Patent ID: 6063151
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
Mobile apparatus for clearing gas lines comprising a motor vehicle having a cargo compartment, an independently operable vacuum producing unit supported in said cargo compartment and including a frame, a vacuum producer mounted on said frame and having a first gas inlet and a first gas outlet, an absolute filter connected to said first gas outlet, an engine mounted on said frame and drivingly connected to said vacuum producer, and a tubular bag separator mounted on said frame and having a second gas inlet and a second gas outlet, said second gas outlet being connected to said first gas inlet, at least one waste disposal drum having an open upper end, retaining means for releasably securing said at least one waste disposal drum in fixed position relative to said vehicle and within said cargo compartment, and a drum top separator for positioning on said open upper end of said at least one waste disposal drum and including a third gas inlet and a third gas outlet, said third gas outlet being connected to said second gas inlet.