Patent ID: 6383229
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: D06B

Abstract:
A method for continuously cleaning a ligature moving through a device, said device comprising a first scouring body having an entrance and an exit connected by a central cavity, the process comprising the ordered steps of:(a) slidably mounting a needle into said central cavity of said first scouring body, and introducing said ligature into said central cavity through said needle, (b) threading said ligature through a second scouring body having a second entrance and second exit connected by a central cavity, and then aligning the first and second scouring bodies at a non-zero angle, (c) continuously moving said ligature through said central cavity of said first and said second scouring bodies; (d) introducing pressurized fluid through said ligature while said ligature is positioned within and continuously moving through said central cavity of said first and second scouring bodies.