Patent ID: 9649668
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B05B,B08B

Claim:
1. A rotary impingement cleaning apparatus, comprising: a. an inlet cap for receiving a flow of pressurized cleaning liquid; b. a body housing connected to the inlet cap for receiving the flow of pressurized cleaning liquid from the inlet cap; c. a rotor assembled within the body housing for receiving and being rotated by the flow of pressurized cleaning liquid; d. a platform formed with a plurality of openings therethrough, the platform being fixedly mounted within the body housing; e. a cartridge formed with a set of inlet holes and a set of outlet holes and having a gear train assembled therewithin, the gear train connected to and driven by the rotor, the cartridge being supported on the platform; f. a rotary housing rotatably mounted to the body housing and rotated by the gear train; g. a nozzle housing rotatably mounted to the rotary housing, the nozzle housing rotated by the rotary housing; h. a plurality of nozzles affixed to the nozzle housing for receiving and discharging the flow of pressurized cleaning liquid to impinge and clean an interior surface of a storage vessel; and i. a channel for conducting a first portion of the flow of pressurized cleaning liquid from the rotor, around the cartridge, through the rotary housing and through the nozzle housing to be discharged through the plurality of nozzles, a second portion of the flow of pressurized cleaning liquid passing through the cartridge via the inlet holes and the outlet holes; j. wherein the cartridge is replaceably mounted within the body housing in a manner to enable installation and removal of the cartridge and gear train as a unit.