Machine for washing plastic shields for fluorescent lights

Claim 1

A DEVICE OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED COMPRISING: (A) A WASHING COMPARTMENT FOR PLASTIC SHIELDS USED IN FLUORESCENT LIGHTS AND HAVING A LOWER RESERVOIR FOR HOLDING WASH WATER AND AN UPPER HOUSING WITTH AN ENTRANCE OPENING AT ONE END FOR RECEIVING THE SHIELDS; (B) A RINSING COMPARTMENT HAVING A LOWER RESERVOIR FOR HOLDING RRINSE WATER AND AN UPPER HOUSING WITH AN EXIT OPENING AT ONE END FOR PERMITTING THE RINSED SHIELDS TO PASS THERETHROUGH; (C) MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE SHIELDS AS THEY ARE MOVED THROUGH THE WASHING AND RINSING COMPARTMENT; (D) MEANS IN THE WASHING COMPARTMENT FOR WASHING THE SHIELDS; (E) MEANS IN THE RINSING COMPARTMENT FOR RINSING THE SHIELDS; (F) A PAIR OF STATIONARY BRUSHES AT THE ENTRANCE OPENING; (G) A PAIR OF STATIONARY BRUSHES AT THE EXIT OPENING; (H) A COMMON HOLLOW WALL HAVING SPACED APART SIDES FOR SEPARATING THE WASHING COMPARTMENT LOW RESERVOIR FROM THE RINSING COMPARTMENT LOWER RESERVOIR AND HAVING A CLOSED TOP AND A DEPENDING CENTRAL PARTITION EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY INTO THE HOLLOW WALL A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE AND BEING SPACED FROM THE TWO SIDES; (I) THE TWO SIDES OF SAID HOLLOW WALL HAVING WATER OVERFLOW OUTLETS COMMUNICATING WITH THE WASHING COMPARTMENT LOWER RESERVOIR AND WITH THE RINSING COMPARTMENT LOWER RESERVOIR, SAID OVERFLOW OUTLETS BEING DISPOSED ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF SAID DEPENDING CENTRAL PARTITION FOR PREVENTING ANY WASH WATER FROM FLOWING FROM THE WASH WATER RESERVOIR INTO THE RINSE WATER RESERVOIR AND VICE VERSA; (J) MEANS FOR DRAINING ANY WATER ENTERING THE INTERIOR OF SAID HOLLOW WALL; (K) A FIRST INNER PARTITION IN THE HOUSING FOR THE WASHING COMPARTMENT AND BEING POSITIONED SUBSTANTTIALLY DIRECTLY ANOVE THE SIDE OF SAID HOLLOW WALL WHOSE OVERFLOW OUTLET RECEIVE EXCESS WATER FROM THE WASHING COMPARTMENT LOWER RESERVOIR, SAID FIRST INNER PARTITION HAVING A SLOT FOR PERMITTING THE SHIELDS TO PASS FROM THE WEASHING COMPARTMENT; (L) A SECOND INNER PARTITION IN THE HOUSING FOR THE RINSING COMPARTMENT AND BEING SPACED FROM SAID FIRST INNER PARTITION AND BEING POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY DIRECTLY ABOVE THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID HOLLOW WALL WHOSE OVERFLOW OUTLET RECEIVES EXCESS WATER FROM THE RINSING COMPARTMENT LOWER RESERVOIR, SAID SECOND INNER PARTITION HAVING A SLOT FOR PERMITTING THE SHIELDS TO PASS INTO THE RINSING COMPARTMENT; AND (M) STATIONARY BRUSHES EXTENDING ACROSS THE SLOTS IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND INNER PARTITTIONS AND COOPERATING WITH SAID PARTITIONS FOR PREVENTING WASH AND RINSE WATER ISSUING FROM SAID WASHING AND RINSING MEANS IN THE WASHING AND RINSING COMPARTMENTS FROM ENTERING THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND INNER PARTITIONS AND FLOWING INTO THE WATER-RECEIVING RESERVOIR OF THE OTHER COMPARTMENT.

