Patent ID: 6213134
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B08B,B60S

Abstract:
A cleaning apparatus for a tank car having an open manway in a top thereof comprising:a dome plate assembly, a base plate assembly, and a vertically extending main solution pipe extending through said open manway of said tank car, said dome plate assembly being attached over said manway, said vertically extending main solution pipe extending through said dome plate assembly and being attached at a lower extremity to said base plate assembly;a pair of base plate solution arms disposed on opposite sides of the main solution pipe at its lower extremity and in flow communication at a first end of each base plate solution arm with said main solution pipe, each said base plate solution arm having an opposed end movably connected to an extension solution arm; and,means to movably support and raise and lower said base plate solution arms in relation to said main solution pipe.