Combination washer and drier

Claim 1

A COMBINED WASHING AND DRYING APPARATUS FOR USE IN WASHING AND DRYING GLASSWARE AND SMALL ARTICLES OF HARDWARE COMPRISING A CASING OPEN AT ITS FRONT AND BACK, CLOSURE DOORS FOR THE OPENINGS OF THE FRONT AND BACK, A DRIP PAN SPANNING THE CASING FOR DIVIDING THE CASING INTO UPPER AND LOWER CHAMBERS, A RECIPROCATING WASHER HEAD COMPRISING AN OPEN FRAME FORMED OF MULTIPLE PIPE SECTIONS COUPLED INTO A COUPLING AT EACH CORNER OF THE HEAD TO FORM PIPES EXTENDING VERTICALLY AT EACH CORNER OF THE FRAME AND HORIZONTALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE UPPER AND LOWER SIDES OF THE FRAME, EACH OF THE PIPES DEFINING A SINGLE FLUID CIRCUIT THROUGHOUT THE PERIPHERY OF THE HEAD, THE SEVERAL PIPES BEING PERFORATED TO EJECT SPRAYS TOWARD A CENTRAL PORTION OF THE HEAD, COUPLING MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH OF THE PIPES IN A LOWER HORIZONTAL GROUP TO CONDUCT FLUID TO THE SEVERAL PIPES THROUGHOUT THE PERIPHERY OF THE HEAD AT TIMED INTERVALS, THE COUPLINGS BEING FIXED TO AN ELONGATED PIPE SECTION THAT IS SHIFTABLE THROUGH A TUBU LAR HOUSING TO PERMIT THE RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT OF THE HEAD, SAID LAST NAMED PIPE SECTION BEING PROVIDED WITH SEAL MEANS SLIDABLE WITHIN THE TUBULAR HOUSING, THE TUBU LAR HOUSING BEING FIXEDLY CONNECTED TO A COUPLING HEAD CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE, TRACKWAYS IN THE CASING BELOW THE HEAD FOR SUPPORTING THE HEAD IN ITS RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT, MEANS FOR DRIVING THE HEAD IN A RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT TOWARD AND FROM THE OPENINGS OF THE CASING, SAID DRIVE MEANS INCLUDING A BRACKET FIXED TO A FORWARD PART OF THE HEAD, SAID BRACKET CARRYING A DRIVE ROD MEANS DRIVEN FROM AN ENDLESS CHAIN FOR DRIVING THE ROD FORWARDLY AND BACKWARDLY TO RECIPROCATE THE HEAD, A PERFORATED PARTITION AT ONE SIDE OF THE UPPER CHAMBER AND A PERFORATED PARTITION AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE UPPER CHAMBER, A BLOWER DEVICE DISPOSED WITHIN THE LOWER CHAMBER, THE BLOWER DEVICE DISCHARGING INTO A STACK BETWEEN THE FIRST NAMED PARTITION AND THE ADJACENT OUTER WALL FOR CONDUCTING AIR UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY THROUGH THE FIRST NAMED PARTITION TO DRY THE ARTICLES IN THE UPPER CHAMBER, THE AIR PASSING THROUGH THE SECOND NAMED PERFORATED PARTITION FLOWING UPWARDLY THROUGH AN ESCAPE STACK, A FORAMINOUS BASKET DISPOSED WITHIN THE UPPER CHAMBER AND WITHIN THE AREA OF THE HEAD SO THAT THE HEAD TRAVELS OVER AND AROUND THE BASKET, SAID BASKET SUPPORTING THE GLASSWARE OR HARDWARE, THE SEVERAL COUPLINGS FOR THE GROUPS OF PIPES BEING CONNECTED RESPECTIVELY TO SOURCES OF PRESSURIZED FLUID INCLUDING A DETERGENT WASHING FLUID, A RINSING FLUID AND A STERILIZING RINSING FLUID.