Claim 2

A DEVICE OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED COMPRISING: (A) A WASHING COMPARTMENT FOR PLASTIC SHIELDS USED IN FLUORESCENT LIGHTS AND HAVING A LOWER RESERVOIR FOR HOLDING WASH WATER AND AN UPPER HOUSING WITTH AN ENTRANCE OPENING AT ONE END FOR RECEIVING THE SHIELDS; (B) A RINSING COMPARTMENT HAVING A LOWER RESERVOIR FOR HOLDING RRINSE WATER AND AN UPPER HOUSING WITH AN EXIT OPENING AT ONE END FOR PERMITTING THE RINSED SHIELDS TO PASS THERETHROUGH; (C) MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE SHIELDS AS THEY ARE MOVED THROUGH THE WASHING AND RINSING COMPARTMENT; (D) MEANS IN THE WASHING COMPARTMENT FOR WASHING THE SHIELDS; (E) MEANS IN THE RINSING COMPARTMENT FOR RINSING THE SHIELDS; (F) A PAIR OF STATIONARY BRUSHES AT THE ENTRANCE OPENING; (G) A PAIR OF STATIONARY BRUSHES AT THE EXIT OPENING; (H) A COMMON HOLLOW WALL HAVING SPACED APART SIDES FOR SEPARATING THE WASHING COMPARTMENT LOW RESERVOIR FROM THE RINSING COMPARTMENT LOWER RESERVOIR AND HAVING A CLOSED TOP AND A DEPENDING CENTRAL PARTITION EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY INTO THE HOLLOW WALL A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE AND BEING SPACED FROM THE TWO SIDES; (I) THE TWO SIDES OF SAID HOLLOW WALL HAVING WATER OVERFLOW OUTLETS COMMUNICATING WITH THE WASHING COMPARTMENT LOWER RESERVOIR AND WITH THE RINSING COMPARTMENT LOWER RESERVOIR, SAID OVERFLOW OUTLETS BEING DISPOSED ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF SAID DEPENDING CENTRAL PARTITION FOR PREVENTING ANY WASH WATER FROM FLOWING FROM THE WASH WATER RESERVOIR INTO THE RINSE WATER RESERVOIR AND VICE VERSA; (J) MEANS FOR DRAINING ANY WATER ENTERING THE INTERIOR OF SAID HOLLOW WALL; (K) A FIRST INNER PARTITION IN THE HOUSING FOR THE WASHING COMPARTMENT AND BEING POSITIONED SUBSTANTTIALLY DIRECTLY ANOVE THE SIDE OF SAID HOLLOW WALL WHOSE OVERFLOW OUTLET RECEIVE EXCESS WATER FROM THE WASHING COMPARTMENT LOWER RESERVOIR, SAID FIRST INNER PARTITION HAVING A SLOT FOR PERMITTING THE SHIELDS TO PASS FROM THE WEASHING COMPARTMENT; (L) A SECOND INNER PARTITION IN THE HOUSING FOR THE RINSING COMPARTMENT AND BEING SPACED FROM SAID FIRST INNER PARTITION AND BEING POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY DIRECTLY ABOVE THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID HOLLOW WALL WHOSE OVERFLOW OUTLET RECEIVES EXCESS WATER FROM THE RINSING COMPARTMENT LOWER RESERVOIR, SAID SECOND INNER PARTITION HAVING A SLOT FOR PERMITTING THE SHIELDS TO PASS INTO THE RINSING COMPARTMENT; AND (M) STATIONARY BRUSHES EXTENDING ACROSS THE SLOTS IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND INNER PARTITTIONS AND COOPERATING WITH SAID PARTITIONS FOR PREVENTING WASH AND RINSE WATER ISSUING FROM SAID WASHING AND RINSING MEANS IN THE WASHING AND RINSING COMPARTMENTS FROM ENTERING THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND INNER PARTITIONS AND FLOWING INTO THE WATER-RECEIVING RESERVOIR OF THE OTHER COMPARTMENT.