Parts cleaning apparatus

Claim 1

A PARTS WASHING APPARATUS, COMPRISING: (A) A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR TANK MEANS HAVING BOTTOM, END, FRONT AND REAR WALLS, SAID TANK ALSO INCLUDING A GENERAL VERTICALLY DISPOSED PARTITION MEANS EXTENDING BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR TANK WALLS TO DEFINE FIRST ANS SECOND SEDIMENTATION COMPARTMENTS IN SAID TANK AND HAVING PORTS THEREIN ABOVE THE BOTTOM TANK WALL TO ALLOW CLEANING FLUID TO FLOW FROM ONE COMPARTMENT TO THE OTHER, (B) A CATACH BASIN DETACHABLY SECURED ON AND EXTENDING OVER SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE UPPER PORTIOIN OF SAID PARTITION ON THE FIRST COMPARTMENT SIDE THEREOF, (C) FILTER MEANS WITHIN SAID SECOND COMPARTMENT DEFINING A PUMP AREA, SAID PUMP AREA HAVING POWER DRIVEN PUMP MEANS THEREIN THE HOSE MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID PUMP MEANS, AND (D) WORK SURFACE MEANS DISPOSED OVER EACH OF SAID COMPARTMENTS, SAID WORK SURFACE MEANS BEING FORMED TO DEFINE AN OPENING OVER SAID CATCH BASIN, WHEREBY CLEANING FLUID DIRECTED TO SAID WORK SURFACE MEANS BY SAID HOSE MEANS FLOWS INTO SAID CATCH BASIN, THENCE OVERFLOWING INTO SAID FIRST COMPARTMENT, THENCE PASSING INTO SAID SECOND COMPARTMENT THROUGH SAID PARTITION MEANS PORTS AND FINALLY THROUGH SAID FILTER MEANS INTO SAID PUMP AREA FOR RECIRCULATION THROUGH SAID HOSE.