Patent ID: 6273109
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B60S

Abstract:
A cleaning device for vehicle bodies, said cleaning device comprising:a cleaning chamber (3) having a base structure (20) and a roof structure (8);a transport device (4) on which vehicle bodies (1) are transported in a transport direction through said cleaning chamber (3);said cleaning chamber (3) comprising operating modules detachably connected to said base structure (20);said operating modules comprising lateral nozzle modules (63, 64) having lateral compressed air nozzles (65, 66) directing a stream of compressed air onto the vehicle bodies (1);said operating modules further comprising top nozzle modules (51, 52) having a top compressed air nozzle (48) directing a stream of compressed air onto the vehicle bodies (1);a vacuum device (24, 25) for removing the compressed air from said cleaning chamber (3).wherein said operating modules comprise at least one suction module (24, 25) that is a part of said vacuum device, said at least one suction module (24, 25) having a sidewall (26, 27) that is positioned at a slant to said transport direction and forms a sidewall portion of said cleaning chamber (3) wherein said sidewall has at least one suction opening.