Epicycloidic industrial cleaning system
First Claim
1. An epicycloidic cleaning system comprising:
- a housing;
a process tank located within said housing for holding a bath of at least one predetermined solution;
parts carrier means rotatably mounted within said process tank having a plurality of support frames for holding parts to be cleaned;
an epicycloidic drive mechanism for providing said plurality of support frames with a continuous epicycloidic movement comprising a rotational movement about a rotation axis and a revolutional movement superposed upon the rotational movement;
a spray system comprising a plurality of rows of spray sources for spraying the at least one predetermined solution, said plurality of rows being arranged parallel to the rotation axis and disposed substantially adjacent thereto, each row moving synchronously with said rotational movement so as to provide a spray radially onto a respective support frame; and
means for selectively filling said process tank with the bath;
wherein during the epicycloidic movement, the at least one support frame is passable epicycloidically through the bath.
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Abstract
An industrial parts cleaning system including immersion and spraying which provides epicycloidic parts movement (a plurality of revolutions per rotation, wherein the revolution is supersposed the rotation), rotating spray which synchronously follows the parts rotation, and a purge system for evacuating from the common plumbing the respective wash or rinse solution of a current cycle before commencement of the next cycle. The cleaning system includes, a housing, a rinse tank for holding rinse solution, a wash tank for holding wash solution, a process tank, a parts carrier including at least one support frame for supportably receiving parts to be cleaned, an epicycloidic drive mechanism for providing a plurality of revolutions per rotation of each support frame, a central spray system for providing rotatively synchronous spray onto each respective support frame, plumbing for selectively interconnecting the rinse tank, wash tank, process tank and the central spray system, a source of heating for the wash solution and the rinse solution, an air dry nozzle array, a source of pressurized air for the nozzle array, and a purge system for purging the common plumbing between cycles.
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10 Claims
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1. An epicycloidic cleaning system comprising:
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a housing; a process tank located within said housing for holding a bath of at least one predetermined solution; parts carrier means rotatably mounted within said process tank having a plurality of support frames for holding parts to be cleaned; an epicycloidic drive mechanism for providing said plurality of support frames with a continuous epicycloidic movement comprising a rotational movement about a rotation axis and a revolutional movement superposed upon the rotational movement; a spray system comprising a plurality of rows of spray sources for spraying the at least one predetermined solution, said plurality of rows being arranged parallel to the rotation axis and disposed substantially adjacent thereto, each row moving synchronously with said rotational movement so as to provide a spray radially onto a respective support frame; and means for selectively filling said process tank with the bath; wherein during the epicycloidic movement, the at least one support frame is passable epicycloidically through the bath. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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