Apparatus for cleaning and drying anesthesia and respiratory equipment
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1. Apparatus for cleaning and drying lengths of corrugated tubing, hollow articles and other items constituting components of anesthesia and respiratory equipment comprising:
- a main chamber;
a plurality of substantially vertically arranged pipes disposed within said main chamber, each said pipe being adapted to receive the lumen of a length of said corrugated tubing;
each said pipe having one end in selective fluid communication with a source of cleaning liquid and a source of air;
means for selectively supplying under pressure to said pipes cleaning liquid and air from said respective sources; and
each said pipe further having longitudinally and circumferentially spaced ports for permitting said liquid and alternately said air present in said pipe under pressure to flow radially outwardly therefrom and into contact with said surrounding lumen.
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Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning and drying articles of anesthesia and respiratory equipment, particularly corrugated tubing and breathing bags. The corrugated tubes are threaded onto vertically arranged, perforated pipes which have restricted flow passages at their ends. First cleaning liquid, then drying air, is supplied under pressure to the pipes for radially outward flow therefrom to impinge on the lumina of the tubes.
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1. Apparatus for cleaning and drying lengths of corrugated tubing, hollow articles and other items constituting components of anesthesia and respiratory equipment comprising:
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a main chamber; a plurality of substantially vertically arranged pipes disposed within said main chamber, each said pipe being adapted to receive the lumen of a length of said corrugated tubing; each said pipe having one end in selective fluid communication with a source of cleaning liquid and a source of air; means for selectively supplying under pressure to said pipes cleaning liquid and air from said respective sources; and each said pipe further having longitudinally and circumferentially spaced ports for permitting said liquid and alternately said air present in said pipe under pressure to flow radially outwardly therefrom and into contact with said surrounding lumen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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