US 12,269,069 B2
Mat washing system
Sam West, Houston (CA); Ryan Dusterhoft, Grand Prairie (CA); Heith Johnson, Clairmont (CA); Douglas A. Hunter, Calgary (CA); Dennis Needham, Calgary (CA); Gerald Mychajlyszyn, Calgary (CA); Clifford Cameron, Calgary (CA); and Daniel Kusler, Foothills (CA)
Assigned to Northern Mat & Bridge (Gp) Ltd., Calgary (CA)
Appl. No. 17/771,402
Filed by Northern Mat & Bridge (Gp) Ltd., Calgary (CA)
PCT Filed Oct. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CA2019/000153
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/077195, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0388037 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B08B 3/02 (2006.01); B01D 39/08 (2006.01); B08B 3/04 (2006.01); B08B 3/08 (2006.01); B08B 3/14 (2006.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2023.01)
CPC B08B 3/022 (2013.01) [B01D 39/08 (2013.01); B08B 3/041 (2013.01); B08B 3/08 (2013.01); B08B 3/14 (2013.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01); C02F 1/001 (2013.01); C02F 2001/007 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for washing a large flat object having a length greater than a width, the width defining a cross-section, said system comprising:
a frame defining a longitudinal path and comprising
a first end;
a second end; and
a wash chamber positioned between said first and second ends;
a transport system secured to the frame and adapted to transport said object positioned thereon; said transport system comprising:
a plurality of idle rollers located along said longitudinal path and adapted to support said object as it travels along the longitudinal path; and
a drive system positioned in the first end and the second end to provide mechanical transport motion to said object along the longitudinal path from said first end of the frame to said second end of the frame, said drive system not being positioned within the wash chamber; and
the first end comprising a loading mechanism to position the object on at least one of the plurality of idle rollers, and said second end comprising an unloading mechanism to remove the object from at least one of the plurality of idle rollers;
said wash chamber comprising an entrance located proximate the first end and an exit located proximate the second end, and a first series of high pressure nozzles or water jets positioned within the wash chamber and adapted to spray said object when such is within the washing chamber.