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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2006
Applicants:
Wesley A. Staples, Palatka, FL (US);
Roscoe S. Rucker, Brunswick, GA (US);
Inventors:
Wesley A. Staples, Palatka, FL (US);
Roscoe S. Rucker, Brunswick, GA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tank cleaning apparatus is steered by an operator for cleaning the inside of a tank includes a connector operable with a vacuum removal system. The apparatus includes a cutter head that is rotationally driven to cut into settled solid material and to move the solid material to an area where suction from the vacuum system removes the material from the tank.