Patents Assigned to Cyclone Surface Cleaning, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6578714
    Abstract: A fluid reclamation system is provided for separating large debris particles from a polluted fluid. The reclamation system includes a separation device with an endless screen installed onto driven cylinders. A basin is mounted within the screen for collecting the fluid after it passes through a top surface of the screen. A disposal mechanism discards large debris particles from the screen and discharges the large debris particles into a storage barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Cyclone Surface Cleaning, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Rohrbacher, Timothy P. Stahoviak, Jacob M. Sonnett, Ben W. Jentink, Richard S. Rohrbacher
  • Patent number: 6514354
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a cyclonic power system and method of using the system to clean flat surfaces. The cyclone power system includes a driven spindle that is mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis. There are a plurality of radially extending straight rod extending from the spindle. Curved blades are connected at one end to the spindle and at their other end to the free end of a straight rod. The centrifugal force, generated as a result of the rotation of the driven spindle is not effective to cause the straight rods, which are constructed of stainless steel, to lengthen and since the curved blades are connected to the straight rods, the centrifugal force is not effective to lengthen the curved blades. In an embodiment of the invention a perforated disc is secured to the bottom surface of the spindle and to the free ends of the straight rods. In this embodiment the water and debris is pulled up through the perforations in the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Cyclone Surface Cleaning, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Rohrbacher, Timothy P. Stahoviak, Jacob M. Sonnett, Ben W. Jentink, R. Scott Rohrbacher
  • Publication number: 20020088746
    Abstract: A fluid reclamation system is provided for separating large debris particles from a polluted fluid. The reclamation system includes a separation device with an endless screen installed onto driven cylinders. A basin is mounted within the screen for collecting the fluid after it passes through a top surface of the screen. A disposal mechanism discards large debris particles from the screen and discharges the large debris particles into a storage barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Applicant: Cyclone Surface Cleaning, Inc
    Inventors: Richard D. Rohrbacher, Timothy P. Stahoviak, Jacob M. Sonnett, Ben W. Jentink, Richard S. Rohrbacher
  • Publication number: 20010042558
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a cyclonic power system and method of using the system to clean flat surfaces. The cyclone power system includes a driven spindle that is mounted for rotation about its longitudinal axis. There are a plurality of radially extending straight rod extending from the spindle. Curved blades are connected at one end to the spindle and at their other end to the free end of a straight rod. The centrifugal force, generated as a result of the rotation of the driven spindle is not effective to cause the straight rods, which are constructed of stainless steel, to lengthen and since the curved blades are connected to the straight rods, the centrifugal force is not effective to lengthen the curved blades. In an embodiment of the invention a perforated disc is secured to the bottom surface of the spindle and to the free ends of the straight rods. In this embodiment the water and debris is pulled up through the perforations in the disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: Cyclone Surface Cleaning, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Rohrbacher, Timothy P. Stahoviak, Jacob M. Sonnett, Ben W. Jentink, R. Scott Rohrbacher
  • Patent number: 6302967
    Abstract: A cyclonic power wash system uses high pressure, high temperature water for selectively cleaning large, flat, concrete or asphalt surfaces. The sprayed water is reclaimed by vacuuming it through holes in the bottom of a reclamation ring attached to the underside of the mobile cyclone sprayer, filtering the vacuumed water and returning it to a storage tank for re-use by the system. The filtration tank initially filters out large matter in an inlet trough and smaller matter in a plurality of cascading chambers. A rotary union in the sprayer prevents the water, passing from the inlet of the rotary union to the discharge thereof, from leaking through or around a seal formed by pressing together a pair of hard, durable sealing surfaces, for example, silicon carbide, one of which is non-rotatably slidingly received in an upper recess of the union's fixed housing and the other, affixed to a spindle rotatably received and retained in a lower recess of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Cyclone Surface Cleaning, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard David Rohrbacher, Judith Mae Jacobson
  • Patent number: 5826298
    Abstract: A cyclonic power wash system including a roving sprayer and retrieval unit that uses high pressure, high temperature water for selectively cleaning large, flat, concrete or asphalt surfaces and can retrieve a substantial portion of the dispensed water along with the matter picked up from the surfaces. The sprayed water is reclaimed by the retrieval rotor that is power driven. The roving sprayer and retrieval unit can function as a stand alone unit or in combination with a component carrying platform that includes a reclamation tank in which the retrieved water and matter is processed and separated so that the separated water can be reused by the roving sprayer and retrieval unit. A rotary union in the roving sprayer and retrieval unit, prevents water, passing from the inlet of the rotary union to the discharge thereof, from leaking through or around a seal that is formed by pressing together a pair of hard, durable sealing surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Cyclone Surface Cleaning Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Rohrbacher, Kemper Marley, Jr., Nelson D. Graves
  • Patent number: 5601659
    Abstract: A cyclonic power wash system and method of using the system to clean flat surfaces. The cyclonic power wash system 11 uses high pressure, high temperature water for selectively cleaning large, flat, concrete or asphalt surfaces. The sprayed water is reclaimed by vacuuming it through holes in the bottom of a reclamation ring attached to the underside of the mobile cyclone sprayer, filtering the vacuumed water and returning it to a storage tank for re-use by the system. The filtration tank initially filters out large matter in an inlet trough and smaller matter in a plurality of cascading chambers. Removably constrained within each chamber of the filtration tank and in each downstream canister filter is at least one bag or pillow filled with water insoluble, hydrocarbon absorbent, substantially polypropylene material which absorbs oil, fuel and other hydrocarbon substances suspended in or floating on the water passing there through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: Cyclone Surface Cleaning, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard D. Rohrbacher
  • Patent number: 5500976
    Abstract: A cyclonic power wash system uses high pressure, high temperature water for selectively cleaning large, flat, concrete or asphalt surfaces. The sprayed water is reclaimed by vacuuming it through holes in the bottom of a reclamation ring attached to the underside of the mobile cyclone sprayer, filtering the vacuumed water and returning it to a storage tank for re-use by the system. The filtration tank initially filters out large matter in an inlet trough and smaller matter in a plurality of cascading chambers. A rotary union in the sprayer prevents the water, passing from the inlet of the rotary union to the discharge thereof, from leaking through or around a seal formed by pressing together a pair of hard, durable sealing surfaces, for example, silicon carbide, one of which is non-rotatably slidingly received in an upper recess of the union's fixed housing and the other, affixed to a spindle rotatably received and retained in a lower recess of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Cyclone Surface Cleaning, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Rohrbacher, Judith M. Jacobson
  • Patent number: 5501396
    Abstract: A cyclonic power wash system uses high pressure, high temperature water for selectively cleaning large, flat, concrete or asphalt surfaces. The sprayed water is reclaimed by vacuuming it through holes in the bottom of a reclamation ring attached to the underside of the mobile cyclone sprayer, filtering the vacuumed water and returning it to a storage tank for re-use by the system. The filtration tank initially filters out large matter in an inlet trough and smaller matter in a plurality of cascading chambers. A rotary union in the sprayer prevents the water, passing from the inlet of the rotary union to the discharge thereof, from leaking through or around a seal formed by pressing together a pair of hard, durable sealing surfaces, for example, silicon carbide, one of which is non-rotatably slidingly received in an upper recess of the union's fixed housing and the other, affixed to a spindle rotatably received and retained in a lower recess of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Cyclone Surface Cleaning, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Rohrbacher, Judith M. Jacobson