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US 5,454,877 AGranted
Method for cleaning spherical objects and the like
AssigneeIntertech Corporation
InventorJack W. Worsham
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Abstract
A method is provided for washing spherical objects such as toy balls and the like. The balls are delivered into a bin above a hopper where they are manipulated to prevent jamming as they are passed from the hopper to a channel below consisting of rotating and stationary brushes. The balls are brushed and a detergent solution is applied. The balls are then rinsed and air is forced over them to dry any moisture thereon. The balls then exit through a discharge where they can then be collected and reused.
Claims10
The method of cleaning objects comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing the object to be cleaned in a hopper device;
- (b) passing the object from the hopper device to a circular channel formed by a fixed circular brush and a rotating circumferential brush;
- (c) moving the object through the circular channel;
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- (d) rotating the circumferential brush to clean the object as it moves through the circular channel.
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The method of cleaning an object comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing an object to be cleaned in a hopper device;
- (b) passing the object from the hopper device to a vertical circular channel formed by a rotating circumferential brush and a fixed circular brush;
- (c) moving the object through the vertical circular channel while cleaning the object;
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- (d) delivering the cleaned object for collection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.