Cleaning means and more particularly cleaning of hypodermic needles of syringes

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR THE CLEANING OF HYPODERMIC NEEDLES INCLUDING SUPPORTING MEANS, A DISTRIBUTING HEAD HAVING A PLURALITY OF NOZZLES, SAID SUPPORTING MEANS BEING PROVIDED WITH SLOT MEANS THEREIN, A HOLDER INSERTABLE INTO THE SLOT MEANS, AND ADAPTED TO CARRY THE NEEDLES TO BE CLEANED, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING CLEANING MEDIUM AND DRYING AIR MEDIUM TO SAID HEAD AND NOZZLES, MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID DISTRIBUTING HEAD TO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS FOR MOVEMENT TO THREE POSITIONS RELATIVE TO SAID HOLDER, FIRST CONTROL MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID HEAD TO SEQUENTIALLY LOCATE IT AT THE THREE RESPECTIVE POSITIONS, NAMELY, A CHARGING POSITION IN WHICH THE HEAD IS A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE FROM SAID SLOT MEANS TO ALLOW THE INSERTION IN AND REMOVAL FROM THE SLOT MEANS OF SAID HOLDER, A CENTRAL POSITION IN WHICH THE NOZZLES ARE LOCATED A SHORT DISTANCE ABOVE THE RIMS OF THE NEEDLE HEADS TO PERMIT THE CLEANING MEDIUM TO CLEAN THE NEEDLE HEADS AND A THIRD POSITION IN WHICH THE NOZZLES ARE PRESSED ON THE RIMS OF THE NEEDLES FOR INTRODUCING THE CLEANING MEDIUM AND DRYING AIR SEQUENTIALLY INTO THE NEEDLES, AND SECOND CONTROL MEANS COOPERATIVE WITH SAID FIRST CONTROL MEANS AND IN TIMED RELATION THEREWITH FOR OPERATING THE MEDIUM SUPPLYING MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AT LEAST ONE OF THE MEDIUMS AT EACH OF THE CENTRAL AND THIRD POSITIONS OF THE HEAD.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR THE CLEANING OF HYPODERMIC NEEDLES INCLUDING SUPPORTING MEANS, A DISTRIBUTING HEAD HAVING A PLURALITY OF NOZZLES, SAID SUPPORTING MEANS BEING PROVIDED WITH SLOT MEANS THEREIN, A HOLDER INSERTABLE INTO THE SLOT MEANS, AND ADAPTED TO CARRY THE NEEDLES TO BE CLEANED, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING CLEANING MEDIUM AND DRYING AIR MEDIUM TO SAID HEAD AND NOZZLES, MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID DISTRIBUTING HEAD TO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS FOR MOVEMENT TO THREE POSITIONS RELATIVE TO SAID HOLDER, FIRST CONTROL MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID HEAD TO SEQUENTIALLY LOCATE IT AT THE THREE RESPECTIVE POSITIONS, NAMELY, A CHARGING POSITION IN WHICH THE HEAD IS A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE FROM SAID SLOT MEANS TO ALLOW THE INSERTION IN AND REMOVAL FROM THE SLOT MEANS OF SAID HOLDER, A CENTRAL POSITION IN WHICH THE NOZZLES ARE LOCATED A SHORT DISTANCE ABOVE THE RIMS OF THE NEEDLE HEADS TO PERMIT THE CLEANING MEDIUM TO CLEAN THE NEEDLE HEADS AND A THIRD POSITION IN WHICH THE NOZZLES ARE PRESSED ON THE RIMS OF THE NEEDLES FOR INTRODUCING THE CLEANING MEDIUM AND DRYING AIR SEQUENTIALLY INTO THE NEEDLES, AND SECOND CONTROL MEANS COOPERATIVE WITH SAID FIRST CONTROL MEANS AND IN TIMED RELATION THEREWITH FOR OPERATING THE MEDIUM SUPPLYING MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AT LEAST ONE OF THE MEDIUMS AT EACH OF THE CENTRAL AND THIRD POSITIONS OF THE HEAD.