One piece high temperature washer
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorRaymond Hayes
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Abstract
A washer including a cabinet with a washing zone accessible through a doorway; a door with an inflatable door seal for sealing the doorway, the door seal coupled to a pneumatic air system; a clamp for securing a part within the washing zone; a wash nozzle and air nozzle are located within the washing zone and fluidly coupled to a process water system, pneumatic system respectively for washing and drying the part; a safety controller operatively coupled to the door, the pneumatic system and the process water system; and a process controller operatively coupled to the door, the pneumatic system, the process water system and the clamp, the process controller configured to wash the part.
Claims20
A washer comprising:
- a cabinet defining an interior and an exterior;
- a washing zone within the cabinet interior;
- the cabinet having a doorway operatively coupled to said washing zone;
- a door coupled to the exterior of the cabinet within linear motion guides coupled to the exterior, the door configured to open and close the doorway;
- a door seal coupled to the cabinet exterior proximate the doorway and operatively coupled to the door for sealing the doorway, the door seal comprising an inflatable bladder fluidly coupled to a pneumatic air system;
- a clamp located within the washing zone, the clamp configured to secure a part within the washing zone;
- a wash/air nozzle located within the washing zone and fluidly coupled to a process water system, the wash nozzle configured to direct process water toward the part, the wash/air nozzle fluidly coupled to the pneumatic system, the wash/air nozzle configured to direct air toward the part;
- a safety controller operatively coupled to the door, the pneumatic system and the process water system;
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- a process controller operatively coupled to the door, the pneumatic system, the process water system and the clamp, the process controller configured to wash the part.
A washer comprising:
- a cabinet with a washing zone accessible through a doorway;
- a door with an inflatable door seal for sealing the doorway, the door seal coupled to a pneumatic air system;
- a clamp for securing a part within the washing zone;
- a wash/air nozzle located within the washing zone and fluidly coupled to a process water system and a pneumatic system for washing and drying the part;
- a safety controller operatively coupled to the door, the pneumatic system and the process water system;
- and a process controller operatively coupled to the door, the pneumatic system, the process water system and the clamp, the process controller configured to wash the part.
A process for washing a part with a washer comprising:
- accessing a washing zone located within an interior of a cabinet of the washer:
- securing a part to a clamp positioned within the washing zone;
- closing a door over a doorway that accesses the washing zone;
- securing the door with a door seal;
- preventing the door from opening responsive to signals from air pressure sensors and a door switch;
- washing the part with process water through at least one of a wash/air nozzle within the washing zone and internal passages within the clamp directed into internal channels of the part;
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- drying the part with air from a pneumatic system fluidly coupled to the wash/air nozzle directed toward the part and said internal passages within the clamp directed into the internal channels of the part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.