Patent References 3916568 Cleaning heads High pressure jet wall cleaner apparatus Mobile abrasive blasting surface treating apparatus Abrasive seal recovery system Cleaning apparatus Device capable of suction-adhering to a wall surface and moving therealong Airport runway cleaning method Abrasive cleaning apparatus Surface abrading machine having transverse oscilliation Patent #: 5291697 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 137994 filed on 08/21/1998US Classes:134/21, Including use of vacuum, suction, or inert atmosphere134/22.1, Hollow work, internal surface treatment134/22.18, With pressurized fluid or fluid manipulation134/22.19, With organic treating agent (e.g., solvent, surfactant, or reactant yielding soluble product, etc.)134/24, Movable fluid applying nozzle and/or with plugging or sealing of work passage or opening134/26, Using sequentially applied treating agents134/38Paints, varnishes, lacquers, or enamels, removalExaminersPrimary: El-Arini, ZeinabAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesB08B 003/02B08B 003/08 B08B 005/04 B08B 009/093 AbstractA method of cleaning surfaces so as to remove dirt, buildup, paint, asbestos, coating materials, or any other buildup or layer from the surface using a high fluid pressure cleaning for removing coatings and buildup from hard, often porous, and generally unpermeable surfaces such as brick, concrete, limestone, masonry, stone, asphalt, etc. Specifically, the method of surface cleaning involves high pressure water dispensation, or non-caustic chemical and then high pressure water dispensation via a number of different sized, shaped, and usage housings that include at least one rotating jet for applying the high pressure cleaning water that thereafter vacuumed out of the housing after cleaning by a high suction vacuum where the housing includes one or more rows of annular or peripheral sealing means such as brushes, rubber seals, rubber wipers, or other similar flexible yet sealing instruments. The housing is moved along the surface to be cleaned which in the case of a building is vertically up and down a track, while also being moved horizontally from a cleaned path to a non-cleaned but to be cleaned path.Field of SearchIncluding use of vacuum, suction, or inert atmospherePaints, varnishes, lacquers, or enamels, removal Hollow work, internal surface treatment With pressurized fluid or fluid manipulation With organic treating agent (e.g., solvent, surfactant, or reactant yielding soluble product, etc.) Movable fluid applying nozzle and/or with plugging or sealing of work passage or opening Using sequentially applied treating agents For metallic, siliceous, or calcareous basework, including chemical bleaching, oxidation or reduction | |