Wash and dry tool for enclosed channels and method for use

A cleaning tool system comprising:

• a central body having a longitudinal axis and including a plenum, the central body having a connection boss configured to receive a supply line for a cleaning medium comprising one of water, solvent, degreaser or other liquid cleaning agent from a supply line engaged in the connection boss;
• a fore body extending from the central body and having a peripheral contour shaped to be received in an enclosed channel, said peripheral contour shaped to index the cleaning tool system within the channel and maintain an orientation as the cleaning tool system is drawn through the channel, said fore body having orifices to dispense the cleaning medium, the forebody further comprising
• a plurality of spray channels in fluid communication with the plenum and terminating in one or more of the orifices and,
• a plurality of laterally oriented cleaning elements forming elements of a resilient peripheral contour concentric with the peripheral contour, said cleaning elements configured to resiliently contact surfaces of the channel to provide a scrubbing effect as the fore body is drawn through the channel;
• a plurality of stabilizers extending from the central body radially relative to the longitudinal axis to engage surfaces of the channel wherein the stabilizers comprise longitudinally oriented cleaning elements extending from the central body, the longitudinally oriented cleaning elements having outer ends resiliently contacting the corners of the channel;
• and,
• a loop hook in the fore body configured to attach a draw line to pull the fore body and central body through the channel along the longitudinal axis.

A method for cleaning an enclosed channel, said method comprising:

• inserting a cleaning tool system having a central body having a longitudinal axis and a fore body having a peripheral contour extending from the central body into an enclosed channel, said peripheral contour shaped to be received in the enclosed channel, and shaped to index the cleaning tool system within the channel and maintain an orientation as the cleaning tool system is drawn through the channel, the central body having a connection boss configured to receive a supply line for a cleaning medium and the fore body having orifices to dispense the cleaning medium into the channel;
• receiving the peripheral contour of the fore body into the enclosed channel to index the cleaning tool system in the channel,
• engaging the enclosed channel with a plurality of stabilizers extending from the central body radially relative to the longitudinal axis;
• pulling the fore body and central body through the channel along the longitudinal axis with a loop hook in the fore body configured to attach a draw line to pull the fore body and central body through the channel along the longitudinal axis;
• and
• dispensing the cleaning medium into the channel from the orifices in the fore body.