Jerry Jerome Richards

US Patent:

50302590, Jul 9, 1991

Filed:

Dec 18, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/452118

Inventors:

Earl R. Bryant - Birmingham AL
Jerry W. Richards - Birmingham AL
James N. Carnathan - Heuytown AL
William M. Franklin - Birmingham AL
Earnest N. Hutcheson - Birmingham AL

Assignee:

Guzzler Manufacturing, Inc. - Birmingham AL

International Classification:

A47L 500
B01D 5000

US Classification:

55302

Abstract:

A vehicle mounted vacuum cleaning system (20) includes a portable frame (23), a cyclone separator (51) mounted to the frame and a blower (111) for urging in the airstream to pass through the cyclone separator. Movable support arms (53, 54) are provided for supporting the cyclone separator and for moving it between a first position adjacent the portable frame and a second position extended laterally from the portable frame. Lifting track (141) and rail (142) are provided for moving the cyclone separator between raised and lowered positions. The vacuum cleaning system further includes a plurality of filter bags (76) mounted within a filter bag house (75) and air purge grids (81 and 82) for cleaning all of the filter bags simultaneously. The air purge system includes a reservoir (93) for storing compressed air and valve means (96) for releasing a charge of compressed air into the filter bags in a direction generally opposite to the normal direction of airflow through the filter bags in response to the attainment of a selected pressure within the reservoir.

US Patent:

57552649, May 26, 1998

Filed:

Jan 8, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/780293

Inventors:

Jerry Richards - Birmingham AL
Manikkam Madheswaran - Birmingham AL

Assignee:

Guzzler Manufacturing, Inc. - Birmingham AL

International Classification:

A01G 2509

US Classification:

137899

Abstract:

A vehicle for transporting waste material comprising: a support bed; a tank mounted above the support bed for receiving the waste material; a system for generating vacuum and pressure within the tank; an air conduit system; a waste loading system; and a waste discharge system for expelling the waste material from the tank.