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Tank cleaning system using remotely controlled robotic vehicle

  • US 5,561,883 A
  • Filed: 09/15/1994
  • Issued: 10/08/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system under control of an operator for cleaning waste material, or sludge, having a solid phase and a liquid phase from a container comprising:

  • (a) a source of cleaning fluid for supply to a directionally controllable nozzle carried by;

    (b) a remotely controllable movable robotic vehicle, said vehicle being controllable from outside a direct line of sight of an operator, said movable robotic vehicle capable of directing a stream of said cleaning fluid onto said waste material in an amount sufficient to cause a flow of at least a portion thereof; and

    (c) said vehicle having an evacuation nozzle and hose capable of evacuating at least a portion of said liquid phase and said flow of said waste material exteriorly to said container.

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