Wash chamber for automated appendage-washing apparatus

A cleaning station to at least partially clean at least a portion of at least one object using at least one fluid, comprising:

• housing means for enclosing substantially an object receiving cavity;
• means for providing access by the portion of the object to the object receiving cavity, the means for providing access residing within at least a portion of the housing means;
• means for rotating the housing means, wherein the means for rotating is adapted for rotating the housing means for receiving around the portion of the at least one object;
• means for establishing a flow of the at least one fluid into the object receiving cavity;
• means for conveying the at least one fluid, wherein the means for conveying is located adjacent to a void space;
• and
• a plurality of nozzles adapted for projecting the at least one fluid, wherein the plurality of nozzles receives the at least one fluid from the means for conveying, wherein, when the conveyance means comprises the at least one fluid, the void space is free of the at least one fluid, wherein the at least two nozzles of the plurality of nozzles are separated by an arc distance and are each separated from a center of the housing means by a substantially equal radial distance, and wherein the void space is located along a portion of the arc distance.

A cleaning station, comprising:

• a rotatable wash chamber, the wash chamber comprising inner and outer housing members forming an annular space therebetween;
• an appendage receiving cavity located within and enclosed substantially by the inner housing member, the appendage receiving cavity being accessible, by at least a portion of an appendage of a user, through an opening in the wash chamber;
• a plurality of nozzles disposed on the wash chamber, the plurality of nozzles adapted to project at least one cleaning fluid into the appendage receiving cavity;
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• at least one fluid conveyance structure positioned in the annular space and in communication with at least one nozzle, the at least one fluid conveyance structure dividing the annular space into fluid carrying and non-fluid carrying portions, whereby, when the fluid carrying portion comprises the at least one cleaning fluid, the non-fluid carrying portion is free of the at least one cleaning fluid.

A cleaning station, comprising:

• a rotatable wash chamber, the wash chamber comprising a housing;
• an appendage receiving cavity located within and substantially enclosed by the housing, the appendage receiving cavity being accessible, by at least a portion of an appendage of a user, through an opening in the housing;
• a plurality of nozzles disposed on the housing, the plurality of nozzles adapted to project at least one cleaning fluid into the appendage receiving cavity;
• and
• a plurality of fluid conveyance structures positioned at discrete intervals on an exterior of the housing and in communication with the plurality of nozzles, wherein a substantial portion of the housing exterior is free of fluid conveyance structures.