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US 4,167,341 AGranted
Vibratory action cleaning device
OwnerJohn S. Doyelinventor
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Abstract
A device for cleaning articles such as jewelry by vibrating a container for a cleaning solution in which the articles are immersed at sonic frequencies with a motor which drives an eccentric weight. The cleaning device is made mainly of molded plastic parts which can be assembled with minimal need for tools so as to minimize manufacturing and assembly costs.
Claims5
A vibratory action cleaning device comprising:
- a housing having a top platform with resilient pads thereon and a peripheral flange which extends up from the platform and has recesses at its inner side;
- a table which has a top and legs depending from the top and fitting loosely within said flange of the platform and resting on said resilient pads and further has resilient tabs which snap-fit loosely into said recesses of the flange to interlock therewith, said table being capable of limited movement relative to the housing but being prevented from separating from the housing by the fit of the table legs within the flange and the interlock between the table tabs and the flange recesses;
- an open-top container for a cleaning agent into which articles to be cleaned can be immersed located on the table and means for securing the container to the table to keep the container from sliding off the table despite vibratory movement of the table;
- an electric motor affixed to the underside of the table top and having an eccentrially weighted shaft and means for selectively energizing the motor to drive the shaft into rotation to thereby vibrate the motor and the table to which it is affixed, said vibration in turn causing vibration of the container supported by the table and agitation of any cleaning agent and articles to be cleaned that may be in the container.
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