EP0041698A3 - Cleaning bodies for the internal cleaning of tube heat exchangers - Google Patents

Cleaning bodies for the internal cleaning of tube heat exchangers Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0041698A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: cleaning; heat exchangers; tube heat; bodies; internal
Prior art date: 1980-06-10
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP81104312A

Other languages

German (de)

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EP0041698A2 (en

EP0041698B1 (en

Inventor

Klaus Eimer

Felix Kraker

Hans Werner Schildmann

Gunther Schmitz

Hans Dr. Sonnenschein

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Taprogge GmbH

Original Assignee

Taprogge GmbH

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1980-06-10

Filing date

1981-06-04

Publication date

1982-05-19

1981-06-04 Application filed by Taprogge GmbH filed Critical Taprogge GmbH

1981-12-16 Publication of EP0041698A2 publication Critical patent/EP0041698A2/en

1982-05-19 Publication of EP0041698A3 publication Critical patent/EP0041698A3/en

1983-05-11 Application granted granted Critical

1983-05-11 Publication of EP0041698B1 publication Critical patent/EP0041698B1/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- 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
- B08B9/02—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
- B08B9/0553—Cylindrically shaped pigs
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28G—CLEANING OF INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL SURFACES OF HEAT-EXCHANGE OR HEAT-TRANSFER CONDUITS, e.g. WATER TUBES OR BOILERS
- F28G1/00—Non-rotary, e.g. reciprocated, appliances
- F28G1/12—Fluid-propelled scrapers, bullets, or like solid bodies

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Cleaning Implements For Floors, Carpets, Furniture, Walls, And The Like (AREA)
Brushes (AREA)
Cleaning In General (AREA)

EP81104312A 1980-06-10 1981-06-04 Cleaning bodies for the internal cleaning of tube heat exchangers Expired EP0041698B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE3021698		1980-06-10
DE3021698A DE3021698C2 (en)	1980-06-10	1980-06-10	Cleaning body for cleaning the inside of tubular heat exchangers

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0041698A2 EP0041698A2 (en)	1981-12-16
EP0041698A3 true EP0041698A3 (en)	1982-05-19
EP0041698B1 EP0041698B1 (en)	1983-05-11

Family

ID=6104232

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP81104312A Expired EP0041698B1 (en)	1980-06-10	1981-06-04	Cleaning bodies for the internal cleaning of tube heat exchangers

Country Status (4)

Country	Link
US (1)	US4406031A (en)
EP (1)	EP0041698B1 (en)
JP (1)	JPS5726397A (en)
DE (1)	DE3021698C2 (en)

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DE3218254C1 (en) *	1982-05-14	1984-01-26	Taprogge Gesellschaft mbH, 4000 Düsseldorf	Cleaning body for the internal cleaning of the tubes of tube heat exchangers and processes for their production
JPS6438184A (en) *	1987-08-01	1989-02-08	Shizuo Sagawa	Method of cleaning pipe
US5265302A (en) *	1991-03-12	1993-11-30	Orlande Sivacoe	Pipeline pig
US5358573A (en) *	1991-03-25	1994-10-25	Orlande Sivacoe	Method of cleaning a pipe with a cylindrical pipe pig having pins in the central portion
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US6170493B1 (en)	1997-10-31	2001-01-09	Orlande Sivacoe	Method of cleaning a heater
US6569255B2 (en)	1998-09-24	2003-05-27	On Stream Technologies Inc.	Pig and method for cleaning tubes
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US6500271B1 (en)	2000-08-02	2002-12-31	Darren Moore	Pipeline pig
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CN110207534A (en) *	2019-07-09	2019-09-06	深圳市勤达富流体机电设备有限公司	A kind of rotating wash bowl of the surface with bristle
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DE2026502A1 (en) *	1969-06-02	1970-12-10
US4016620A (en) *	1975-05-22	1977-04-12	Pipeline Dehydrators, Inc.	Pipeline cleaning pig
US4077079A (en) *	1976-08-19	1978-03-07	Knapp Mary M	Pipeline pig
DE2914291A1 (en) *	1979-04-09	1980-10-16	Sizuo Sagawa	Tubular cleaning brush for industrial pipeline - has resilient sleeve with peripheral lugs of specified configuration and hardness
US4242771A (en) *	1979-07-16	1981-01-06	Knapp Kenneth M	Pipeline pig

