Apparatus for cleaning textile slats of venetian blinds or the like

Apparatus for cleaning slats or the like comprising:

• a housing having an introductory slot and an exit slot for receiving and discharging slats, respectively;
• conveyor means for advancing slats through the housing from said introductory slot to said exit slot;
• at least one pair of driven roller brush means for scrubbing slats advanced through said housing, said at least one pair of driven roller brush means including upper brush means and lower brush means spaced relative to each other for slats to pass thereinbetween, said at least one pair of driven roller bursh means having a forward side and a rearward side;
• nonrotatable guide means for guiding slats, said guide means being located at least at the forward side and the rearward side of said at least one pair of driven roller brush means;
• fluid spray means operatively positioned relative to said upper brush means for wetting said upper brush means;
• wherein said conveyor means, said guide means, said upper brush means, said lower brush means, said introductory slot and said exit slot all forming a linear guide channel through which the slats move in a substantially straight line path;
• a portable underframe for mounting said housing;
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• a vessel for cleaning fluid, said vessel being movably mounted on rails located on said underframe.

Apparatus for cleaning slats or the like having an upper surface and a lower surface comprising:

• a housing;
• conveyor means for advancing slats through the housing;
• a fluid bath being contained within said housing;
• at least one pair of driven roller brush means for scrubbing slats advanced through said housing, said at least one pair of driven roller brush means including an upper and a lower roller brush spaced relative to each other for slats to pass thereinbetween, said at least one pair of driven roller brush means having an inlet side and an outlet side;
• guide means for guiding slats, said guide means being located at least on said inlet side and said outlet side of said at least one pair of driven roller brush means;
• fluid spray means for wetting said upper roller brush for cleaning an upper surface of a slat and said lower roller brush being mounted to partially rotate through said fluid bath contained in said housing for cleaning a lower surface of a slat;
• a portable underframe for mounting said housing;
• and
• a vessel for cleaning fluid, said vessel being movably mounted on rails located on said underframe.

Apparatus for cleaning slats or the like comprising:

• a housing;
• conveyor means for advancing slats through the housing;
• a fluid bath being contained within said housing;
• at least one pair of driven roller brush means for scrubbing slats advanced through said housing, said at least one pair of driven roller brush means including an upper and a lower roller brush spaced relative to each other for slats to pass thereinbetween, each of said upper and lower roller brushes having a forward side and a rearward side, said upper roller brush having a first axis of rotation, said lower roller brush having a second axis of rotation, said first axis being horizontally offset from said second axis in order to aid cleaning of said slats and to avoid possible deformation of said slats, and the rearward side of said upper roller brush being positioned downstream from the forward side of said lower roller brush;
• guide means for guiding slats, said guide means being located at least on the forward side and on the rearward side of the roller brushes, said first axis being located above a first portion of said guide means and said second axis being located below a second portion of said guide means, said portions of said guide means being positioned so as to permit said roller brush means to cooperate with said portions and to scrub said slats without possibly deforming said slats;
• and
• fluid spray means operatively positioned relative to said upper bursh for wetting said upper brush.

Apparatus for cleaning slats or the like having an upper surface and a lower surface comprising:

• a housing having an introductory slot and an exit slot for receiving and discharging slats, respectively;
• conveyor means for advancing slats through the housing from said introductory slot to said exit slot;
• a fluid bath being contained within said housing;
• at least one pair of driven roller brush means for scrubbing slats advanced through said housing, said at least one pair of driven roller brush means including an upper and a lower roller brush spaced relative to each other for slats to pass thereinbetween, said at least one pair of driven roller brush means having an inlet side and an outlet side, each of said upper and lower brushes having a forward side and a rearward side, said upper roller brush having a first axis of rotation, said lower roller brush having a second axis of rotation, said first axis being horizontally offset from said second axis in order to aid cleaning of said slats and to avoid possible deformation of said slats, and the rearward side of said upper roller brush being positioned downstream from the forward side of said lower roller brush;
• nonrotatable guide means for guiding slats, said guide means being located at least at the inlet side and the outlet side of said at least one pair of driven roller brush means, said first axis being located above a first portion of said guide means and said second axis being located below a second portion of said guide means, said portions of said guide means being positioned so as to permit said roller brush means to cooperate with said portions and to scrub said slats without possibly deforming said slats;
• and
• fluid means for wetting said upper surface of a slat and said lower roller brush being mounted to partially rotate through said fluid bath contained in said housing for cleaning a lower surface of a slat;
• wherein said conveyor means, said guide means, said upper brush, said lower brush, said introductory slot and said exit slot all forming a linear guide channel through which the slats move in a substantially straight line path.

Apparatus for cleaning textile slats of Venetian blinds or the like comprising:

• a housing containing a fluid bath, said housing containing at least one driven brush roller pair having an upper brush roller and a lower brush roller mounted so as to form a gap thereinbetween for slats to pass therethrough, said gap having an intake side and a discharge side, said lower brush roller being mounted to dip into the fluid bath in the housing;
• spray means for directing fluid against the upper brush roller;
• conveyor means for advancing slats, said conveyor means having at least one conveyor belt pair;
• guide members for guiding slats, said guide members being arranged at intake and discharge sides of the gap, said guide members cooperating with said at least one conveyor belt pair to form a linear guide channel for slats;
• a portable underframe for mounting said housing, said underframe having rails;
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• a vessel for cleaning fluid removably mounted on the rails located on said underframe.