Abstract: An externally controllable apparatus for cleaning the slag deposits from the inner surfaces of a cyclone burner includes a support structure having a carriage slidably mounted thereon. A fluid-conducting swivel is mounted on the carriage for providing a rotatable coupling to a pipe extending through the cyclone. The carriage is moved along the support by a suitable movement mechanism so that fluid lances movably mounted on the pipe are properly disposed at selectable longitudinal positions within the cyclone burner. The fluid lances are transversely movable so that they can be moved toward or away from the side wall of the cyclone burner. A plurality of pairs of nozzles are used for directing a spray of cleaning fluid toward respective portions of the cyclone.

Abstract: A non-powered portable dishwasher, especially suited for insertion within a sink, has an enclosed dish-holding container with a rack for separating dirty dishes and a sealable top member for creating an enclosed washing chamber. Suspended from the top member, vertically descending, intermediate the various dirty dishes to be washed are a plurality of flexible washing bladders. Each of these washing bladders in turn has a series of washing apertures permitting the spray of water. Each of the washing bladders is manifolded to a wash-water manifold, which provides for connecting a continuous flow of hot water to the dishwasher, as well as providing for the addition of soap or detergent. When the dishwasher is assembled, filled with dirty dishes, and a source of hot water is supplied, the individual washing bladders will fill with the supplied water and detergent swelling to a larger size contacting the dishes.

Abstract: A method of cleaning a machined surface comprises: mounting a chip removing tool having two flow paths for compressed air and cooling water, respectively, on a main spindle of a machining center; and simultaneously jetting out the compressed air and cooling water from a mutual outlet, thereby to remove chips attached to a machined surface of a workpiece.A chip removing tool, for use in the above method, which includes a rotatable body attachable to a main spindle of a machining center, has a casing and compressed gas and liquid supply in the casing.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for cleaning horizontal surfaces, such as the grated flooring of paint workshops, by hydrodynamic action. The apparatus includes a carriage which can be moved back and forth over the surface to be cleaned, and a winding drum which is carried by the carriage and is arranged to pay out and wind in a high-pressure water supply hose as the carriage moves back and forth. The hose feeds water under pressure to nozzles carried at the ends of rotary arms mounted at the front and to both sides of the carriage. Water under pressure is also supplied to nozzles provided on two transverse arms of the carriage. These latter arms are angularly orientable about their longitudinal axes.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for deslagging boilers and the like while steaming, wherein a quenching-type stream of water is first applied to the outer surface of the hot slag to induce the formation of fissures by embrittlement and contraction of the slag and thereafter while the fissures are still present the fissured surface of the slag is impacted by a high velocity pulsed jet which drives water into the fissures, whereby dislodging of the slag is aided by the expansive force of water which vaporizes in the fissures. A generally conventional blower is illustrated, equipped with dual liquid supply and projecting means, and pulsing mechanism for interrupting the flow of blowing medium to one of the projecting means, to create the pulsed jet.

Abstract: In a powder dispenser comprising a container in which powder is supported on a screen, water under pressure for forming a concentrated solution or dispersion with the powder is introduced into a tube beneath the screen. The tube contains a plurality of apertures along its length and is rotatably mounted substantially mid-length so that an upwardly directed spray of water is directed from the tube through the screen onto the bottom layers of powder thereon with a sprinkler effect as the tube is rotated. Tube rotation is preferably imparted automatically under the reaction forces of the water leaving the apertures which are offset from the vertical in opposite senses on each side of the rotary axis.

Abstract: A device for cleaning lamps comprises a reservoir for cleaning liquid, equipped with a spray device to dispense a spray onto parts of a lamp to be cleaned. Surplus cleaning liquid is collected in an umbrella-like, folding, upwardly concave, water-proof screen and parts of the lamp which are not to be cleaned can be covered by water-proof bags. The entire device can be provided in a transport container and, in use, avoids the need for moving furniture away from underneath lamp fittings to be cleaned.

Abstract: Spraying apparatus for cleaning filter plates embodies a support frame which is mounted for movement beneath the filter plates and is adapted to align with each space formed between adjacent filter plates to be cleaned. A spraying unit is mounted for pivotal movement on the support frame selectively to a lowered position beneath the filter plates and to a raised position extending upwardly into the space between adjacent filter plates. A spray dispenser carried by the spraying unit moves within the space to apply spray to the adjacent vertical surfaces of the filter plates being cleaned.

