Patent ID: 8181747
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: B08B,B62J,F16H,F16N

Abstract:
1. A chain cleaner and lubrication apparatus for cleaning a sprocket chain while said sprocket chain remains operationally mounted on a vehicle, said apparatus comprising: (a) a housing for enclosing the sprocket chain on all sides, said housing consisting of mutually connectable upper half-shell and lower half-shell portions which, when connected, define a chain passageway for allowing the sprocket chain to pass through; (b) rollers mounted within the housing and adapted to suspend said housing from the sprocket chain; (c) an air knife adapted to direct high velocity air to impinge upon the sprocket chain; (d) a tubular hose connection on a first surface of the upper half-shell for allowing connection of a hose from a compressed air supply; and (e) an air tube communicating with said tubular hose connection and connected to each air knife; (f) wherein the upper half-shell portion further comprises a funnel shaped solvent hopper having a drainage opening adjacent the sprocket chain; and (g) wherein the lower half-shell portion further comprises a fluid collection region.