US2969188A - Apparatus for cleaning tank-waggons, tanks and other chambers - Google Patents

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US2969188A
US2969188A US663291A US66329157A US2969188A US 2969188 A US2969188 A US 2969188A US 663291 A US663291 A US 663291A US 66329157 A US66329157 A US 66329157A US 2969188 A US2969188 A US 2969188A
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B3/00Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements
    • B05B3/02Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements
    • B05B3/04Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet
    • B05B3/0409Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet with moving, e.g. rotating, outlet elements
    • B05B3/0418Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet with moving, e.g. rotating, outlet elements comprising a liquid driven rotor, e.g. a turbine
    • B05B3/0422Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet with moving, e.g. rotating, outlet elements comprising a liquid driven rotor, e.g. a turbine with rotating outlet elements
    • B05B3/0445Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet with moving, e.g. rotating, outlet elements comprising a liquid driven rotor, e.g. a turbine with rotating outlet elements the movement of the outlet elements being a combination of two movements, one being rotational
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B3/00Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements
    • B05B3/02Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements
    • B05B3/04Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet
    • B05B3/06Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet by jet reaction, i.e. creating a spinning torque due to a tangential component of the jet
    • B05B3/066Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet by jet reaction, i.e. creating a spinning torque due to a tangential component of the jet the movement of the outlet elements being a combination of two movements, one being rotational
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08CLEANING
    • B08BCLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/08Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
    • B08B9/093Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by the force of jets or sprays
    • B08B9/0936Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks by the force of jets or sprays using rotating jets
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60SSERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60S3/00Vehicle cleaning apparatus not integral with vehicles
    • B60S3/008Vehicle cleaning apparatus not integral with vehicles for interiors of land vehicles
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61RAILWAYS
    • B61CLOCOMOTIVES; MOTOR RAILCARS
    • B61C8/00Filling stations for steam- or pneumatic-accumulator locomotives or motor railcars
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61RAILWAYS
    • B61DBODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D5/00Tank wagons for carrying fluent materials

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  • Ifherobject of the invention is to provide an apparatus for cleaning chambers, access to which is diicult or dangerous, and in particular tank-Waggons, which apparatus is of simple construction, operates f aultlessly and isfully effective.
  • This apparatus comprises at least one sprinkler which is provided with nozzlespadapted to project jets of cleaning liquid and which is mounted on a rotor for rotation about an axis, ⁇ the rotor rotatingy about an axis other than that ofthe sprinkler and being adapted to' supply saidliquid to said nozzles.
  • the rotor is itself driven by a sprinkler which isadapted vnot only to clean but also to act as driving means fixed to this rotor.
  • the inner distributing ports pertaining to this sprinkler andthe nozzles ofthe sprinkler are sovarranged as to give two different and opposite rotational torques, .the dilerence between these torques determining the rotational speed of the tates arent O Aconsidered sprinkler and ybeing substantially independenty ofthe pressure of the fluid.
  • Fig 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an apparatus embodying the invention
  • Fig 4 is a sectional view taken nalong linel 4%4 of Fig. l.
  • Fig. 5 shows the apparatus incorporated in ⁇ arcleaning liquid supply device, this apparatus being shown in three ysuccessive positions insidea tank-Waggon, the dimensions of the ⁇ apparatus being enlarged relative to those of the .Weeegn ⁇ In the embodiment shown Figs. 1 to 4,the apparatus n comprises a support consisting of thecombination of a 'tube 1 and a base 2 xedt-o the latter, fory example, by l screws 3 or a key.
  • a rotorR comprising aftubu- ⁇ 14b yare nozzles 15a and 15b.
  • rerice lar portion 4 whose axis coincides with the axis AA of the tube 1 and a plurality of tubulararrns 5 whose axes BB lie in radial planes which contain the axis AA and make therebetween equal angles, for example two diametrall-y opposed planes.
