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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7406738 | Thruster pig A thruster pig for sending through a pipe from an entrance facility to a receiving location, for servicing or monitoring, by pumping a thrusting fluid into the pipe to force the pig forward is disclosed. The thruster pig includes a body having a front end and a back... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7367151 | Gun bore cleaning system A gun bore cleaning system for efficiently cleaning a bore of a gun. The gun bore cleaning system includes a cleaning member having a spiral groove and a length of cord positionable within the spiral groove. The cord is extended through a bore of a gun with the clea... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7121336 | Well scrubber A cylindrical brush for scrubbing the inside surface of a pipe is made of bristles attached to a springy helix. The diameter of the brush is greater than the inside diameter of the pipe. When the brush is pushed through the pipe the helix collapses and compacts the ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7073286 | Method and device for cleaning the barrel of the gun The present invention relates to a method for chemo-mechanical cleaning of the barrel of a gun, in which method the barrel is closed tightly from both ends and at least one cleaning chemical is introduced into the closed barrel, the chemical is allowed to react with... | 07/11/2006 |
| 5814160 | Method and apparatus for maintaining clean tubing A cleaning plug for cleaning and preventing contamination from entering the interior of a piece of tubing. The cleaning plug is compressible such that it may be compressed to a size smaller than the interior of the tubing and inserted into the tubing with... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5483725 | Self-supported chimney sweeping device A chimney sweep comprising a square support bracket, a fastening means securely fastening the square support bracket to a top of a chimney, four gussets, each of which is welded to an angle of the square support bracket, the four gussets serving to preven... | 01/16/1996 |
| 4817232 | Easy chimney sweep This chimney sweeping device is designed to enable anyone to clean his or her own chimney. Primarily, it consists of a collar fitted to the top of a chimney, and a pair of rollers of the collar engage with a rope that is attached to one end of a chimney s... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4619011 | Mechanical chimney sweep A mechanical chimney sweep including a spark arrester; a winch-pulley-cable assembly; a brush attached to the cable; and a counterweight depending from the brush. The spark arrester, which prevents lit material from exiting the flue, is attachable to a fl... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4562608 | Chimney cleaning brush This invention relates to a brush for cleaning chimneys, which brush can be passed in a folded configuration through a chimney in one direction. The brush can then be passed in the opposite direction through the chimney, and assumes during such passage an... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4538317 | Chimney cleaning apparatus A chimney cleaning device includes a brush support housing mounted on top of the chimney, and a roller assembly at the base of the chimney for reciprocating the brush in the chimney flue. The brush support housing includes a hood for suspending the brush ... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4509701 | Apparatus for breaking up solidified material in a storage container Apparatus for breaking up solidified particulate material in a storage container has a housing lowerable into the container on the lower end of a suspension element. A flailing element holder is rotatably mounted on the housing for rotary movement relativ... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4470168 | Chimney cleaning apparatus and method of making same Hard, brittle creosote deposits are removed from a chimney flue by striking the sharp ends of rods of flue cleaning apparatus against the deposits with penetrating impact and creosote chip-producing effect so as to break away creosote adhering to the flue... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4433449 | Chimney cleaner A flexible body member has lateral fingers arranged upon rotation to knock off substance which has collected on the inner surface of a chimney. A weight is provided at the bottom end of the body member to hold the latter substantially plumb in a chimney w... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4408368 | Chimney cleaning device Discloses a portable chimney device for removing creosote deposits and soot from a chimney flue while the chimney is in operation, or during a chimney fire, and without said device causing damage to the chimney flue, its liner, or chimney bottom. The devi... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4340989 | Cleaning system for chimneys A readily removable cleaning system for a chimney comprising in combination adjacent the top of a chimney a pair of bracket members each having a generally horizontally extending center portion disposed on an upper edge surface of the chimney oppositely f... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4261073 | Chimney sweep A sweep member is provided defining a pair of generally circular disk-shaped assemblies secured together as a single unit with the assemblies each disposed, generally, in a diametric plane of the other assembly generally normal to the medial plane thereof... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4254528 | Chimney sweeping device A chimney sweeping device is adapted to be suspended by a line in a chimney flue with a weight attached thereto thus to enable the device to be reciprocated in the flue. The cross sectional dimensions of chimney flues vary and the devices have two sets of... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4247964 | Chimney sweeping brush There is disclosed a chimney cleaning brush which comprises a large number of bristles extending outwardly and upwardly from a center hub. The bristles are distributed symmetrically around the periphery of the hub. Each bristle comprises a pre-formed leng... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4071919 | Waste chute cleaning apparatus A cleaning apparatus for waste shafts has a cleaning head with peripheral brushes fixed to the head, a vibrator mounted on the head vibrating the head and thereby the brushes, a lower spray head below the brushes for applying a cleaning solution, and an u... | 02/07/1978 |
