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US 12,649,671 B2Granted
System for capturing and recycling washing components
AssigneeDarbo Auto Wash LLC
InventorsDaryle Bobb, Dennis Toibero, John Zaniker
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Abstract
A system and method of capturing washing agents and washed item particulates. The washing agents and washed item particulates are contained in a pad placed over an existing surface where they are captured. The washing agents and washed items are sent to a central depository for recycling and separation for clean disposal. The depository allows for re-usable portions of the washing agents to be re-used as part of the system while unusable residuals are separated for proper treatment or disposal.
Claims21
A washing system comprising:
- a washing pad;
- a reclamation tank having a baffle separating a first compartment and a second compartment of the reclamation tank, the baffle including a first port and a second port, the first port and the second port being disposed in the baffle at different heights of the reclamation tank and configured to discharge separated flows between the first compartment and the second compartment;
- and
- a cleaning system and a cleaning apparatus in fluid communication with the cleaning system,
- wherein the washing pad and the baffle are configured to filter out waste agents from a flow of used wash agents,
- wherein the reclamation tank is configured to transfer waste agents from the flow of used wash agents to a disposal site and to transfer reusable agents from the flow of used wash agents to an inlet on the cleaning system, and
- wherein the washing system is portable.
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A method of recycling cleaning agents, the method comprising:
- providing a first flow from a cleaning system to a cleaning apparatus, the first flow comprising new cleaning agents and fresh water;
- discharging the first flow from the cleaning apparatus onto an object to be cleaned;
- collecting the first flow in a washing pad;
- discharging a second flow from the washing pad, the second flow comprising the first flow after washing the object to be cleaned;
- providing the second flow to a reclamation tank having a baffle separating a first compartment and a second compartment of the reclamation tank, the baffle including a first port and a second port, the first port and the second port being disposed in the baffle at different heights of the reclamation tank and configured to discharge separated flows between the first compartment and the second compartment;
- filtering the second flow in the reclamation tank through the first compartment and the second compartment to produce a third flow from the second compartment;
- discharging the third flow form the reclamation tank;
- and
- reusing the third flow from the reclamation tank in the cleaning system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.