Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Processes – Hollow work – internal surface treatment
Patent
1996-09-30
1999-08-17
Stinson, Frankie L.
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Processes
Hollow work, internal surface treatment
134 254, 134166C, 134169C, 134170, 134200, B08B 302
Patent
active
059378751
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for cleaning a sprayer, the sprayer having a material inlet, comprising a housing, a rack within the housing for supporting the sprayer, an adapter having one end adapted to connect to the material inlet of the sprayer, a tube within the housing having one end connected to the other end of the adapter, a solvent supply, and means for circulating solvent connecting the solvent supply to the tube, for circulating solvent from said solvent supply, through the tube and the adapter, and into the sprayer. The apparatus includes a sprayer trigger holder, comprising a unitary, resilient, spring wire clip, having at one end a C-shaped portion for holding the trigger in a retracted position, and the other end of the wire clip having a hook-shaped portion for hanging the sprayer. The housing comprises two housing members hinged together, one member having a seating edge and an adjacent outwardly projecting bead, the other member has an inner rim and an adjacent inwardly projecting shoulder, the edge seating on the shoulder forming a primary seal for the housing, and the projecting bead engaging the inner rim forming a secondary seal.
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