Ultrasonic cleaning apparatus for cleaning chandeliers
OwnerKeith S. Campbellinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for the cleaning of the elongated downwardly extending pendants of a chandelier in situ by ultrasonic cavitation. The pendants are arranged in a plurality of parallel rows and columns of pendants in a rectangular-shaped pattern. The ultrasonic cleaning apparatus has a rectangular-shaped top member open at both ends detachably connected to a rectangular-shaped base member open at the top end. The open top end of the top member can be of different dimensions than the bottom end of the top member, allowing a plurality of pendants in a single row or column of pendants only to be cleaned at one time. Other detachable top members can be provided allowing for the cleaning of a plurality of pendants in a plurality of rows and columns to be cleaned at one time.
Claims27
Apparatus for use in the ultrasonic cleaning of a plurality of spaced-apart, downwardly extending, elongated objects each of predetermined length aligned in at least one row of such objects comprising in combination:
- (a) an elongated base member defined by vertically upright, spaced-apart, parallel side walls and vertically upright, spaced-apart, parallel end walls intersecting perpendicularly to said side wall and defining an internal cavity of predetermined size, said base member being further defined by an open top end and a closed bottom end;
- (b) a top member being detachably connected to the open top end of the base member, said top member being defined by vertically upright spaced-apart, parallel side walls and vertically upright, spaced-apart parallel end walls and defining an internal cavity of predetermined size terminating in an open top end and an open bottom end, said cavity in the top member communicating with the cavity in the base member and cleaning liquid being contained in said internal cavities;
- (c) an elongated jacket member defined by vertically upright side and end walls spaced apart from respective side and end walls of the base member a predetermined distance and parallel to said side and end walls of the base member, said jacket member surrounding the base member at and adjacent the base member at the bottom end of the base member and being defined by an open top end and a closed bottom end, said base member being centrally disposed in the jacket member so as to provide a channel of predetermined width around the bottom end of the base member for containment of cleaning liquid overflow from the top end of the top member, a horizontally disposed planar member providing a bottom closure member for said jacket member;
- (d) an immersible ultrasonic transducer being located in said base member for providing cavitation to said cleaning liquid;
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- (e) means for supporting the base and top members and jacket member in vertically upright manner.
Apparatus for use in the ultrasonic cleaning of a chandelier comprising a plurality of vertically disposed, elongated pendants each being defined by a top end and a bottom end and being spaced-apart from an adjacent pendant a predetermined distance, each of said pendants being suspended from a horizontally disposed member at its top end, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) means for holding a cleaning liquid comprising:
- (1) an elongated base member defined by vertically upright, spaced-apart, parallel side walls and vertically upright, spaced-apart, parallel end walls intersecting perpendicularly with the side walls and defining an internal cavity of predetermined size, said base member being further defined by an open top end and a closed bottom end;
- (2) a top member being detachably connected to the open top end of the base member, said top member being defined by side walls parallel to one another and spaced-apart a predetermined distance, and parallel end walls spaced-apart from one another a predetermined distance and that intersect perpendicularly with the side walls, each said side and end walls of the top member being further defined by top edges and bottom edges whereby an open top end and an open bottom end is provided to the top member and an internal cavity is provided in the top member that communicates with the internal cavity provided in the base member;
- (b) an elongated jacket member defined by vertically upright side and end walls spaced apart from respective side and end walls of the base member a predetermined distance, said jacket member surrounding the base member at and adjacent the base member at the bottom end of the base member and being defined by an open top end and a closed bottom end, said base member being centrally disposed in the jacket member so as to provide a channel of predetermined width around the bottom end of the base member for containment of cleaning liquid overflow from said top member;
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- (c) an immersible transducer being provided in the base member of the means for holding a cleaning liquid for providing cavitation to the cleaning liquid.
Ultrasonic cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) an elongated base member defined by vertically upright, spaced-apart, parallel side walls and vertically upright, spaced-apart, parallel end walls intersecting perpendicularly therewith and defining an internal cavity of predetermined size, said base member being further defined by an open top end and a bottom end;
- (b) an elongated jacket member defined by vertically upright side and end walls spaced apart from respective side and end walls of the base member a predetermined distance and parallel thereto, said jacket member surrounding the base member at and adjacent the base member at the bottom end thereof and being defined by an open top end and a closed bottom end, said base member being centrally disposed in the jacket member whereby to provide a containment channel of predetermined width around the bottom end of the base member, a horizontally disposed planar member providing a bottom closure member for said base and jacket members;
- (c) a top member being detachably connected to the top end of the base member, said top member being defined by side walls parallel to one another and spaced-apart a predetermined distance, and parallel end walls spaced-apart from one another a predetermined distance and that intersect perpendicularly with the side walls, each said side and end walls of the top member being further defined by top edges and bottom edges whereby an open top end and an open bottom end is provided to the top member and an internal cavity is provided in the top member that communicates with the internal cavity provided in the base member when the top and base member are detachably connected together;
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- (d) an immersible ultrasonic transducer for providing cavitation in a cleaning liquid to be contained in said cavities, the transducer being located in the base member and fixedly connected at the bottom end of the base member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.