all within the scope of the present invention, for example, by using the line 30 to connect the oil tank cleaning balls 1 one by one.
Advantages of the present invention are that the impurities (for example, iron powders, rust powders, or other impurities such as metal particles or powders) within an oil tank can be cleaned easily and conveniently by the oil tank cleaning ball of the present invention. Another is that the oil tank cleaning balls can be used to check whether the interior of the oil tank is sufficient dirty so that it needs to be cleaned.
These functions provide sufficient convenience to the drivers. It can be used to prevent that the oil pump from stopping abruptly due to the pump being sealed by metal impurities. Therefore, it can avoid many traffic jam accidents due to the failure of the oil pump.
The present invention is thus described and it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.

Claims (10)

  1. WHAT IS CLAIMED IS: 1. An oil tank cleaning ball for attracting metal impurities within an oil tank, the impurities including iron powders, rust powders, or other metal particles or powders; and the oil tank cleaning ball having a function of checking whether the oil tank is dirty; the oil tank cleaning ball comprising: an enclosing body made of non-magnetic material, but the magnetic lines can pass through the enclosing body, an outer surface of the enclosing body being uneven and rough, having sags and crests so as to expand the area of the outer surface for attracting impurities; a magnetic metal sheet enclosed within and fixed by the enclosing body; the magnetic lines emitting from the magnetic metal sheet can pass through the enclosing body so as to attract the impurities within the oil tank; and wherein the oil tank cleaning ball is placed into an oil tank and is sunk to a lower side of the oil tank so that the oil tank cleaning ball can attract the impurities on the bottom of the oil tank to avoid these impurities sealing an oil pump in the bottom of the oil tank; and the amount of impurities on the oil tank cleaning ball is used to decide whether the interior of the oil tank is dirty so that it is necessary to be cleaned.
  2. 2. The oil tank cleaning ball as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a line having one end attached to the enclosing body.
  3. 3. The oil tank cleaning ball as claimed in claim 1, wherein the material of the enclosing body is selected from rubber and plastics.
  4. 4. The oil tank cleaning ball as claimed in claim I, wherein the magnetic force from the magnetic metal sheet only acts in a near field of the enclosing body so as to attract the impurities nearby, while the enclosing body is not attached to walls of the oil tank.
  5. 5. The oil tank cleaning ball as claimed in claim 1, wherein the enclosing body is formed by two sheet bodies; an inner side of each sheet body is formed with a recess; after combining the two sheet bodies, the magnetic metal sheet is enclosed with the two recesses of the two sheet bodies.
  6. 6. The oil tank cleaning ball as claimed in claim 5, wherein one inner surface of one sheet body is corresponding to that of another sheet body so that, after combination of the two sheet bodies, the magnetic metal sheet is tightly sealed within the recesses; and combination of the sheet bodies is performed by screwing by screws or studs, sticky, or buckling.
  7. 7. The oil tank cleaning ball as claimed in claim 5, wherein at least one screw passes through the two sheet bodies to combine the two sheet bodies.
  8. 8. The oil tank cleaning ball as claimed in claim 5, wherein a plurality of round posts extends from an outer surface of the sheet body so as to provide a larger surface area.
  9. 9. The oil tank cleaning ball as claimed in claim 5, wherein a plurality of rectangular posts extends from an outer surface of the sheet body so as to provide a larger surface area.
  10. 10. The oil tank cleaning ball as claimed in claim 1, wherein the oil tank cleaning ball can be connected with another oil tank cleaning ball so as to provide large range for attracting impurities.
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JPH115041A (en) * 1997-06-17 1999-01-12 Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Ind Co Ltd Production of magnetic disc for activated sludge magnetic separator
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KR20160018334A (en) * 2015-05-06 2016-02-17 (주)진양자석 magnet made of SUS316 housing and magnetic device for separating debris using the magnet
US20200155983A1 (en) * 2018-08-29 2020-05-21 Maeda Shell Service Co., Ltd. Magnetic filtration apparatus
US20200222913A1 (en) * 2017-02-02 2020-07-16 FilterMag International, Inc. Magnetic filtering device

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JPH115041A (en) * 1997-06-17 1999-01-12 Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Ind Co Ltd Production of magnetic disc for activated sludge magnetic separator
WO2004035217A1 (en) * 2002-10-18 2004-04-29 Bio-Nobile Oy Magnetic transfer method, a device for transferring microparticles and a reactor unit
CA2714476A1 (en) * 2010-09-10 2012-03-10 Chul Hee Kim Submersed device for reducing the polluting emissions and saving energy in hydrocarbon combustion vehicles
KR20160018334A (en) * 2015-05-06 2016-02-17 (주)진양자석 magnet made of SUS316 housing and magnetic device for separating debris using the magnet
US20200222913A1 (en) * 2017-02-02 2020-07-16 FilterMag International, Inc. Magnetic filtering device
US20200155983A1 (en) * 2018-08-29 2020-05-21 Maeda Shell Service Co., Ltd. Magnetic filtration apparatus

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