Patent ID: 11958084
Assignee: INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY COMPANY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 11:
12. A method of cleaning a probe using a cleaning device, comprising:
placing at least a part of the probe into an inner chamber of the cleaning device, the inner chamber comprising an opening proximate an upper end of the cleaning device;
directing air from an air intake and through an air channel of the cleaning device and towards the probe, the air being pressurized to flow along at least part of the probe towards a lower end of the cleaning device and through a channel that defines a flow path between the inner chamber and exterior to the cleaning device and that extends at least partly upward relative to the inner chamber toward the upper end of the cleaning device; and
directing a liquid from a liquid intake through a plurality of liquid channels of the cleaning device and towards the probe at a position vertically below the air channel.