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Apparatus for cleaning pipe ends having a closed system, for recycling cleaning fluid by removing contaminants, which includes independently positionable pin end and box end wash heads each of which can be used alone or simultaneously with the other; each wash head providing a high pressure spray of

Apparatus for cleaning pipe ends having a closed system, for recycling cleaning fluid by removing contaminants, which includes independently positionable pin end and box end wash heads each of which can be used alone or simultaneously with the other; each wash head providing a high pressure spray of cleaning fluid impinging on the exposed threads of the pipe end being washed within a sealed wash chamber formed by the wash head.

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Apparatus forming a closed fluid system for cleaning the ends of pipes, comprising a wash head for cleaning the pin end of a pipe defining a sealed wash chamber when a pipe end is disposed therein, and having a manually operable valve for controlling the flow of cleaning fluid to said wash chamber;

Apparatus forming a closed fluid system for cleaning the ends of pipes, comprising a wash head for cleaning the pin end of a pipe defining a sealed wash chamber when a pipe end is disposed therein, and having a manually operable valve for controlling the flow of cleaning fluid to said wash chamber; a wash head for cleaning the box end of a pipe defining a sealed wash chamber when a pipe end is disposed therein, and having a manually operable valve for controlling the flow of cleaning fluid to said wash chamber; each of said wash heads having means for spraying the flow of cleaning fluid against the pipe end disposed therein and seal means for preventing the cleaning fluid from flowing from the pipe end being cleaned into the pipe toward its other end; tank means for the cleaning fluid; filter means for removing contaminants from the cleaning fluid after use in said wash heads; first pump means causing the used cleaning fluid to flow from said wash head through said filter means to said tank means; and second pump means for providing cleaning fluid under pressure from said tank means to said manually operable valves.