Abstract: An installation for the washing of vegetables, fruits or similar products comprising a cylindrical tank and a source of supply of water permitting not only the filling of the tank but also the driving of the mass of water in rotation around its vertical axis. This source of supply of water comprises at least one ramp arranged above the level of the water contained in the tank, the ramp being provided with holes which are directed downward and diagonally so that the jets which emerge therefrom strike the surface of the water and drive it in a movement of rotation.

Abstract: Frying apparatus including a fry pot and a filter system operable during a cleaning cycle for dislodging food particles which cling to the fry pot and for removing food particles suspended in the cooking oil is disclosed. The filter system includes a shower apparatus which discharges jets of cooking oil along the interior side surfaces of the fry pot to dislodge food particles clinging thereto. The cooking oil is drained into a drain pan, strained through a filter and means are provided for pumping the filtered cooking oil back to the fry pot where it is discharged through the shower apparatus. Food particles are continuously separated from the cooking oil as it is conveyed from the fry pot through the filter into the drain pot. In a preferred embodiment, a control circuit is provided for automatically turning off the fry pot heaters when the cooking oil is drained during the filter cycle.

Abstract: An article washing device is disclosed which includes movable spray heads for both washing and rinsing while the article is stationary or moving. The housing is defined with the washing compartment therein having a frame means suspended from the upper portion thereof. The frame means is powered to move to and fro within the washing compartment. A supply line for washing solution and a supply line for rinsing solution are secured to the frame means and are oriented peripherally about the washing compartment. Spray heads are located in each of the washing and rinsing solutions such that the washing or rinsing solution can be released from the respective conduit while the frame means and the conduits themselves are moving back and forth longitudinally within the washing station. In this manner complete washing and rinsing of an article having many difficult areas to clean such as a rack is achievable.

Abstract: A device for cleaning a paint roller which includes a cylindrical cylinder in which the roller may be suspended while it is still attached to its operating handle, and a nozzle fixed to direct a stream of water against the roller in a non-radial direction to wash paint from the roller while at the same time causing it to rotate on its axis to expel water and paint centrifugally.

Abstract: A device and method for measuring the antifouling coating leach rates on ps' hulls uses a spherical segment shaped shell that circulates water over a coated area. A pump connected in closed circuit with the shell assures proper flow rate. A second pump creates a partial vacuum and holds the shell on the coated surface. A combination of nozzles and outlet fittings assures that the coating is exposed to a circulating flow of water. A portion of the circulated water is passed through a cupric ion electrode sensor which provides signals representative of the dissolved copper in water over time and, hence, the leach rate of the coating.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for components has means for washing components with high pressure water at a pressure above 1000 psi and preferably about 3000 psi, and an airknife drying means for drying components with a high volume of air at low pressure. Valve means are provided in the high pressure water line so as to selectively control the application of the water.The washing and drying means may be effected at different stations, transfer means being provided for transferring components between stages, or alternatively the washing and drying may be carried out at the same station. The dirty water from the washing is recycled for re-use.

Abstract: There is disclosed a device mounted for traveling movement on the edge of a rain gutter to clean it. The frame of this device may be stamped from a single sheet of metal or molded as a single piece from a plastic and has a vertical portion, to which is rigidly secured, the fixed tubular part of a rotary valve. Support rollers are carried on horizontal axes in turn carried by a vertical portion of the frame and these support rollers support the device for travel on the outer edge of a rain gutter. The frame continues to a U-shaped portion providing a horizontal frame portion. Guide rollers are mounted on vertical axes carried by the horizontal frame portion. These guide rollers are individually adjustable and support the device against lateral tipping. The fixed tubular valve part may have one nozzle or may have two nozzles connected therewith directing fluid in opposite directions in a rain gutter.

Abstract: A door cleaner is capable of automatically scraping a door side, knife edge and recessed inside surface to remove tar and the like adhered thereto. The cleaner can remove both viscous material at the knife edge and recessed inside surface of the door and dried and solid material at the door side close to the coking chamber. Jet nozzles are arranged on scraper devices for cleaning the knife edge and the recessed inside areas to completely scrape and further wash away the viscous tars adhered thereto.