  • the axis BB of each arm is concurrent with the axis AA and makes ltherewith an angle .it which is preferably less than
  • the rotor R is mounted on the tube -1 and centered on the axis AA by means of two anti-friction bearings such as ball bearings 6 and 7,*the bearing 7 being held in position by a plug-8 screw-threadedly engaged on Aa screw-threaded portion 9 of the tubel.
  • the rotor R is drivenrin rotationy in the direction of arrow f1 (Fig. 2) by asprinklerrTl, the driving liquid forwhich is takeniromthe cleaning liquid.
  • This driving sprinkler T1 also contributes to the cleaning ofithe'tank through its own nozzles.
  • the sprinkler T1 consists of -an ⁇ annular body '10 fixed on the tubular portion 4 of the rotor R by one or more screws 11 (Figs. 2 and 3)k each of whichextends through a clearance hole in the body 1-0 and is screwed into a tapped hole 12 formed in the portion 4.
  • the body 10 thus rendered rigid with the rotor R comprises a number of radially extending bosses 13,- for example yfour bosses, which are diametrally opposed in pai-rs. A number of these bosses are tapped at 14a along a diametral axis CC (Fig.
  • the liquid which is supplied to the ⁇ axial bore lr6-.of the support tube 1 inthe manner described hereinafter, -flows into the bore 17k of the tubular portion 4 by way of a series of ports 18 formed in the tube 1.
  • the bore 17 of the rotor R communicates with the .exterior of the portion 4 and with an annular recess 19 in the body 1 0 by Way of a seriesofeoblique ports V20 whose axes make an angle of about 90 with those oi the ports 18, the orientation being such that jets vof liquid which issue from the ports 18land strike the lateral V'faces of the ports 20 tendto rotate therotopV R in'the Yof the jets issuing from the oblique nozzles.15b,andto'a second torque which opposes the tirst torque and is due to the impact of the jets issuing from the ports 18 against the walls of the ports 20.
  • rst torque is the greater of two torques so that the rotor rotates in the direction of arrow f1 (Fig. 2).
  • Tests have demonstrated that if the axes DD and EE are inclined at relative to a radial plane containing the axis AA and perpendicular to line CC and the passageways and ports are arranged as shown in the drawings, the rotational speed of the rotor in the direction of arrow f1 is substantially constant when the liquid supply pressure is between 2 and 12 kg. per sq. cm. v
  • a sprinkler T2 Mounted on each of the radial arms 5 of the rotor R is a sprinkler T2 which has solely a cleaning function.
  • Each sprinkler T2 comprises (Figs. 1 and 4) an annular body 21 provided with bosses 22 which support nozzles, the nozzles 23a being radial whereas nozzles 23b are inclined relative to radial planes containing the axis BB so as to cause rotation of the sprinkler T2, for example in the direction of arrow f2 (Fig. 4).
  • the sprinkler T2 is held in position, for example by screws 24, on a ring 25 which is itself rotatably mounted on the arm 5 and performs for the sprinkler T2 the function of the portion '4 in the sprinkler Tl relative to the tube 1.
  • the ring 25 is journalled on the arm 5 by means of two anti-friction bearings such as ball bearings 26 and 27 the assemblage being held in position on the arm 5 by a plug 28 screw-threadedly engaged at 29 in the end thereof.
  • the arrangement of the liquid supply passageways and recesses is similar to that described in respect of the sprinkler T1.
  • the support tube 1 comprises a second set of ports 18a (Fig. l) which are similar to the ports 18.
  • the tubular arm 5 is provided with ports 30 whose axes are substantially tangent to the bore 31 of the arm 5. These ports 30 extend through the wall of the arm 5 and communicate with an annular recess 32 in the ring 25 in a direction substantially perpendicular to the inclined ports 33 formed in this ring 25. These ports 33 communicate with an annular recess 34 in the ring 21 carrying the nozzles.
