Patent ID: 6324875
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
A device for washing all types of curtains while in a suspended and collapsed state, the curtain including a running rail, comprising:a moveable wash container;a spraying device receiving a fluid from the wash container via a supply line, the spraying device being insertable between the curtain and the running rail of the curtain, the spraying device comprising:two upper metal sheets;two nozzle rails each having an inner surface, the nozzle rails being rigidly connected to one another by a connecting element and connected to the supply line; each nozzle rail having substantially uniformly spaced nozzles oriented so that the nozzles on each rail are pointing in opposite directions towards one another; the inner surface of each of the nozzle rails extending to the upper metal sheets; each nozzle having a nozzle opening and indentation defined therein; each indentation being: (i) elliptical in shape, when viewed from the inner surface of the nozzle rail, with sharp end sections and a major axis of the ellipse oriented substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the nozzle rail; (ii) involute in shape, when viewed along a longitudinal cross-section of the nozzle rail; and (iii) circular in shape, when viewed along a lateral cross-section of the nozzle rail;an external holding device for supporting the spraying device;a coupling interposed between the connecting element and the holding device; anda tubular foil for enclosing the curtain and spraying device.