Patent ID: 6988503

Claim:
For an air cooler to be cleaned by a cleaning apparatus having a fluid discharge end, a fluid containment apparatus for attachment to the air cooler, the air cooler having multiple fin tubes aligned in a plurality of rows supported by a frame, the frame having a substantially rectangular first end and second end, the fin tubes each having a first end and a second end, the frame first and second ends each having a plurality of holes in a plurality of rows, the holes in the frame first being in substantial alignment with the fin tube first ends, the holes in the frame second end being in substantial alignment with the fin tube second ends such that the cleaning apparatus discharge end is insertable through one of the frame first end holes and into one of the fin tube first ends, such that cleaning fluids discharged within the fin tube exits the fin tube's second end, and further exits through one of the frame second end holes, the apparatus comprising: a first enclosure having a frame, a flexible housing having an interior, the housing being supported by the frame, and a drain member, the frame attaching the housing to the air cooler frame first end, the housing having a plurality of access portions, each access portion being openable to expose a number of the air cooler frame first end holes to cleaning apparatus discharge end entry, the flexible housing blocking such access to the remaining air cooler frame first end holes, such access portion being closable to block access to such exposed air cooler frame first end holes, the flexible housing being attached such that all cleaning fluid discharged from an air cooler frame first end hole is received by the housing and directed by the housing to the drain member; and a second enclosure having a frame, a flexible housing having an interior, the housing being supported by the frame, and a drain member, the frame attaching the housing to the air cooler frame second end such that cleaning fluid exiting one or more of the fin tube second ends through one or more of the air cooler frame second end holes is received by the housing and directed by the housing to the drain member.