Patent ID: 6306221
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: B01D,B04B,B08B

Abstract:
A portable washing and filtering apparatus particularly adapted to wash parts, such as machine parts, said apparatus having a first stowed configuration in which the apparatus can conveniently be transported, and a second operating configuration in which washing of the parts can be accomplished with a washing solvent, and the solvent is filtered and recirculated in the apparatus, said apparatus comprising:a) a containing section comprising a containing member defining a containing chamber, said containing member, functioning in the first configuration as a stowing container, and functioning in the second configuration as a wash basin having a parts and solvent containing region, said containing member having a drain configured to retain parts in the container and permit solvent to pass through the drain;b) a base section which is configured to be positioned in the containing chamber of the containing member in the first stowed configuration, and also configured and arranged to function in the second operating position as a base support for the containing member and also a solvent reservoir, said base section defining a solvent containing region positioned below the containing section in the second configuration;c) a centrifugal filter which in the first configuration is stowed in the containing member and in the second configuration is positioned to receive the solvent from the drain, said centrifugal filter comprising a rotatably mounted filter receptacle with a filter to retain impurities from the solvent in the receptacle and permit the solvent to flow through the filter and into the solvent reservoir;d) a recirculating assembly which comprises a pump and a recirculating line and which is arranged so that in the operating configuration the pump moves the solvent from the solvent containing region and through the recirculating line to the wash basin of the containing member, and in the first stowed configuration is in the containing member.