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GB1319094A (en) *	1970-11-18	1973-05-31	Knapp M M M	Pipeline pig and associated apparatus

1980
- 1980-06-10 DE DE3021698A patent/DE3021698C2/en not_active Expired
1981
- 1981-06-04 EP EP81104312A patent/EP0041698B1/en not_active Expired
- 1981-06-08 JP JP8796881A patent/JPS5726397A/en active Pending
- 1981-06-09 US US06/271,824 patent/US4406031A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related

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CH451033A (en) *	1965-10-20	1968-05-15	Mcbeath Knapp Mary	Pipe scraping pad
DE2026502A1 (en) *	1969-06-02	1970-12-10
US4016620A (en) *	1975-05-22	1977-04-12	Pipeline Dehydrators, Inc.	Pipeline cleaning pig
US4077079A (en) *	1976-08-19	1978-03-07	Knapp Mary M	Pipeline pig
DE2914291A1 (en) *	1979-04-09	1980-10-16	Sizuo Sagawa	Tubular cleaning brush for industrial pipeline - has resilient sleeve with peripheral lugs of specified configuration and hardness
US4242771A (en) *	1979-07-16	1981-01-06	Knapp Kenneth M	Pipeline pig

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
DE3021698A1 (en)	1982-01-28
DE3021698C2 (en)	1982-06-09
EP0041698A2 (en)	1981-12-16
US4406031A (en)	1983-09-27
JPS5726397A (en)	1982-02-12
EP0041698B1 (en)	1983-05-11

Publication	Publication Date	Title
EP0041698A3 (en)	1982-05-19	Cleaning bodies for the internal cleaning of tube heat exchangers
EP0041700A3 (en)	1982-05-26	Cleaning bodies for the internal cleaning of tube heat exchangers
AU540426B2 (en)	1984-11-15	Cleaning heat exchanger tubes
GB2093582B (en)	1984-07-18	Heat exchangers
GB2075173B (en)	1984-06-27	Tube for tube-plate heat exchangers
GB2024982B (en)	1982-11-17	Cleaning of heat exchanger tubing
GB2090958B (en)	1985-02-06	Heat exchangers
JPS57155097A (en)	1982-09-25	Surface reinforced tube for heat exchanger
GB2112516B (en)	1985-01-30	Heat pipe heat exchanger
JPS57118155A (en)	1982-07-22	Inspection system for heat exchanger tube
GB2049149B (en)	1984-02-22	Tubular heat exchangers
GB2033996B (en)	1983-03-02	Cleaning of heat exchangers composed of tubes
JPS5755398A (en)	1982-04-02	Cleaner for heat exchanger tube
ZA824646B (en)	1983-04-27	Heat exchangers
EP0317331A3 (en)	1989-11-15	Device for cleaning inner surfaces of heat exchanger tubes
AU544106B2 (en)	1985-05-16	Basket retainer for heat exchanger tube cleaning element
GB2116687B (en)	1985-03-13	Flat tube heat exchanger
GB8325231D0 (en)	1983-10-26	Heat pipe
JPS57129397A (en)	1982-08-11	Heat exchanger tube
EP0041699A3 (en)	1982-05-26	Cleaning bodies for the internal cleaning of tube heat exchangers
GB2068093B (en)	1983-08-17	Heat exchangers
GB2074305B (en)	1984-05-02	Heat exchangers
GB2127517B (en)	1986-02-12	Cleaning heat exchangers
GB8430957D0 (en)	1985-01-16	Tubes for heat exchangers
DE3175002D1 (en)	1986-08-28	Heat pipe

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1981-10-17	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
1981-12-16	AK	Designated contracting states	Designated state(s): FR GB IT
1982-03-19	PUAL	Search report despatched	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009013
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1982-07-14	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 19820504
1983-01-13	ITF	It: translation for a ep patent filed
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1983-09-02	ET	Fr: translation filed
1984-03-19	PLBE	No opposition filed within time limit	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261
1984-03-19	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT
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