WASH CHAMBER FOR APPENDAGE-WASHING APPARATUS
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Abstract
A wash cylinder or chamber for an automated cleaning station to clean an object or a person'"'"'s body part includes nozzles on the interior of the cylinder, the nozzles of one embodiment comprising an increasing roll angle providing a novel spray pattern. Additionally, embodiments of the invention include fluid guidance and conveyance structures, angled nozzles, sealing structures, finger guards, nozzle ribs, wash chamber seating mechanisms and drains, and nozzle inlays having a plurality of nozzles. Also disclosed are methods of washing an object or body part using a wash cylinder or chamber and methods of assembling a wash cylinder or chamber.
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23 Claims
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1-10. -10. (canceled)
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11. A method of at least partially cleaning at least a portion of an appendage of a user using an automated cleaning station, comprising:
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initiating a flow of a first fluid into a wash chamber of the automated cleaning station, the wash chamber including a first end and a second end, at least one of the first end and the second end connected to the automated cleaning station, the wash chamber including an axis of rotation, the wash chamber including an appendage receiving cavity, the appendage receiving cavity being accessible through an opening in the first end of the wash chamber and being adapted to receive the at least a portion of the appendage for washing; rotating the wash chamber; conveying the first fluid directly to at least a first nozzle of a plurality of nozzles, the conveying including routing the first fluid through a fluid conveyance structure that delivers the first fluid to the first nozzle, the fluid conveyance structure located adjacent to a void space, wherein the void space is not filled with the at least one fluid; and projecting the first fluid through the first nozzle and into the appendage receiving cavity; wherein the wash chamber is rotated about the axis of rotation at least during the step of projecting the fluid. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23-26. -26. (canceled)
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