US 12,459,014 B2
Nozzle for cleaning the interior of a pipe, a system including such a nozzle and a method for cleaning the interior of a pipe
Anna Lantz, Ljungbyholm (SE)
Assigned to AquaTeq Sweden AB, Kalmar (SE)
Appl. No. 17/767,836
Filed by AquaTeq Sweden AB, Kalmar (SE)
PCT Filed Oct. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/077386
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/069072, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0114645 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B08B 9/049 (2006.01)
CPC B08B 9/0495 (2013.01) [B08B 2209/04 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nozzle for cleaning the interior of a pipe, comprising:
a nozzle body comprising:
a rinsing fluid inlet to supply a rinsing fluid in a forward direction;
a rinsing fluid outlet connected to the rinsing fluid inlet and that discharges a jet of rinsing fluid at least partially in a rearward direction; and
a suction tube forming a passage between a material suction inlet arranged in a forward end of the nozzle body and a tube outlet,
wherein the rinsing fluid outlet is disposed in the suction tube,
wherein the flow of rinsing fluid out of the rinsing fluid outlet sucks material from the interior of the pipe into the material suction inlet, and wherein the tube outlet discharges a mixture of the material and rinsing fluid from the nozzle body in at least partially the rearward direction.