Cleaning system for UV disinfection module/reactor

A UV disinfection module comprising:

• a pair of headers;
• a multiplicity of UV lamps oriented substantially parallel to each other extending between and mounted to the headers;
• a cleaning plate having a multiplicity of openings therein, the openings having lamp wipers, the openings and the wipers arranged to substantially coincide with positions of the lamps to permit movement of the plate between the headers;
• a rotatable screw extending between the headers and through the plate;
• a motor operatively connected to rotate the screw;
• a screw adapter fixed to the cleaning plate at a rotatable screw opening in the plate and including 1) a substantially cylindrical tube having opposed openings, one of the openings being aligned with the rotatable screw opening and 2) a thread nut connected to each of the opposed openings, each opposed opening having a threaded central bore sized to threadingly engage threads on the rotatable screw, whereby rotation of the screw moves the cleaning plate between the headers.

A cleaning system for a UV disinfection module having a pair of headers with a multiplicity of lamps extending therebetween comprising:

• a cleaning plate having a multiplicity of openings therein, the openings arranged to substantially coincide with positions of the lamps to permit movement of the plate between the headers;
• a ring-shaped wiper connected to the plate at each opening sized such that each wiper has a diameter less than the exterior diameter of a corresponding lamp, each wiper connected to the plate to permit lateral movement of the wiper with respect to the plate;
• and
• a motor operatively connected to move the plate between the headers.

A UV disinfection module comprising:

• a pair of headers;
• a multiplicity of UV lamps oriented substantially parallel to each other extending between and mounted to the headers;
• a cleaning plate having a multiplicity of openings therein, the openings arranged to substantially coincide with positions of the lamps to permit movement of the plate between the headers;
• a ring-shaped wiper connected to the plate at each opening sized such that each wiper has a diameter less than the exterior diameter of a corresponding lamp, each wiper connected to the plate to permit lateral movement of the wiper with respect to the plate;
• and
• a motor operatively connected to move the plate between the headers.

A cleaning system for a UV disinfection module having a pair of headers with a multiplicity of lamps extending therebetween comprising:

• a cleaning plate having a multiplicity of openings therein, the openings having lamp wipers, the openings and the wipers arranged to substantially coincide with positions of the lamps to permit movement of the plate between the headers;
• a rotatable screw extending between the headers and through the plate;
• a motor operatively connected to rotate the screw;
• a screw adapter fixed to the cleaning plate at a rotatable screw opening in the plate and including 1) an adaptor plate spaced apart from the cleaning plate and substantially parallel to the cleaning plate and having an opening aligned with the rotatable screw opening, 2) a thread nut connected to the adaptor plate at the opening in the adaptor plate, and 3) a thread nut connected to the cleaning plate and being aligned with the adaptor plate opening and a screw opening in the cleaning plate, each thread nut having a threaded central bore sized to threadingly engage threads on the rotatable screw, whereby rotation of the screw moves the cleaning plate between the headers.