Patent ID: 7378026

Claim:
An apparatus for removing particulate matter contained in a liquid stream from a plurality of vessels, comprising: a hand held drill motor; a flexible drive shaft; a pump housing unit having a handle and containing a drill motor operated pump, said drill motor operated pump connected to said hand held drill motor by said flexible drive shaft such that when said hand held drill motor is activated said drill motor operated pump operates; a wand assembly, said wand assembly further comprised of; a wand shaft, wherein one end of said wand shaft is fixably attached to said pump housing unit; a pick-up head, said pick-up head attached to the opposite end of said wand shaft, said pick-up head further containing an inlet chamber, an outlet chamber, and inlet valve and a filter, and; a suction hose and a discharge hose routed within said wand shaft, wherein a first end of said suction hose is connected to the inlet side of said drill motor operated pump and a second end of said suction hose is connected to said inlet chamber of said pick-up head, and wherein a first end of said discharge hose is connected to the outlet side of said drill motor operated pump and a second end of said discharge hose is connected to said outlet chamber of said pick-up head.