Patent ID: 7996946
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: B08B,F28G,F41B

Abstract:
1. A cleaning projectile verification system for a tube cleaning system that includes a tube being cleaned by projectiles comprising: a tube cleaning system that includes a control system for controlling said cleaning system, a projectile launcher, a plurality of projectiles, a tube, and a containment system for containing spent projectiles, said cleaning projectiles being launched through said tube and cleaning the interior of said tube, said projectiles exiting said tube and entering said containment system; first sensing means for sensing when a projectile is launched by said launcher; second sensing means for sensing each spent projectile exiting said tube and entering said containment system, said second sensing means being located within said containment system; means for indicating that a spent projectile has entered said containment system, said indicating means including a counter for counting the number of spent projectiles entering said containment system; timing means initiated each time a projectile is launched by said launcher, and said timing means emitting an error signal if more than a predetermined amount of time passes between the time that said timing means is initiated and said second sensing means senses that a spent projectile has exited said tube.