Vibratory cleaning apparatus
Abstract
Abstract AN IMPROVED APPARATUS DESIGNED TO APPLY SONIC ENERGY TO AN OBJECT FOR CLEANING PURPOSES INCLUDES A SOURCE OF SONIC VIBRATORY ENERGY POSITIONED IN VIBRATION TRANSMITTING RELATION TO A FLAT PLATE. A WORK CHAMBER, FORMED BY A PAIR OF GENERALLY FLAT PARALLELY DISPOSED SHEETS OF MATERIAL ARRANGED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER AND JOINED SUBSTANTIALLY AT THEIR EDGES, IS POSITIONED BELOW THE FLAT PLATE, WITH A RESILIENT VIBRATION-DAMPENING MEDIUM BEING INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE PLATE AND THE UPPER ONE OF THE PARALLELY DISPOSED SHEET OF MATERIAL. FLUID COMMUNICATION IS PROVIDED BETWEEN A SOURCE OF CLEANING SOLUTION AND THE WORK CHAMBER, AND AIR UNDER PRESSURE IS LIKEWISE INTRODUCED INTO THE WORK CHAMBER. WHEN CLEANING SOLUTION IS INTRODUCED INTO THE WORK CHAMBER CONCURRENTLY WITH AIR UNDER PRESSURE, AND WHEN VIBRATORY ENERGY IS APPLIED THERETO, FOAMED CLEANING SOLUTION IS PUMPED OUTWARDLY THROUGH A PLURALITY OF ORIFICES PROVIDED IN THE BOTTOM SHEET OF MATERIAL AND THE OBJECT TO WHICH THE DEVICE IS APPLIED IS SUBJECTED TO VERTICAL PULSATING ACTION BY THE VIBRATORY ENERGY AND THE FOAMED SOLUTION.
Inventors
- 👤 Salvatore P Aurelio
- 👤 Gordon C Armstrong
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