Patent ID: 7905239

Claim:
An apparatus for cleaning an article comprising: a solution receptacle for storing cleaning solution; a cleaning chamber for receiving an article to clean with the cleaning solution; a material transporting conduit including a solution conduit connected between the solution receptacle and the cleaning chamber for transporting the cleaning solution from the solution receptacle to the cleaning chamber to apply to the article received in the cleaning chamber for cleaning, the material transporting conduit further including an air conduit connected to a high-pressure air source for transporting the high-pressure air there-through and to apply to the article; and a heating device coupled with a portion of the solution conduit and a portion of the air conduit, which portions being disposed adjacent to each other, for heating both the cleaning solution in the solution conduit and the high-pressure air in the air conduit concurrently and to a heated temperature prior to applying to the article, wherein the heating device includes a body portion with thermal medium received therein, and a heater adapted to heat the thermal medium, and the portions of the solution conduit and the air conduit coupled with the heating device are each configured in spiral shapes that are received in the thermal medium of the heating device, and wherein the spiral shape of the coupling portion of the air conduit has more turns than the spiral shape of the coupling portion of the solution conduit.