Abstract: The invention relates to shower fittings especially those used in the paper and board making industries. The shower fitting incorporates at least one jet for directing on to a surface a jet of liquid which is suitable for cleaning and/or reconditioning the surface. The jet or jets are normally mounted in a tube to which the liquid is supplied and which is reciprocated across the surface to ensure that the entire width of the surface is treated and to avoid damage to the surface that might result if a jet of liquid is directed constantly at the same area of the surface. The invention is concerned with the problem of ensuring adequate support and protection for the tube. In one particular embodiment, the tube 1 is mounted for reciprocation inside a support tube 3. Support bushes 2 spaced along the axial length of the tube 1 ensure adequate support while protection is provided by the outer tube 3.

Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning a drum type vacuum filter having a rotating drum and a porous belt wrapped around and rotating with the drum. Liquid in a slurry carried by the belt is withdrawn through the belt and through grids carried on the drum and openings in the drum surface by a vacuum within the drum. Small particles of solids in the slurry are also drawn through the belt and lodge in and clog the grids and drum surface openings. The cleaning apparatus is positioned in a space formed between the belt and the drum by the travel of the belt from the drum and the return of the belt to the drum. The cleaning apparatus has a spray header movable along the length of the drum and carrying a plurality of nozzles facing the drum surface and grids mounted thereon and is connected to a source of high pressure liquid which is sprayed by the nozzles on the drum openings and grids to clean the solids from them.

Abstract: The apparatus disclosed herein is designed for removing solid deposits, which interfere with heat transfer, from the surface of the basket section in an air preheater. In one type of regenerative air preheater, the basket sections rotate around a hub inside a chamber. An I-beam and threaded rod are installed in the chamber parallel to the basket section, at a distance sufficient to allow clearance of the carriage assembly and jet nozzle, or nozzles. The carriage assembly is attached to the rod by a threaded drive block and the carriage straddles the I-beam. A motor drive, which is controlled by an electronic programmer, rotates the threaded rod, to drive the carriage incrementally along the rod and beam. The carriage also includs roller type bearings which aid movement of the carriage along the beam. As the basket section rotates parallel to the moving carriage, a high pressure water jet, or jets, is directed through the nozzle to wash the solid deposits off of the basket section.

Abstract: A system for selectively spraying a treating material such as an insecticide and/or odor suppressor into the interior of a commercial garbage or trash container. The system includes a suitable spray nozzle assembly carried on the cross bar of the lifting frame of a conventional front loading sanitation truck and a biased access door in the trash container or bin through which a spray nozzle may be inserted into the interior of the container. A container of the insecticide and/or odor suppressor is carried on the truck together with controls placed in the vehicle's cab and controlled by the operator to insert the spray nozzle into the container, spray the container's interior, and retract the spray nozzle.

Abstract: A load moving apparatus in which a linear actuator is used to move a load through an arrangement of cables and pulleys, so that the load is moved through a distance and at a speed which is a multiple of the distance of movement of the linear actuator.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning large tank interiors and other similar areas having a telescoping boom assembly attached to a base assembly with a positionable water nozzle assembly attached to one end of the boom assembly wherein the base member positioned in the tank interior is provided with a cage area housing the necessary control equipment and human operator.

Abstract: A high-pressure water cleaning device has an enclosure with an open bottom for movement over a floor surface and floor gratings. The cleaning device may be stationary, with objects to be cleaned moved past the enclosure. A rotating seal includes an upright spindle within the enclosure and secured thereto having an axial bore with a high-pressure water inlet and a series of radial discharge ports. A rotatable tubular body is journalled upon the spindle and has an internal annular high-pressure chamber communicating with the discharge ports and a series of radial outlets communicating with the chamber. Tubular arms mounting nozzles are laterally projected into the outlets for rotation with the body, the nozzles being adjusted for delivering streams of high pressure water within the enclosure at high pressure onto floor surfaces and gratings. The tubular body is power rotated.

