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Environmentally-friendly battery cleaning system

  • US 5,265,630 A
  • Filed: 10/26/1992
  • Issued: 11/30/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/09/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An environmentally-acceptable high-capacity acid storage battery cleaning system for industrial and commercial electric motor vehicles whose batteries accumulate external contaminants in use, comprising, in combination:

  • (1) a foraminous platform support for a dirty battery;

    (2) cleaning means for applying an aqueous cleaning solution containing (a) active cleaning detergent and (b) alkaline buffer, wherein the aqueous cleaning solution has a pH of at least 8, under a pressure within the range from about 0.5 to about 30 psi to a dirty battery on the support;

    (3) means for collecting dirty aqueous cleaning solution containing dirt and contaminant material suspended therein and draining from the battery and foraminous platform support after application to the battery;

    (4) filter means for removing suspended dirt and contaminant material from the dirty aqueous cleaning solution;

    (5) pump means for circulating cleaning solution to and clean filtrate from the filter means to the cleaning means;

    (6) rinsing means for applying rinsing water under a pressure within the range from about 800 to about 2500 psi to the battery after cleaning;

    (7) means for collecting dirty rinsing water from the rinsing; and

    (8) pump means for circulating dirty rinsing water to the filter means or to the cleaning means, selectable according to the dirtiness of the rinsing water.

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