Brushing – scrubbing – and general cleaning – Machines – Brushing
Patent
1974-07-01
1976-02-03
Roberts, Edward L.
Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning
Machines
Brushing
15 21E, 15 77, E01H 800
Patent
active
039356108
ABSTRACT:
A cleaning apparatus for overhead conveyor rails particularly for meat packing plants having a traveler riding the rail and a cart moving below the traveler. The cart has tanks containing cleaning and oiling fluids; a hydraulic fluid reservoir; and a hydraulic pump driven by an electric motor. The traveler has a first brush driven by a hydraulic motor for scrubbing one side of a rail; a second brush driven by a hydraulic motor for scrubbing the other side of the rail; heads for spraying the rails with cleaning, rinsing, and oiling agents; grooved support-drive trolley wheels riding the rails and a hydraulic motor driving one trolley wheel. Lines between the cart and the traveler supply the traveler with agents and hydraulic power. A skin encloses the traveler containing spray and channeling used agents to a drain hose. A step-over mechanism supports one brush on the hanger-side of the rail and enables the brush to scrub closely to the hanger, move around the hanger, and re-engage the rail closely on the other side of the hanger. The cart has a hydraulic jack and the traveler has a socket receiving the jack shaft for lifting and lowering the traveler on rails. The traveler has mechanisms operated by the jack shaft which automatically disengages the brushes from the rail to facilitate mounting and removing the traveler on a rail.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3641618 (1972-02-01), Rainey et al.
patent: 3786779 (1974-01-01), Brunel et al.
patent: 3806979 (1974-04-01), Bonami
Roberts Edward L.
Sevald William T.
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