Portable parts washing apparatus with centrifugal filter
OwnerCharles T. Maglioccainventor
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Abstract
A portable parts washing machine using a washing solvent to wash motor parts or the like. The apparatus has a stowed configuration and an operating configuration. In the operating configuration, a solvent container/wash basin is positioned on a base section which also functions as a solvent reservoir. Solvent is recirculated by a pup and recirculating line fro the reservoir to the wash basin, with the solvent washing the parts and then flowing through a drain in the wash basin into a centrifugal filter. The centrifugal filter removes the contaminates, with the solvent returning to the reservoir. In the stowed configuration, the base section, centrifugal filter and solvent recirculating assembly are stowed in the container.
Claims26
A portable washing and filtering apparatus particularly adapted to wash parts, such as machine parts, said apparatus having a first stowed configuration in which the apparatus can conveniently be transported, and a second operating configuration in which washing of the parts can be accomplished with a washing solvent, and the solvent is filtered and recirculated in the apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
- a) a containing section comprising a containing member defining a containing chamber, said containing member, functioning in the first configuration as a stowing container, and functioning in the second configuration as a wash basin having a parts and solvent containing region, said containing member having a drain configured to retain parts in the container and permit solvent to pass through the drain;
- b) a base section which is configured to be positioned in the containing chamber of the containing member in the first stowed configuration, and also configured and arranged to function in the second operating position as a base support for the containing member and also a solvent reservoir, said base section defining a solvent containing region positioned below the containing section in the second configuration;
- c) a centrifugal filter which in the first configuration is stowed in the containing member and in the second configuration is positioned to receive the solvent from the drain, said centrifugal filter comprising a rotatably mounted filter receptacle with a filter to retain impurities from the solvent in the receptacle and permit the solvent to flow through the filter and into the solvent reservoir;
- d) a recirculating assembly which comprises a pump and a recirculating line and which is arranged so that in the operating configuration the pump moves the solvent from the solvent containing region and through the recirculating line to the wash basin of the containing member, and in the first stowed configuration is in the containing member.
A washing and filtering apparatus particularly adapted to wash parts, such as a machine parts, where a washing solvent is recirculated and filtered in the apparatus, said apparatus comprises:
- a) a washing basin having a parts and solvent containing region and a drain configured to retain parts in the basin and permit washing solvent to pass through the drain;
- b) a rotatably mounted centrifugal filter member positioned to receive the solvent from the drain, to retain impurities from the solvent in the filter member and permit the solvent to flow through the filter member;
- c) a base section providing a reservoir positioned to receive filtered solvent from the centrifugal filter;
- d) a recirculating assembly comprising a pump to move the filtered solvent from the reservoir and a recirculating line to deliver the filtered solvent from the reservoir to the basin.
A method of operating a portable washing and filtering apparatus particularly adapted to wash parts, such as machine parts, by positioning the apparatus a first stowed configuration in which the apparatus can conveniently be transported, and also positioning the apparatus in a second operating configuration in which washing of the parts can be accomplished with a washing solvent, and the solvent is filtered and recirculated in the apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
- a) providing a containing section comprising a containing member defining a containing chamber;
- b) providing a base section which is configured to be positioned in the containing chamber of the containing member and positioning the base section in the containing chamber of the containing member in the first stowed configuration;
- c) positioning a centrifugal filter in the first configuration stowed in the containing member;
- d) positioning a recirculating assembly which comprises a pump and a recirculating line in a stowed position in the containing member;
- e) initiating the operation of the apparatus in the second operating configuration by removing the base section from the containing chamber of the containing member and positioning the base section in an operating position as a base support and positioning the containing member on the base section, also utilizing the base section as a solvent reservoir, said base section defining a solvent containing region positioned below the containing section in the second configuration;
- f) also positioning the centrifugal filter in the second configuration where it is positioned to receive the solvent from the drain, said centrifugal filter comprising a rotatably mounted filter receptacle with a filter to retain impurities from the solvent in the receptacle and permit the solvent to flow through the filter and into the solvent reservoir;
- g) positioning the recirculating assembly in the operating configuration so that the pump moves the solvent from the solvent containing region and through the recirculating line to a solvent containing region of the containing member.
A portable washing and filtering apparatus particularly adapted to wash parts, such as machine parts, said apparatus having a first stowed configuration in which the apparatus can conveniently be transported, and a second operating configuration in which washing of the parts can be accomplished with a washing solvent, and the solvent is filtered and recirculated in the apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
- a) containing section comprising a containing member defining a containing chamber, said containing member, functioning in the first configuration as a stowing container, and functioning in the second configuration as a wash basin having a parts and solvent containing region, said containing member having a drain configured to retain parts in the container and permit solvent to pass through the drain;
- b) a base section which is configured to be positioned in the containing chamber of the containing member in the first stowed configuration, and also configured and arranged to function in the second operating position as a base support for the containing member and also a solvent reservoir, said base section defining a solvent containing region positioned below the containing section in the second configuration;
- c) a centrifugal filter which in the second configuration is positioned to receive the solvent from the drain, to retain impurities from the solvent in the receptacle and permit the solvent to flow through the filter and into the solvent reservoir;
- d) a recirculating assembly which comprises a pump and a recirculating line and which is arranged so that in the operating configuration the pump moves the solvent from the solvent containing region and through the recirculating line to the wash basin of the containing member.
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