Patent ID: 7013902

Claim:
A mobile cleaning station for washing articles and for use with a facility having a facility liquid supply conduit, a facility liquid removal conduit, and a facility gas removal conduit, comprising: a carriage; a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the carriage to facilitate rolling movement of the carriage; a basin supported by the carriage and having a bottom wall and at least one side wall defining an upper opening, the basin being adapted to hold a liquid for use in manually washing the articles; a carriage supply conduit adapted for detachable connection to the facility liquid supply conduit and for providing a liquid flow path into the basin; a carriage removal conduit adapted for detachable connection to the facility liquid removal conduit and for providing a liquid flow path from the basin; a ventilation enclosure defining an interior area, the enclosure being adapted for detachable connection to the carriage and for at least partially enclosing the basin upper opening; and a ventilation conduit adapted for detachable connection to the facility gas removal conduit and for detachable connection to the carriage, the ventilation conduit defining a gas intake opening in fluid communication with the basin upper opening and with the ventilation enclosure interior area, the ventilation conduit being adapted to provide a gas flow path from the ventilation enclosure into the gas intake opening and through the ventilation conduit.