Abstract: A centralized deicing system includes, in one embodiment, a large fixed location supply tank of deicing fluid which is heated and supplied to a plurality of terminal boxes located at several aircraft loading ramps. The system includes a recirculation loop for preheating the conduits for the deicing fluid by circulating heated deicer fluid through them before application to an aircraft. Each terminal box includes a coupler for receiving ends of a hose employed on a movable vehicle used for deicing an aircraft to also preheat the hose. In one embodiment of the invention, separate tanks of water and glycol are provided, and the terminal box includes a mixing valve which can be remotely controlled by an operator for blending the heated water and glycol in the desired proportion depending on weather conditions.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for use in a residential shower stall and the like, wherein one or more sets of projected fluid streams are collided against the human body in dispersals having preselected shapes and movement or location functionally related to the height of the occupant in order to scour and cleanse the body of the bather. In an alternate embodiment, a system operating from city water pressure alone provides for a flip-flop spray pattern from a plurality of nozzles releasably attached to various points on the wall of the shower stall or the like.

Abstract: A cable cleaning unit comprising a chamber adapted to surround a section of the cable to be cleaned, a plurality of outlets located within the chamber through which jets of high pressure fluid are directed onto the surface of the cable and mechanism for withdrawing fluid from the chamber. A traction unit for moving the cleaning unit along the cable to be cleaned is also disclosed.

Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning a coke oven door, which has upper and lower closing surfaces and two side closing surfaces which are to be cleaned, the cleaning apparatus being relatively positionable in a position for cleaning when the door is open, comprising a mobile frame having positioning surfaces engageable with guide surfaces at the said upper, lower and two side surfaces of the door in order to locate the door and apparatus in the cleaning position, the frame including horizontally extending upper and lower guide elements and at least one vertically extending guide element, carriages movable along the guide elements, fluid jets carried by said carriages directed (in the cleaning position) at the closing surfaces, at least one jet on the carriage which moves along the vertically extending guide element being connected by at least one resilient element to that carriage and there being at least one follower member connected to the jet which in use engages and is pressed by the resilient element against a guide s

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning cargo or tanker holds of ships is provided having a central support axle extending from the hold floor to the ship deck and on which is a trolley assembly having adjustable spray nozzles which trolley can travel vertically, as well as, rotationally about the support axle.

Abstract: The invention provides method and apparatus for applying a deicer liquid such as brine to a layer of frozen water (snow, ice, sleet, etc.) on a ground surface. The method provides for delivering brine or the like to a plurality of liquid directing nozzles at a pressure of about 21.1 kg/cm.sup.2 (300 psi) and distributing the liquid onto the frozen water from the nozzles as coherent laminar streams having a turbulent outer boundary layer. The streams of liquid are directed at an incident angle of between about one to 5 degrees to the layer of frozen water. Preferably, the streams of liquid are also directed at a heading which defines an acute angle with the direction of movement of the nozzles. The apparatus, which is adapted to be mounted on a truck or other ground vehicle, includes a liquid storage tank, a high pressure liquid pump, a distribution header having a plurality of nozzles connected thereto and conduits interconnecting the foregoing.

Abstract: A portable, hand-held cleaner for cleaning the box and pin ends of a joint of drill pipe using only high-pressure water. The cleaner includes a tubular housing having a plurality of spray nozzles disposed to create a swirling water jet that thoroughly cleans the threads and mating shoulders of the box and pin without requiring the use of solvents or mechanical means, such as brushes.

Abstract: Washing apparatus for cleaning the lenses of goggles, worn by a motorcyclist during a muddy race, is mounted on the forward portion of a duck bill visor to jet spray cleaning liquid onto the goggles to clear the lenses of mud. An oval tank of cleaning liquid is pressurized with air and supported on the front fork of the cycle, there being a flexible tube extending from the tank, up the sleeve of the rider and thence along the helmet to the jet spray on the visor. A finger actuated control valve and a breakaway are incorporated into the tube.

Abstract: A washing apparatus for a filter press comprises a spray pipe having a number of nozzles and disposed outside of the filter plates so as to extend parallel to one side of such filter plate, a movable unit in which one end of the spray pipe opposed to a lower corner of such filter plate is pivotally mounted and which is movable in a region outside of the filter plates parallelly to the latter, a carriage supporting the movable unit and movable in a region outside of the filter plates in the direction of movement of the latter, which carriage, each time a filter plate is transferred toward a movable end plate, serves to carry the movable unit in a direction opposite to the direction of such transfer so as to position the spray pipe between separated filter plates, a mechanism for moving the movable unit to and fro when the spray pipe is positioned between separated filter plates, and a second mechanism for raising and lowering the spray pipe synchronously with the to-and-fro movement of the movable unit, these

