Patent ID: 6649917
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: C02F

Abstract:
A cleaning system for a UV disinfection module having a pair of headers with a multiplicity of lamps extending therebetween comprising:a cleaning plate having a multiplicity of openings therein, the openings having lamp wipers, the openings and the wipers arranged to substantially coincide with positions of the lamps to permit movement of the plate between the headers; a rotatable screw extending between the headers and through the plate; a motor operatively connected to rotate the screw; a screw adapter fixed to the cleaning plate at a rotatable screw opening in the plate and including 1) a substantially cylindrical tube having opposed openings, one of the openings being aligned with the rotatable screw opening and 2) a thread nut connected to each of the opposed openings, each opposed opening having a threaded central bore sized to threadingly engage threads on the rotatable screw, whereby rotation of the screw moves the cleaning plate between the headers.