Patent ID: 6735805
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: B08B

Abstract:
A universal bolt cleaning apparatus comprising:a) a housing comprising a mounting plate and a cover plate with each of the plates including a plurality of bores therein of varying diameters, the mounting and cover plates being secured to opposite sides of a generally annular working plate such that the bores of the plates are arranged in aligned pairs of bores of similar size, the working plate further including a plurality of bores aligned with each of the pairs of bores of the mounting and cover plates, the bores of the working plate each being open at the inner diameter thereof, the mounting plate further including means for securing the housing to a motor having a rotary output shaft; b) a generally cylindrical cleaning member positioned within the housing between the mounting and cover plates and within the inner diameter of the working plate and adapted to be coupled to the output shaft of the motor so as to be rotatable therewith, said cleaning member having a peripheral cleaning surface and axis of rotation generally parallel to said bores, the diameter of the cleaning member is such that the peripheral cleaning surface thereof is adjacent the open regions of the bores of the working plate; and c) whereby objects of varying sizes may be placed within a corresponding bore such that an outer portion thereof is brought into contact with the peripheral cleaning surface of the rotary cleaning member.