Abstract: (1) A wall cleaning unit including a housing with an open side for placement in contiguous relationship to a wall, upper and lower spray bars in the housing for directing high pressure water against the wall, sealing members on the housing around the opening for effecting sealing relationship with the wall, an outlet on the housing for conducting liquid away from the housing, and a high pressure liquid jet arrangement for creating a venturi effect to produce a suction for pressing sealing members against the wall. (2) A system for washing vertical walls including a vehicle mounted for movement along the top of the wall, a boom on the vehicle, a reel on the boom for moving a spray housing vertically on the wall, a source of high pressure water, a second reel on the boom for mounting a hose conducting high pressure water to the spray housing, and a motor on the vehicle for selectively moving the boom to cause the spray housing to move toward and away from the wall.

Abstract: A filter press with a novel spray washing arrangement for the filter plates which plates are shiftable on horizontal guides. The novel spray washing means comprises a carrier frame encompassing the stack of plates together with the horizontal guides and a spray pipe. The carrier frame is movable along the stack of filter plates at vertical, lateral struts. The spray pipe is equipped with spray nozzle and is guided as a unit movably up and down along the vertical struts. The spray pipe comprises two branch lines enclosing between them a filter plate that is to be spray washed. The spray nozzles of the two branch lines face each other to provide the same pressure on front and back surfaces of the filter plate.

Abstract: Spraying apparatus for cleaning filter press plates which are slidable along horizontal guides. A spray unit is provided with at least one row of spray nozzles located at spaced apart locations thereon and directed at the vertical surface of an adjacent filter plate. The spray unit is reciprocated over a distance equalling the distance across the filter plate to be cleaned whereby spaced apart areas are sprayed by the nozzles of the row of nozzles as the spray unit makes one run relative to the filter plate. Spray nozzles are positioned on the spray unit during the return run thereof between the spaced apart locations of the nozzles of the row of nozzles to spray the areas between the previously sprayed spaced apart areas on the return run of the spray unit. Fluid is supplied under pressure to the row of spray nozzles as the spray unit makes one run and to the spray nozzles located between the spaced apart locations as the spray unit makes its return run.

Abstract: A detachable mounting and support arrangement for the stationary spray tube which extends through a rotary drum. A tension cable extends through the spray tube and is anchored exteriorly of the drum and spray tube at each end of the drum.

Abstract: A germinating tank for germinating and softening malt supported on a grating. An aerating chamber in the germinating tank below the grating. Spray cleaning nozzles operatively mounted on a carriage which is movable under the grating. The spray cleaning nozzles spray cleaning fluid onto the grating from below and onto the floor of the aerating chamber from above.

Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning the heat exchanging surfaces of the heat transfer plates of rotary regenerative heat exchangers by using a row of high pressure directional jets of cleaning fluid directed into the interspaces between the plates and hitting deposits positioned in the interspaces essentially in the shape of a moving row of impact points.

Abstract: A high pressure wall of water is directed at a surface to be cleaned from a plastic-type discharger tube having nozzles mounted therein. The discharge tube is joined at right angles to a plastic-type inlet tube. The inlet tube connects to a garden hose through a convenient valve and coupling arrangement. The discharge tube has caster-type wheels mounted thereto approximately midway between the union of the discharge tube and inlet tube and the respective ends of the discharge tube.

Abstract: A photoresist spraying apparatus for coating both sides of metal sheets with photoresist and including a spray gun for spraying photoresist upon a workpiece, a spray chamber having a filter and exhaust vent for containing any overspray; a rack rotatably mounted within the chamber for holding the workpiece to be sprayed; a spray guide disposed at the front of the chamber in front of the workpiece for guiding the spray gun across the workpiece, and a positioning mechanism for moving the spray gun along the guide.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating a surface with a liquid has a support displaceable over the surface and carrying a spray beam itself provided with a plurality of nozzles directed at the surface. A diffuser surrounds a plurality of the nozzles and has a deflector for diverting the streams of liquid emitted by the nozzles so that these streams flow in a direction generally parallel to the surface being treated. Rollers maintain the front face of the deflector a predetermined distance from the surface being treated. The spray beam may be in two sections which are oppositely reciprocated to increase the treatment effect.