  • the apparatus is completed by a protecting cage which ensures that the sprinklers do not come into contact with the walls of the chamber to be cleaned.
  • This cage comprises a plate 35 attached by a bolt 36 and a nut 37 to the plug 8.
  • Mounted in the plate 35 at 38 and welded at 39 are rods 40 which are bent in such manner as to clear the sprinklers T1 and T2, the ends 41 of these rods being engaged in part-cylindrical concave lugs 42 rigid with the base 2.
  • the rods are preferably welded at 43 to these lugs 42.
  • the rods are interconnected, for example by an inner ring 44 and an outer ring 45 welded to these rods.
  • the apparatus operates in the following manner:
  • Water or other liquid under pressure is supplied to the bore 16 of the support tube 1 and this water flows through the ports 18 and 18a and thus reaches the nozzles of the sprinklers T1 and T2 by way of the passageways and recesses described hereinbefore.
  • the sprinkler T1 drives the rotor R about the axis AA in the direction of arrow f1 so that the axes BB of the sprinklers T2 describe a cone about the axis AA and the plane in which the jets .
  • issue from each sprinkler T2 revolves about the axis AA and thus sweeps through the whole of the space surrounding this axis AA, while the jets issuing from the driving 4 sprinkler T1 form a sheet of liquid which is substantially perpendicular to the axis AA.
  • Fig. 5 shows one way in which the apparatus of the invention can be used for cleaning a tank-waggon 46 provided with a manhole 47 and, for example, divided into three compartments 48, 49 and 50 by two partitions 51. Each of the compartments is cleaned in turn.
  • the apparatus is placed in position I, II and III at the end, for example, of a bent pipe 52 iixed by means of a ange 53 to the base 2 of the apparatus.
  • the pipe 52 is, for example, slidably mounted in a ball and socket joint 54, rotatably mounted in a support 55 which can be xed, for example by a bayonet coupling or other coupling means, to the upper flange of the manhole 47.
  • a further pipe S6 is connected to the pipe 52.
  • the cleaning liquid used may be of course any suitable liquid, such as water containing any suitable active agent or the liquid corresponding to that which will be stored in the tank-waggon or other container after cleaning, for example petrol or oil.
  • the apparatus is particularly simple in construction and undergoes practically no wear owing to the mounting of the rotating parts on anti-friction bearings 6, 7, 26 and 27.
  • An apparatus for cleaning tank wagons and the like which comprises a support, a rotor carried by said support and driven with a rotational movement about a rst axis, at least one freely rotatable sprinkler mounted on said rotor for rotation about a second axis diierent from said iirst axis, and a driving sprinkler iixed to said rotor for rotating said rotor on said support, each sprinkler being provided with nozzles adapted to project jets of cleaning liquid, said support and rotor being hollow and in communication with said nozzles to form conduits for distributing said liquid to said nozzles, said support and rotor and each sprinkler having in said conduits two conjugate series of liquid distributing ports, both of said series being concentrically disposed about the axis of rotation of the sprinkler, each port having an axis, the axis of each port of one of said series intersecting the axis of the corresponding port of the other of said series to provide a iirst
  • a sprinkling apparatus comprising a mount, a sprinkler rotatably carried on said mount, a plurality of nozzles on said sprinkler for discharging liquid under pressure, conduit means in said mount and sprinkler for delivering liquid under pressure to said nozzles, said conduit means including a rst series of ports fixed with respect to said mount and a second series of ports fixed with respect to said sprinkler, both said series of ports being concentrically disposed about the axis of the sprinkler, said ports in said second series being positionable opposite said ports in said iirst series and having port axes which intersect the port axes of said iirst series such that liquid from said first series of ports strikes the walls dening said second series of ports' at an angle to pro Jerusalem a torque on said sprinkler tending to rotate it in one direction, one of said nozzles having an axis lying Y at least partly outside a plane through the axis of rotation of said sprinkler so as to produce a second torque on said sprinkler tending to rotate

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