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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE40463 | Rollover pressure car wash apparatus and methods of operating same A variable pressure spray type vehicle laundry apparatus in which a carriage is mounted for longitudinal displacement along overhead parallel beams and an inverted L shaped spray arm carrying both horizontally and vertically directed nozzles circumscribes the vehicl... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7318442 | Automatic car wash system An automatic car wash system is provided for processing multiple vehicles simultaneously. The system according to one embodiment includes an elongate path, a plurality of stations for processing the vehicle, at least two detectors for indicating the presence of the ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7299855 | Die casting reciprocator safety bar An automated reciprocator for applying lubricant to the cavity of a die casting system having a safety bar for preventing the reciprocator from injuring a person or damaging equipment which may be present in the reciprocator travel path. The safety bar is movably ca... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7114663 | Thermally protected lance for repairing high temperature process vessel walls with pumpable fibrous refractory material and systems employing the same Systems and methods are provided whereby pumpable viscous fibrous material may be applied onto surfaces of high temperature process vessels while hot (i.e., while at or near such vessels' high operational temperatures of several hundreds up to several thousands of d... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6372053 | Rollover pressure car wash apparatus and methods of operating same A variable pressure spray type vehicle laundry apparatus in which a carriage is mounted for longitudinal displacement along overhead parallel beams and an inverted L shaped spray arm carrying both horizontally and vertically directed nozzles circumscribes... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6158678 | Apparatus for applying fluids to various types and locations of surfaces The present invention relates to an apparatus designed to apply cleaning fluids to all types of surfaces and to apply those fluids to vertical, horizontal, angled, and overhead surfaces. The apparatus is designed so that it is able to glide easily over un... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6090203 | Bowling lane oil application device and method An apparatus and method for applying a liquid dressing to a bowling lane has a chassis with wheels to guide the chassis along the longitudinal length of the lane. A spray nozzle for spraying the liquid dressing onto the bowing lane is mounted to reciproca... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6036123 | Apparatus for applying foam material to a substrate Apparatus for applying foamed plastic material on a roof deck comprises a wheeled frame moveable along the deck and carrying a foamed plastic dispenser support and drive assembly which extends transverse to the direction of movement of the frame and which... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5833811 | High temperature refractory material applying apparatus for the wall of a coking chamber in a coke battery An apparatus for applying a high temperature refractory material to the wall surface of a coking chamber in a coke battery is equipped with: a moving carriage which is provided on the side of a coke pushing machine of the coking chamber and which is free ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5820038 | Coater track dispense arm An apparatus for dispensing a photoresist solution onto a semiconductor wafer. The apparatus may include a base that attaches a dispense arm to a track. A receiver may be connected to a distal end of the arm and a nozzle may extend through an aperture in ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5641356 | Automated apparatus for coating discrete lengths of web A web coating apparatus includes a supply roll of web and a wind-up spindle for receiving a discrete length of the web. Fluid is discharged from a coating die in a direction toward the wind-up spindle to coat the web as the web is wound about the wind-up ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5348234 | Cleaning lance machine A device for cleaning heat exchanger pipe bundles. The device includes a guide column supported by a support construction for displacement parallel to itself, wherein the guide column defines a guide path for a slide piece guided slidably along the column... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5261600 | Vertical tube bundle cleaner A tube bundle cleaner capable of cleaning vertical tube bundles by remote actuation by an operator is provided. To prevent binding of the flexible fluid supply conduit which supplies hydroblasting fluid to the manifold upon which the cleaning lances are m... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5172710 | Apparatus for spraying a liquid in vessel An apparatus for directing a liquid spray against the interior walls of a vessel from a nozzle spray means comprising a housing mounted externally to a vessel. A spray support assembly is mounted within the housing which includes a spray support assembly ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5037672 | Device for spraying a coating on the internal surface of a vessel for transferring molten metal and a method relating to said device The device for spraying a coating on the internal faces of a vessel (2) for the transfer of molten metal such as a tundish comprises a spraying lance (3) secured to a carriage (4). The carriage (4) is capable of displacement in translational motion on a g... