Patent ID: 6880562
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: B08B

Abstract:
1. A bearing cleaning system comprising: a container for receiving a quantity of a cleaning fluid therein and a sealable lid for the container, so that the container is adapted for being shaken without spilling the cleaning fluid; suspension system attached to and suspended from an interior surface of the lid, the suspension system comprising at least one pair of spaced elongated stiff flexible members adapted for retaining a series of bearings in a spaced array so that the bearings do not bang together upon shaking the container in a cleaning motion, so that the bearings are suspended above the bottom of the container away from residue which accumulates on the bottom of the container, and so that the bearings are all aligned in a direction to receive a maximum of flow of the cleaning fluid through the bearings upon shaking the container so that the bearings may be lowered into the container by installation of the lid on the container and the bearings may be removed from the container by lifting the lid from the container; wherein the at least one pair of elongated stiff flexible members comprises a long plastic tie having a self closing means of connecting the ends of the tie, the tie being inserted through a loon attached to the lid so that the two ends of the tie hang down side by side and the tie is adapted for receiving a series of bearings installed on the two sides of the tie in a staggered pattern with the bearings secured in a staggered array all parallel but staggered out of alignment with each other, with the ends of the tie interconnected by the self closing means to retain the bearings thereon.