Patent ID: 6276374
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: B08B

Abstract:
A rotary parts cleaning machine comprising a housing defining a cleaning chamber having an inlet opening and a plurality of stations in said cleaning chamber including a load station and at least one wash station; a wash media source in fluid flow communication with the wash station; a generally vertically oriented shaft in the housing; a pocketed wheel mounted to the shaft for rotation about a generally vertical axis, a pocketed wheel drive operably associated with the shaft; at least one fixture situated in a pocket of the pocketed wheel, depending downwardly from the pocketed wheel and rotatable about a generally vertical axis spaced from the shaft while in the pocket, a fixture drive intermittently engageable with each fixture to rotate the same at a station other than the load station; and at least one spray nozzle at each wash station and in fluid communication with the wash media source.