Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
255 words
AN APPARATUS FOR CLEANING PAINT-SPRAY GUNS, COMPRISING A. A TANK ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED ON A BENCH OR FRAME AND CONSTITUTED ESSENTIALLY BY A CLOSED CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING A BODY OF WATER IN THE LOWER PORTION THEREOF WITH A SUPERNATANT LAYER OF LIQUID CHEMICAL SOLVENT IN THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF, B. AN ENCLOSING HOOD ACROSS THE TOP OF THE TANK WHICH IS OPEN AT THE FRONT AND CLOSED AT TE REAR WHEREAT IT MERGES WITH SAID CONTAINER, C. COVERING MEANS AT THE UPPER PORTION OF THE TANK ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID SOLVENT HAVING OPENINGS ADJACENT TO THE FRONT EDGE AT THE OPEN END OF SAID HOOD, SAID COVERING MEANS TERMINATING SHORT OF THE REAR OF THE HOOD AND TANK TO PROVIDE A PASSAGE THEREBETWEEN D. AT LEAST ONE VERTICAL PARTITION EXTENDING FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK OF SAID TANK SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE TOP TO A POINT ABOVE THE BOTTOM THEREOF, AND BELOW THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE WATER AND SUPERNATANT CHEMICAL SOLVENT, TO DIVIDE THE TANK INTO A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS WITH ONE OF SAID OPENINGS IN EACH COMPARTMENT, E. SAID OPENINGS IN SAID COVERING MEANS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SUCCESSIVELY THE SUCTION SUPPLY TUBE OF A SPRAY GUN FOR PENETRATION INTO SAID BODY OF SOLVENT TO ENABLE THE SPRAYING OF THE RESIDUAL PAINT IN THE GUN INTO THE COMPARTMENT PORTIONS OF THE HOOD WITH PROGRESSIVELY CLEANER BODIES OF THE SOLVENT, WHICH FALL THROUGH SAID PASAGE WHILE THE PAINT PARTICLESSETTLE IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID TANK IN THE BODY OF WATER, FOR EVENTUAL REMOVAL.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
255 words
AN APPARATUS FOR CLEANING PAINT-SPRAY GUNS, COMPRISING A. A TANK ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED ON A BENCH OR FRAME AND CONSTITUTED ESSENTIALLY BY A CLOSED CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING A BODY OF WATER IN THE LOWER PORTION THEREOF WITH A SUPERNATANT LAYER OF LIQUID CHEMICAL SOLVENT IN THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF, B. AN ENCLOSING HOOD ACROSS THE TOP OF THE TANK WHICH IS OPEN AT THE FRONT AND CLOSED AT TE REAR WHEREAT IT MERGES WITH SAID CONTAINER, C. COVERING MEANS AT THE UPPER PORTION OF THE TANK ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE LIQUID SOLVENT HAVING OPENINGS ADJACENT TO THE FRONT EDGE AT THE OPEN END OF SAID HOOD, SAID COVERING MEANS TERMINATING SHORT OF THE REAR OF THE HOOD AND TANK TO PROVIDE A PASSAGE THEREBETWEEN D. AT LEAST ONE VERTICAL PARTITION EXTENDING FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK OF SAID TANK SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE TOP TO A POINT ABOVE THE BOTTOM THEREOF, AND BELOW THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE WATER AND SUPERNATANT CHEMICAL SOLVENT, TO DIVIDE THE TANK INTO A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS WITH ONE OF SAID OPENINGS IN EACH COMPARTMENT, E. SAID OPENINGS IN SAID COVERING MEANS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SUCCESSIVELY THE SUCTION SUPPLY TUBE OF A SPRAY GUN FOR PENETRATION INTO SAID BODY OF SOLVENT TO ENABLE THE SPRAYING OF THE RESIDUAL PAINT IN THE GUN INTO THE COMPARTMENT PORTIONS OF THE HOOD WITH PROGRESSIVELY CLEANER BODIES OF THE SOLVENT, WHICH FALL THROUGH SAID PASAGE WHILE THE PAINT PARTICLESSETTLE IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID TANK IN THE BODY OF WATER, FOR EVENTUAL REMOVAL.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the hood at the top of the container above the passage therebetween is curved concavely to direct the paint impurities and thinner downwardly.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 2, provided with two vertical partitions to divide the tank into three compartments.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 3, wherein the vertical partitions are spaced equidistantly with respect to the ends of the tank to divide the tank into compartments of equal volume.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the vertical partition in the tank extends upwardly into the enclosing hood.