Portable washing apparatus for light fixture panels and the like

Claim 1

PORTABLE APPARATUS FOR WASHING PANELS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION; A HOUSING MEMBER INCLUDING A PAIR OF OPPOSING, UPSTANDING, SPACED APART SIDE WALL MEMBERS; A GUIDE MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALL MEMBERS ON WHICH PANELS ARE PLACED WHEN THEY ARE PASSED BETWEEN SAID WALL MEMBERS; A PAIR OF BRUSHES DISPOSED IN OPPOSING FACING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAID WALL MEMBERS AND EXTENDING IN A GENERALLY VERTICAL DIRECTION FROM SAID GUIDE MEANS, SAID BRUSHES DISPOSED APPROXIMATELY MIDWAY BETWEEN THE VERTICAL EDGES OF SAID WALL MEMBERS; FIRST FLUID SPRAY MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID WALL MEMBERS AND ON ONE SIDE OF SAID BRUSHES, SAID SPRAY MEANS DISPOSED ABOVE SAID GUIDE MEANS SO AS TO DIRECT FLUID ONTO PANELS PASSED BETWEEN SAID WALLS ON SAID GUIDE MEANS; SECOND FLUID SPRAY MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID WALL MEMBERS AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID BRUSHES; SAID SECOND FLUID SPRAY MEANS DISPOSED ABOVE SAID GUIDE MEANS SO AS TO DIRECT FLUID ONTO PANELS PASSED BETWEEN SAID WALL MEMBERS ON SAID GUIDE MEANS; A FIRST COMPARTMENT DISPOSED BELOW SAID FIRST FLUID SPRAY MEANS, SAID COMPARTMENT PROVIDING MEANS FOR RECLAIMING FLUID PASSED THROUGH SAID FIRST FLUID SPRAY MEANS; A SECOND COMPARTMENT DISPOSED BELOW SAID SECOND FLUID SPRAY MEANS, SAID COMPARTMENT PROVIDING MEANS FOR RECLAIMING FLUID PASSED THROUGH SAID FIRST FLUID SPRAY MEANS; MEANS FOR RECYCLING FLUID IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND COMPARTMENTS THROUGH SAID FIRST AND SECOND FLUID SPRAY MEANS RESPECTIVELY; A PAIR OF GUIDE RAILS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID WALL MEMBERS AT A DISTANCE ABOVE SAID GUIDE MEANS, EACH OF SAID GUIDE RAILS SPACED FROM A VERTICAL PLANE PASSING THROUGH SAID GUIDE MEANS WHEREIN EACH OF SAID RAILS IN ON AN OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID PLANE, SAID RAILS ADJUSTABLE IN A HORIZONTAL DIRECTION TO ACCOMMODATE PANELS OF VARYING SIZES; MEANS ADJUSTABLY SECURING SAID BRUSHES IN POSITION THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID BRUSHES BEING VARIABLE BY SAID ADJUSTABLY SECURING MEANS SUCH THAT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID BRUSHES AND THE AMOUNT OF SAID DISTANCE WHICH EXTEND BETWEEN SAID GUIDE RAILS CAN BE SELECTED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF VARIOUS PANEL SHAPES AND SIZES; AND LOW FRICTION SUPPORT MEANS ON WHICH SAID WASHING APPARATUS IS MOUNTED.