FLEXIBLE LANCE DRIVE APPARATUS WITH AUTOSTROKE FUNCTION

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20170102195A1
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15270926

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An apparatus for sensing an obstruction within a tube being cleaned and repetitively advancing and retracting a flexible high pressure fluid cleaning lance within the tube is disclosed. The method includes sensing a pneumatic supply pressure to a pneumatic lance drive motor at the motor during forward operation, sensing a pneumatic discharge pressure at the drive motor during forward operation, determining a difference between the pressures, comparing the difference to a predetermined difference threshold; reversing the drive motor direction for a predetermined time interval if the difference exceeds the threshold, and restoring forward operation after the predetermined time interval; and repeating the reversing and restoring operations until the difference no longer exceeds the predetermined difference threshold.

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STONEAGE INC466 S SKYLANE DRIVE DURANGO CO 81303

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Watkins, Travis Hesperus, US 10 68

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