Patent ID: 6189548
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: B08B,C23C,F02B,F16J

Abstract:
An apparatus for washing and drying a piston comprising a conveyor, said conveyor comprising a plurality of carriers, each carrier having at least one rotatable piston fixture capable of carrying and adapted to carry a piston, one of said carriers being a first carrier having a first rotatable piston fixture, said apparatus having a washing area, said conveyor being capable of carrying on said first rotatable piston fixture a piston to said washing area, said apparatus having a first drive mechanism at said washing area adapted to engage said first carrier when said first carrier is at said washing area and rotationally drive said first rotatable piston fixture, said apparatus having a first nozzle at said washing area capable of spraying wash solution on a first piston mounted on said first rotatable piston fixture at said washing area, said first drive mechanism being capable of rotating said first rotatable piston fixture and said first piston mounted thereon at said washing area while said first nozzle is performing said spraying operation, said apparatus having a shake-off area, said conveyor being capable of carrying on said first rotatable piston fixture a piston from said washing area to said shake-off area, said apparatus having a second drive mechanism at said shake-off area adapted to engage said first carrier when said first carrier is at said shake-off area and rotationally drive said first rotatable piston fixture, said second drive mechanism being capable of rotating said first rotatable piston fixture and a second piston mounted thereon at said shake-off area to effectively throw off wash solution or rinse water from said second piston.