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Systems and processes for cleaning tanker truck interiors

  • US 9,656,308 B2
  • Filed: 07/10/2015
  • Issued: 05/23/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A process for cleaning a vessel, comprising:

  • providing a support structure;

    providing one or more rails operably connected to the support structure;

    providing a frame assembly supported by and slideably engaged with the one or more rails;

    providing one or more manway adapters each equipped with a washout nozzle and supported by the frame assembly;

    providing at least one first actuator;

    providing at least one second actuator;

    controlling horizontal movement of the frame assembly along the one or more rails with the at least one first actuator to position the one or more manway adapters horizontally along the one or more rails;

    controlling vertical movement of the one or more manway adapters with the at least one second actuator to position the one or more manway adapters vertically relative to a manway of a vessel;

    controlling horizontal movement of the one or more rails with the at least one first actuator to pivot the one or more rails around the support structure such that the one or more rails rotate within a horizontal plane; and

    cleaning an interior of the vessel by delivering a cleaning solution through the washout nozzle.

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