A cleaning plug (P) adaptable to be placed within an interior passageway (10) of a tubular system (14) includes a generally conically shaped element (16) having a first end (18) and an opposite second end (20). The width (22) of the first end (18) fits within the tube (12). The width (24) of the second end (20) may be less than the first end (18). Rigging (26) is connected to the first end (18) to secure the conical element (16). A valve assembly (28) mounted with the second end (20) has a norma...

A cleaning and storage implement for cleaning and storing sewer hoses used to discharge the contents of holding tanks of recreational vehicles. An elongated plastic tube has a length and first and second ends, with a water supply conduit fitting on the first end and a nozzle that sprays in a conical spray pattern on the second end. An adjustable positionable stop on the tube near the first end in the form of a disk has a hole sized so as to receive the tube in an adjustable friction fit. A hand ...

A rotary cleaning device for drain pipes and the like wherein a universal guide is connected to a nozzle provided at a tip of a high-pressure hose, and the tip of the high-pressure hose is drawn out into the pipe and high-pressure water from the nozzle is jetted radiantly in a slant rearward direction of the nozzle, and the tip of the high-pressure hose is arranged to advance along the pipe sequentially while the high-pressure hose is rotated, whereby the direction of the nozzle is changed accor...

An apparatus for use in delivering fluid under pressure to a drain of a given diameter includes a bladder having an inlet end, an outlet end and an expandable wall having an outer diameter which is smaller than the given diameter of the drain when the bladder is unexpanded. The apparatus includes an orifice at the outlet end of the bladder and may be connected at its inlet to a fluid supply source which supplies fluid under pressure to the bladder. The diameter of the orifice is sized relative t...

An assembly for rotating and axially directing a high pressure spray hose and spray head to clean residue from the bores of thermal transfer tubes. The assembly includes a number of subassemblies that are concentrically aligned and mounted to rotate in synchrony and direct a high-pressure hose and spray head. A hose cleaning subassembly washes and/or brushes the hose exterior with a low-pressure spray. A hose drive assembly controls axial hose movement via driven gears and chains and four polyur...

A system for cleaning both the box and pin ends of tubular members, recovery of the fluid residue, filtering of the residue to recover the heavy solids, and disposing of each of the components of the residue in an environmentally safe manner. A first housing positionable over the end of a tubular member; a first bladder expandable from the housing to seal around the outer wall of the tubular member; a plurality of jets positioned adjacent the threads of the tubular member, so that as the jets ar...

A pipeline extending laterally from a main pipeline is cleaned from the main pipeline by utilizing a nozzle with rearwardly oriented exit orifices through which fluid is forced, the jet effect of the escape of the fluid from those orifices providing the impetus to force the nozzle through the lateral pipeline so as to penetrate and physically clear away obstructions, the escaping fluid flowing through and cleaning the lateral pipeline.

A method and apparatus for dissipating surcharge waste material clogging manholes includes a sewage surcharge dissipation head. The sewage surcharge dissipation head is connected through a high pressure hose to a source of high pressure water. The sewage surcharge dissipation head is lowered into a clogged manhole, and high pressure water is pumped through the high pressure hose to the sewage surcharge dissipation head. The high pressure water exits the sewage surcharge dissipation head through ...

A jacket pile cleanout device for cleaning in situ the interior of an offshore piling including a fluid accumulation jetting chamber for accumulating and jetting a fluid against debris within the interior of a pile casing and a pumping chamber connected with the accumulation chamber. The pumping chamber is fashioned with a fluid inlet and fluid exit with a means for introducing pressurized gas into the interior of the pumping chamber between the fluid inlet and the fluid exit. The pump serves to...

A fastener driving apparatus in which the fastener driving means in the form of a piston and piston rod construction is mounted within a cylinder which is movable from a first position into a second position by fluid pressure in the reservoir of the apparatus, while the fastener driving means is maintained in a fastener receiving position. Movement of the cylinder from the first position to the second position establishes a negative pressure beneath the driving piston and/or a pressure equal to ...