Renovator

Claim 1

In a renovator for cleaning an automobile air cleaning unit, the combination of a cylindrical housing, said housing having a removable circular cover plate on top thereof, said housing and said cover plate forming an enclosure for a central chamber within which said automobile air cleaning unit can be placed during a cleaning operation, an air inlet line extending from an exterior forced air source into said chamber, the terminal end of said line extending vertically upward and into said air cleaning unit, a revolvable air distributor fitted on said inlet line end for rotating in a horizontal plane about said line end, said line end having radial openings communicating with a duct through said distributor so that air from said inlet line is passed through said distributor and is blasted against an inner side wall of said air cleaning unit, said distributor being of arcuate shape so that air blasting therefrom causes said distributor to rotate, a horizontal platform inside said chamber and upon which said air cleaning unit is placed, a central opening through said platform, said air inlet line end extending upward through said opening, said platform being supported upon the upper end of a plurality of compression coil springs in upright position supported on a bottom wall of said housing, an electric vibrating motor secured to an underside of said platform for vibrating the same, an electric cord extending from said motor outwardly of said housing for connection to a power source, and a vacuum line hose communicating at one end with said chamber, the other end of said hose extending from said housing to an upper inlet of a vacuum unit having an air outlet near its lower end.