Patent ID: 7753061

Claim:
Apparatus for fluidly flushing the internal cavities of a plurality of parts, comprising: a fixture for holding a plurality of parts in spaced side-by-side relationship in a first plane, with each part having a plurality of spaced apart cavities aligned in a plane other than said first plane; a guide member disposed adjacent said fixture and having a plurality of passages formed therein including adjacent passages that are in a common plane parallel to said first plane and including adjacent passages that are in a common plane other than said first plane and wherein each of said passages is axially aligned in coincidence with one of said part cavities; a manifold having a plurality of probe tubes extending therefrom with each of said passages being axially aligned with one of said plurality of probe tubes, said manifold also having a fluid source connected thereto for providing pressurized fluid flow through each of said probe tubes so as to be discharged from the respective ends thereof; and means for advancing said manifold toward said guide member such that for each of said passages and cavities there is a probe tube which passes through a respective passage and into a respective cavity for flushing internal surfaces thereof; and wherein some of said probe tubes are of different lengths.