US 12,359,767 B2
Compressed gas tank or cylinder rotating clean-out apparatuses and methods of using the same
Arthur Koch, Crystal Lake, IL (US)
Filed by Calypso Enterprises, LLC, Crystal Lake, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/123,713.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/321,406, filed on Mar. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0296203 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. F16M 11/10 (2006.01); B08B 9/08 (2006.01); F16M 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 11/10 (2013.01) [B08B 9/0821 (2013.01); F16M 11/046 (2013.01); F16M 2200/041 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A compressed gas tank rotating apparatus comprising:
a base;
a leg extending upwardly from the base;
a rotating plate attached to an axle extending through the leg; and
a holding bracket and a securing strap on the rotating plate configured to securely hold a compressed gas tank on the holding bracket, wherein when the compressed gas tank is disposed on the holding bracket and secured via the securing strap, the compressed gas tank is configured to be disposed between an upside-down configuration and a right-side-up configuration via rotation of the rotating plate,
wherein the axle is attached to a rotating arm that is further connected to a rod extending from a cylinder tube of a pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder, wherein rotation of the rotating plate causes the rotating arm to rotate and the rod to extend from or retract into the cylinder tube of the pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder, wherein when the compressed gas tank is rotated from the upside-down configuration to the right-side up configuration, the rod retracts into the cylinder tube of the pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder thereby dampening the speed of rotation of the rotating plate and the compressed gas tank.