Daniel C Lyle

US Patent:

53054881, Apr 26, 1994

Filed:

Aug 31, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/114999

Inventors:

Daniel C. Lyle - Oakmont PA

International Classification:

B08B 904

US Classification:

15104061

Abstract:

Fluid propelled tube cleaning tool for removal of deposits from the interior wall of a tube as a substantially cylindrical body, with a tail portion at one end, with a plurality of spaced cutters, with each cutter having a plurality of cutting blades extending radially from the cutters and with flexible bushings for each cutter which permit the force exerted by the cutter blades against the interior wall of the tube to be adjusted by axially compressing the flexible bushings.

US Patent:

51539632, Oct 13, 1992

Filed:

Jun 5, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/710681

Inventors:

Gregory J. Saxon - Oakmont PA
Daniel C. Lyle - Oakmont PA

Assignee:

Conco Systems Inc. - Verona PA

International Classification:

B08B 904

US Classification:

15104061

Abstract:

A tube cleaning tool for removal of hard deposits from the interior wall of a tube has a cylindrical body portion with an outer diameter, less than the inner diameter of the tube, a nose portion at one end and a tail portion at the other end, with a plurality of spaced freewheeling cutting wheels provided on the body portion which extend outwardly therefrom, the cutting wheels at least partially contained within the confines of the cylindrical body portion and rotatable about an axis transverse the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical body portion.

US Patent:

20190264994, Aug 29, 2019

Filed:

Feb 28, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/907521

Inventors:

- Ford City PA, US
Daniel Lyle - Kittanning PA, US

Assignee:

Projectile Tube Cleaning, Inc. - Ford City PA

International Classification:

F28G 1/12
F16L 37/62
F16L 55/38
F28G 15/02
B08B 9/032

Abstract:

A system is disclosed for cleaning the interiors of tubes in heat exchangers such as condensers and other devices having numerous substantially parallel tubes which periodically become fouled, scaled, or otherwise encumbered with deposits. An air-actuated seal resides on the end of a nozzle which is projected into the open end of a condenser tube or other heat exchanger tube to be cleaned. An air cylinder and piston retract the end of the nozzle on actuation of a single trigger valve on a manually operated water gun, which both begins high pressure water flow and operates the piston. On actuation of the trigger valve, the segment of the nozzle which has been inserted is retracted a short distance, crimping a flexible sleeve which surrounds it into a tight seal on the inner surface of the tube, thus preventing backflow or back spray. The system may employ projectiles designed to pass through the tubes under pressurized water, released by the gun, in close proximity to the interior surfaces of the tubes so that they may remove the deposits with a scraping or abrading action. The air-actuated sealing nozzle relieves the operator from arduous, repeated forcing of the nozzle into the tubes to maintain sealing contact with the interiors of the tubes. The system is readily adaptable to, and includes, a multi-nozzle arrangement actuated by a single trigger.

US Patent:

20190049198, Feb 14, 2019

Filed:

Aug 11, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/675179

Inventors:

- Ford City PA, US
Daniel Lyle - Kittanning PA, US

Assignee:

Projectile Tube Cleaning, Inc. - Ford City PA

International Classification:

F28G 1/12
F28G 1/16
B08B 9/055
F28G 1/08

Abstract:

The efficiency of projectile tube cleaning in multitube heat exchangers is greatly enhanced by the use of two or more nozzles for pressurized water or other liquid held by a bracket in parallel orientation a distance apart that equals the distance apart of the tubes. A pneumatic control system enables the simultaneous activation of two or more pressurized water valves so that two or more tubes can be scraped clean at once. Large heat exchangers and condensers having ordered arrays of thousands of parallel tubes can be cleaned by selecting a number of tubes for deposition of cleaning projectiles, repeatedly projecting two or more of the projectiles simultaneously, and immediately moving on to another set of tubes; then repeating the process with another selected number of tubes.

US Patent:

20140251383, Sep 11, 2014

Filed:

Mar 10, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/792141

Inventors:

EVAN DOMINIC LYLE - Ford City PA, US
Daniel Curtis Lyle - Kittanning PA, US

International Classification:

B08B 9/032
F28F 27/00

US Classification:

134 2212, 134166 C, 138 91

Abstract:

A treatment system that treats the interior of one or more tubes of a tube bundle. The system circulates treatment fluid within the tubes being treated. A manifold distributes the treatment fluid among the tubes being treated in the case of treatment of more than one tube where the tubes are to be treated simultaneously. A device is provided that both seals the ends of the tubes being treated and forms a passage by which the treatment fluid is introduced into and removed from the tubes. The treatment system can be a tube cleaning system that removes foreign material from the interior of the tubes.