WASH CHAMBER FOR AUTOMATED 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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28 Claims
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1-23. -23. (canceled)
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24. A cleaning station comprising:
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a body; a rotatable wash chamber associated with the body, the wash chamber including an inner member and an outer member, the wash chamber including a first end and a second end, the wash chamber including an axis of rotation; an appendage receiving cavity located within the inner member, the appendage receiving cavity adapted for being accessible by at least a portion of at least one appendage of a person through an opening in the first end of the wash chamber; an annular cavity located between the inner member and the outer member, the inner member including a first surface and a second surface, the first surface facing the appendage receiving cavity and the second surface facing the annular cavity; wherein the annular cavity comprises at least one cleaning fluid, the at least one cleaning fluid being pressurization within the annular cavity; a plurality of nozzles disposed on the inner member, the plurality of nozzles adapted to receive the at least one cleaning fluid from the annular cavity and to project the at least one cleaning fluid into the appendage receiving cavity at differing angles relative to a longitudinal axis of the rotatable wash chamber; whereby during operation of the wash chamber, said pressurization within said annular cavity forces said at least one cleaning fluid from said annular cavity through the plurality of nozzles into the appendage receiving cavity. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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