Apparatus for cleaning cylindrical air filters
OwnerGregory H. Zaiser, Harold W. Zaiserinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning a generally cylindrical air filter. The apparatus includes a carriage for receiving the air filter in a generally axially vertical orientation. The carriage is selectively turned to orient the filter generally horizontally. Dirt and debris are dislodged selectively from an inside cylindrical surface and an outside cylindrical surface of the filter by a air pressure nozzle and a pneumatic hammer, respectively. A vacuum apparatus collects the dirt and debris that is dislodged from the filter.
Claims18
An apparatus for cleaning a generally cylindrical air filter, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- carriage means adjustably mounted in said housing for receiving and holding the air filter in a generally axially vertical orientation;
- means mounted at least partly within said housing for selectively turning said carriage means to orient the filter generally horizontally;
- means supported within said housing for dislodging dirt and debris from at least one of an inside cylindrical surface and an outside cylindrical surface of the filter when the filter is oriented generally horizontally;
- and
- suction means communicably intereagaged with said housing for collecting the dirt and debris dislodged from the filter.
The apparatus of claim i further including a housing having a first chamber that contains said carriage means and the filter, an adjacent second chamber and a wall formed between said first and second chambers, said wall having a vacuum opening that is communicably engaged, on one side of said wall, by said annular base when the filter is horizontally oriented such that the cylindrical central opening of the filter communicates with said vacuum opening, said suction means including an inside vacuum manifold that communicably engages said vacuum opening on the opposite side of said wall.
An apparatus for cleaning a generally cylindrical air filter, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- carriage means adjustably mounted in said housing for receiving and holding the air filter in a generally axially vertical orientation;
- means mounted at least partly within said housing for selectively turning said carriage means to orient the filter generally horizontally;
- means supported within said housing for dislodging dirt and debris from an inside cylindrical surface of the filter when the filter is oriented generally horizontally, said dislodging means including an air pressure nozzle disposed within and directed generally toward the inside surface of the filter when the filter is generally horizontally oriented and means providing pressurized air to said nozzle means to dislodge dirt from the inside surface of the filter;
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- suction means communicably interengaged with said housing for collecting the dirt and debris dislodged from the filter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.