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5036871 | Flexible lance and drive system A flexible lance and drive system (10) extends through manhole (12) into blow down lane (14) of a pressurized water reactor (PWR) steam generator secondary side assembly (16). The system (10) includes a support rail (18) passing through the manhole (12) a... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4945933 | Liquid circulator useful for dispersing sediment contained in a storage tank A method and apparatus for cleaning the interior of storage tanks of the type used for storing large volumes of liquids, such as crude oil, wherein hydrocarbon sludge accumulates with the passage of time, such apparatus comprising a hollow housing, liquid... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4905913 | Contour following apparatus for positioning spray guns Apparatus for automatically spraying the sides and the top of workpieces such as vehicle bodies as they are conveyed through a spray station. Separate apparatus is provided for spraying the two sides and the top of the conveyed workpiece. Each apparatus i... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4821673 | Applicator robot and apparatus having member for picking up and transporting workpiece An applying robot which is disclosed herein comprises a movable arm having an applying gun and reciprocatingly movable at least between a work carry-in position and an applying position; and a work transporting hanger member mounted on the movable arm for... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4705057 | Cleaning device for regenerative heat exchangers A device for cleaning the heat-exchanging surface of a storage medium of a regenerative heat exchanger which has a rotatably driven hood. The device utilizes rinsing or cleaning fluid which is discharged from at least one spray nozzle essentially parallel... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4691723 | Apparatus for cleaning radioactive tube banks Apparatus for cleaning radioactive tube banks which have open ends contained in a plane, preferably for cleaning the tube banks of tube bank condensers, includes a high-pressure hose, which is pushed through each of the tubes and which at its free end car... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4251063 | Device for guniting the lining of casting ladles Disclosed is a device for guniting the lining of casting ladles, comprising a platform which is mounted by means of adjustable supports on the ladle to be repaired. On the under side of the platform a guide is mounted so as to extend downward from the pla... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4220282 | Apparatus for painting parts of large surface area An apparatus for painting parts of large surface area, the apparatus having a spray gun movable to and fro, and also rotatable, relative to a part to be painted. The gun is carried by a swivel member rotatably mounted by a cantilever arm which is mounted ... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4214704 | Reciprocator Apparatus for moving a reciprocating fluid-emission head automatically through successive, variable-speed, variable-function operating cycles that include linear extension and retraction to and from a space within which predetermined operations are to be ... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4166754 | Process and device for cleaning cathode surfaces Vertically oriented cathode grids or cathode plates, adjacently situated at closely spaced intervals in a cathode box, are cleaned by spraying jets of liquid onto the cathode surfaces at an angle of about 10°-50° and at a pressure of about 60 to 140 atm... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4107001 | High pressure water cleaner for ascension pipes A cleaner for ascension pipes is mounted onto a carriage that is movable on top of a coke oven battery alongside ascension pipes of coke oven chambers in the battery. The cleaner includes a flexible member, anchored at one end to the carriage, and carryin... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4085894 | Apparatus for automatically repairing the lining of a furnace The lining of a furnace is automaticlly repaired by use of a movable transport car on which a vertically disposed spray pipe is capable of being vertically displaced along its longitudinal axis and of being rotated about its longitudinal axis. The transpo... | 04/25/1978 |
| 3998388 | Reciprocator A reciprocator for traversing a fluid actuated apparatus between retracted and extended positions and for supplying fluid to said apparatus for operation thereof. While the invention is adaptable to various specific configurations, it is illustrated in th... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3957203 | Mobile refractory gunning device A mobile gunning apparatus is disclosed that is particularly adapted for applying refractory material to the interior of coke ovens, or the like. The apparatus is arranged for mounting on a wheeled vehicle and includes an extendable boom carrying the gunn... | 05/18/1976 |
