Patent ID: 7162943
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: F41H

Abstract:
1. A mine neutralizing system comprising: means for providing transportation on a roadway; means on said transportation providing means for supplying fluid; means on said transportation providing means and coupled to said fluid supplying means for generating high pressure fluid, said high fluid pressure generating means comprising means for pumping said fluid from said fluid supplying means and partially raising the pressure thereof; means connected to said pumping means for further raising the pressure of said fluid to the pressure of said high pressure fluid; and means coupled to receive said high pressure fluid for selectively modifying flow properties thereof, said selectively modifying flow properties means being an actuator valve configured to selectively modify the flow characteristics of said high pressure fluid to be pulsating at selectively different frequencies, pressures, and flow rates; means on said transportation providing means and coupled to said high fluid pressure generating means for jetting flow of said high pressure fluid therethrough, said jetting means comprising at least one nozzle, said jetted flow of said high pressure fluid being adapted to neutralize mines on and under said roadway, and said jetted flow of said high pressure fluid being adapted to displace ground, exert pressure to detonate said mines, and cut parts of said mines; and means on said transportation providing means and coupled to said jetting means for orientating said jetting means to direct said jetted flow of said high pressure fluid downward and into ground under said roadway said pumping means being a pump and said further pressure raising means being a cavitation pressure vessel, said pump and said cavitation pressure vessels being configured to raise the pressure of said high pressure fluid to cause cavitation in said jetted flow of said high pressure fluid.