Patent ID: 6487750
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: A62C,B05B,B08B

Abstract:
A device for cleaning the surface of a hose moving longitudinally through said device, said device comprising an enclosure, said device further comprising:a first compartment of said enclosure having a smoothly radiused entry fairlead whereby said hose enters said first compartment with minimum friction; a first baffle separating said first compartment from a second compartment, said first baffle having a centrally located first aperture therein, said first aperture covered by juxtaposed first segments of pliant planar sheeting mounted along a periphery of said first aperture and extending into said first aperture, whereby a surface of said hose passing through said first aperture is contacted and wiped by said first segments; said second compartment having an annular liquid sprayer device mounted therein for generating a spray of liquid, whereby when said hose passes through said annular liquid sprayer device liquid is sprayed onto said hose, said liquid supplied from an auxiliary external source of liquid; said second compartment further having an external connection adapted to be coupled to an external source of suction for exhausting waste liquid and debris from said second compartment; a second baffle separating said second compartment from a third compartment, said second baffle having a centrally located second aperture therein, said second aperture covered by juxtaposed second segments of pliant planar sheeting mounted along a periphery of said second aperture and extending into said second aperture, whereby said surface of said hose passing through said second aperture is contacted and wiped by said second segments; and said third compartment having a smoothly radiused exit fairlead whereby said hose exits said third compartment with minimum friction.