Portable air filter cleaner

Claim 1

In a portable air filter cleaner, the combination comprising: a housing; a solvent tank within said housing, said solvent tank being divided into a solvent reservoir and a mixing chamber; means for transferring a solvent from said solvent tank reservoir into said mixing chamber; means for selectively introducing water or air into said mixing chamber to thereby either mix water with the solvent to form a cleaning solution in said mixing chamber or to force the mixed material from said mixing chamber; outlet means operably connected to said mixing chamber for removing the contents thereof, said outlet means being operably connected at its other end to a spraying and an actuating system; said spraying system comprising a plUrality of spray nozzles operably connected to said outlet means, a portion of which are adapted to simultaneously spray cleaning solution or air onto the exterior and interior surfaces of an air filter within said housing; a turntable means formed in a flat disc and rotatably secured within said housing by means of a shaft and bearing for supporting an air filter within said housing, said turntable including positioning means for positioning an air filter thereon; said bearing having a first and second end with said turntable removably positioned in the midportion of said bearing, said bearing surrounding said shaft with an annular space between the two members; at least one jet port within said shaft being operably connected to said output means on said mixing chamber whereby fluid may be jetted from said mixing chamber through said jet port into the annular space between the said shaft and bearing to provide lubrication for said bearing; protrusion means fixedly connected to and extending downwardly from said turntable for receiving actuating fluid from an actuating system; said actuating system comprising at least one actuating nozzle operably connected to said outlet means from said mixing chamber and having at least one spray nozzle located therein for exhausting fluid from said mixing chamber onto said protrusion means to thereby cause rotation of said turntable; whereby, an air filter may be positioned on said turntable within said housing and alternatively cleaning solvent or air jetted onto the interior and the exterior surfaces of the said air filter while said air filter is caused to rotate so that said filter may be wet cleaned, dry cleaned, or wet cleaned and dried.