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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Dominion Engineering, Inc., Reston, VA (US);
Inventors:
Sotaro Kaneda, Hokkaido, JP;
Jean E. Collin, Chantilly, VA (US);
Joshua M. Luszcz, Falls Church, VA (US);
Christopher R. Casarez, Arlington, VA (US);
Marc A. Kreider, Herndon, VA (US);
Robert D. Varrin, Jr., Reston, VA (US);
David J. Gross, Bethesda, MD (US);
Assignee:
Dominion Engineering, Inc., Reston, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/12 (2006.01); B08B 7/02 (2006.01); B08B 9/02 (2006.01); B08B 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/12 (2013.01); B08B 7/028 (2013.01); B08B 9/02 (2013.01); B08B 9/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of cleaning a vessel having deposits on an interior surface includes removably bonding an ultrasonic transducer to an external wall of the vessel and using the ultrasonic transducer to produce ultrasonic energy coupled into the vessel wall such that at least a portion of the ultrasonic energy is transmitted to the interior surface.