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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2010
Robert Warren Taylor, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);
David Chapin, Kansas City, MO (US);
Terry Farmer, Kearney, MO (US);
James Easel Roberts, Kansas City, MO (US);
Robert Warren Taylor, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);
David Chapin, Kansas City, MO (US);
Terry Farmer, Kearney, MO (US);
James Easel Roberts, Kansas City, MO (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and associated method for removing accumulated debris from a surface of a vessel. The system includes an impulse cleaning device defining a combustion chamber in which combustible fuel and air are mixed and ignited to produce combustion that is directed at the surface to be cleaned within the vessel, and an eductor assembly surrounding a downstream end of the chamber for inducting surrounding atmosphere into the combustion to widen the area being cleaned.