Cleaning system and method
AssigneePatent Holding Company
InventorRussell Brynolf
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Abstract
The present invention comprises a conveyor assembly for carrying an item that has been painted by over-spray or dipping to a cleaning chamber where a cleaning means, typically a high pressure water cleaning device, is used to remove paint layers from an inadvertently painted item. The cleaning chamber further comprises a pool having an elongated drainage element such that water may be drained off from the top of the surface of the pool while the paint layers are deposited into the pool. The paint layers may subsequently be removed from the pool and disposed of properly. The invention further comprises a method of using the cleaning chamber, high pressure water cleaning device, pool and drainage device to clean items used to hold items to be painted.
Claims11
A cleaning system, comprising:
- a conveyor;
- a cleaning chamber about a portion of said conveyor;
- a cleaning device within said cleaning chamber, said cleaning device operable to convey fluid towards an item to be cleaned;
- and
- a fluid-tight receptacle, beneath said conveyor and within said cleaning chamber, said receptacle having an elevated drainage member, such that fluid conveyed onto an item to be cleaned and substance removed from items to be cleaned, can drop into said receptacle, said fluid subsequently pouring into said elevated drainage member while substance removed from items to be cleaned remains in said receptacle.
A high pressure device, for removing paint from items, comprising:
- a conveyor system;
- a hanging bracket attached to said conveyor system;
- a cleaning chamber about a portion of said conveyor system;
- a directional high water pressure cleaner within said cleaning chamber;
- and,
- a pool, beneath said conveyor system, within said cleaning chamber, said pool having an elevated drainage member such that water sprayed, onto an item to be cleaned, and paint removed from items to be cleaned, drops into said pool, said water subsequently pouring into said drainage member while said paint falls to the bottom of said pool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.