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Automatic washer, especially for cleaning hands and sterilizing articles

  • US 4,688,585 A
  • Filed: 10/01/1985
  • Issued: 08/25/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An automatic washer for the reproducible washing of hands and other articles and for preventing the contamination of a surrounding space, said washer comprising:

  • a box-like housing defining a washing chamber sealed from said surrounding space and formed with at least one wall provided with at least one opening receiving a flexible seal through which a hand to be washed can be inserted;

    nozzle means including at least one nozzle orientable in said housing to train a jet of at least one cleaning medium upon an object disposed in said chamber and which can be a hand introduced through said opening;

    program-storage means provided with preprogrammed parameters of cleaning processes including;

    washing, rinsing and drying fluids constituting respective cleaning media to be discharged by said nozzle means,patterns of distribution of said cleaning media onto and over objects of various orientations, configurations and types adapted to be disposed in said chamber,amounts of said cleaning media to be discharged by said nozzle means onto and over objects of various orientations, configurations and types adapted to be disposed in said chamber, andduration of discharge of said cleaning media by said nozzle means onto and over objects of various orientations, configurations and types adapted to be disposed in said chamber for cleaning and decontamination thereof;

    means for detecting and responding to the shape, orientation and position of an object introduced into said chamber and connected to said program-storage means for effecting washing of said object introduced into said chamber in accordance with selected ones of said parameters of cleaning media and of patterns of distribution, amounts of cleaning media and duration of discharge in accordance with the detected shape, orientation and position to ensure complete cleaning of said object introduced into said chamber; and

    means for signalling the completion of a program of washing in accordance with said selected ones of said parameters.

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