Abstract: A reciprocator for traversing a fluid actuated apparatus between retracted and extended positions and for supplying fluid to said apparatus for operation thereof. While the invention is adaptable to various specific configurations, it is illustrated in the context of a die lubricator. A supporting structure includes drive means in the form of a pneumatic cylinder and support means in the form of a plurality of telescoping tubes. The tubes each have a fixed end attached to the supporting structure, an intermediate portion journalled for linear motion in the supporting structure and a free end carrying the fluid actuated apparatus. Fluid supplies are connected to the fixed ends of the telescoping tubes so that, in addition to the support function, the tubes serve as conduits of actuating fluid for the reciprocatable apparatus.

Abstract: Apparatus to apply dyestuff to a moving sheet of fabric which employs a unique construction of dye applicator or gun constructed basically in two clam shell sections with the clam shell sections being made in sets for ease of adjustment and installation. The dye applicator or gun includes a multiplicity of dye jets made by grooving each of the clam shell sections, mating the sections and then drilling the grooves to the proper size.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for hydrometallurgical leaching of unseparated, crushed mineral ores using a vessel having liquid stream forming nozzles in the lower portion thereof which operate to direct a stream of leaching liquid into solids in the lower portion of the vessel and to create a highly agitated interaction zone above which solids are settling under gravity and through which liquid from the lower portion rises upwardly in counter-current flow. The vessel is sufficiently high that an overflow of low solids content liquid is taken from the top. Outlets, as for example discharge piping or sumps, are provided in the bottom of the vessel for the controlled removal of solids therefrom. In multistage operation, the solids content of the overflow liquid is removed and the liquid content of the underflow is removed and combined to yield a mineral pregnant liquor which serves as the leaching liquid for a preceding stage where less depleted solids are being processed.

Abstract: A spraying device for a bottle cleaning machine in which bottles are conveyed in inverted position. The spraying device reciprocates in the machine beneath the bottles and includes upwardly directed nozzles that follow respective bottles in succession for a predetermined distance. A cam drive is provided for the device with a guide return. The frame for the spraying device is supported and guided in the machine on antifriction elements. The antifriction elements may include balls rollingly supported by channels in the machine and rollingly engaged by the frame of the spraying device.

Abstract: A tube cleaning device including a water lance and a movable carriage with a driving mechanism for extending and retracting the lance, lance guides and a device for supplying water under pressure to the lance; the driving mechanism being located close to the lance tip when the lance is in its retracted position.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for cleaning the exterior surface of a pipe such as a pipe located in a sub-sea location having a coating of concrete or the like thereabout. The apparatus includes a generally longitudinal frame which supports a carriage for longitudinal traverse therealong. The carriage supports a high-pressure fluid nozzle which is arranged to direct the discharge thereof against the pipe coating which is to be removed. The carriage is arranged for longitudinal traverse along the frame, to thereby direct a high-pressure fluid stream into contact with the surface of the pipe. The frame is also arranged for rotation about the pipe, whereby a section of the pipe can be cleaned about its full circumference by a number of generally longitudinal runs along the pipe section being cleaned. The carriage may also support a wire cutter for cutting any re-enforcing wire after the concrete has been dislodged by the fluid nozzle.

Abstract: The apparatus serves to clean surfaces of articles by spraying a liquid cleaning fluid on said articles. A support is provided for carrying an article to be cleaned, also a nozzle system for spraying said cleaning fluid, and mechanism for moving said support and nozzle system relative to each other. The nozzle system comprises an upright nozzle tube disposed laterally of the support and above the same, an upper horizontal nozzle tube extending over the support, and a lower horizontal nozzle tube extending under the support. Each of said upright, upper and lower nozzle tubes have nozzles which are arranged in a longitudinal row and directed toward said support. Said upright and upper nozzle tubes and said support define a cleaning zone between them. Said nozzle system comprises an additional nozzle tube extending into said cleaning zone and having at least one longitudinal row of nozzles which extend laterally from the axis of said additional nozzle tube.

Abstract: A cable cleaning unit comprising a chamber adapted to surround a section of the cable to be cleaned, a plurality of outlets located within the chamber through which jets of high pressure fluid are directed onto the surface of the cable and mechanism for withdrawing fluid from the chamber.