Patent ID: 8623149
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: B08B

Abstract:
1. A method of cleaning an elongated product, comprising the steps of: providing a housing having first and second housing sections that together define an internal tubular passage, wherein the first and second housing sections are connected by a spring-biased hinge; providing a first set of nozzles mounted in the first housing section; providing a second set of nozzles mounted in the second housing section, wherein said first set and said second set of nozzles are disposed about a 360 locus so as to direct a flow of compressed air to said internal tubular passage; providing a ceramic insert having first and second ceramic insert sections disposed removably in and extending through the internal tubular passage of the housing and through which the elongated product passes, the ceramic insert having ports corresponding to the first and second set of nozzles mounted in the housing; mounting the first ceramic insert section in the first housing section and mounting the second ceramic insert section in the second housing section by urging the two housing sections apart towards the spring-biased hinge in order to dispose in the tubular passage of the housing the ceramic insert; coupling the first and second housing sections together using the spring biased hinge to form the internal tubular passage; passing an elongated product through the ceramic insert extending through the internal tubular passage of the housing; and directing the compressed air through the first and second set of nozzles in the housing to the ports in the ceramic insert to clean the elongated product.