US 12,434,278 B2
Pipe cleaner and pipeline cleaning system
Zhiqiang She, Fujian (CN); Sanliu Huang, Fujian (CN); Longchang Sun, Fujian (CN); and Guangcheng Zhong, Fujian (CN)
Assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED, Hong Kong (CN)
Filed by CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED, Hong Kong (CN)
Filed on Aug. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/238,528.
Application 18/238,528 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2023/084554, filed on Mar. 29, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202222835385.6 (CN), filed on Oct. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0139785 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. B08B 9/043 (2006.01); B08B 1/12 (2024.01); B08B 9/055 (2006.01); F16L 55/28 (2006.01)
CPC B08B 9/0436 (2013.01) [B08B 1/12 (2024.01); B08B 9/055 (2013.01); B08B 9/0552 (2013.01); F16L 55/28 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pipe cleaner, which is applied to a to-be-cleaned pipeline, comprising:
a body, a surface of the body being provided with a cleaning portion;
wherein the cleaning portion is configured as a conductive structure, when the body moves along the pipeline, the cleaning portion is capable of pushing out dust particles in the pipeline to a tail end of the pipeline, and guiding out static electricity generated by friction with the pipeline;
wherein the cleaning portion is a plurality of conductive brushes arranged on the surface of the body;
wherein an area occupied by the cleaning portion on the surface of the body is 65% to 80% of the surface area of the body;
wherein the area occupied by the cleaning portion on the surface of the body is a sum of contact areas between the cleaning portion and the surface of the body, and
wherein the length of the cleaning portion is 15% to 20% of the diameter of the body.