Patent ID: 6932210

Claim:
A self-cleaning oscillation conveyor for deburring, dedusting and upwardly conveying small articles, comprising: a vertical tube; a conveyor channel helically wound around said vertical tube; a casing tube encompassing said vertical tube and said conveyor channel with a space existing between said vertical tube and said casing tube; means for spraying a plurality of jets of a liquid washing agent under pressure upon all inner margin surfaces of the space existing between said vertical tube and said casing tube, and upon an upper side and a lower side of said conveyor channel for permitting an automatic washing of an interior of said self-cleaning oscillation conveyor, said means for spraying including a conveyor pump having a plurality of spray nozzles passing through said vertical tube from an inner side or passing through said casing tube from an outer side and being distributed over a circumference and height of said vertical tube and said casing tube; a collection plate and a collection channel having a discharge for collecting the liquid washing agent; and, means for drying said interior of said self-cleaning oscillation conveyor.