Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Processes – Work handled in bulk or groups
Patent
1994-09-30
1996-01-09
Silbaugh, Jan H.
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Processes
Work handled in bulk or groups
134 255, 134 32, 134 34, B08B 104
Patent
active
054825652
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for washing balls in a fluid is disclosed which includes a container for storing soiled balls and a wash unit having an elongated cylindrical housing suitable for containing the fluid and having a lower end adapted for receiving balls and an upper end adapted for discharging balls. The container serially dispenses balls via a transfer chute to the lower end of the housing. The transfer chute includes apparatus for separating regular and irregular balls. Inside the housing, balls are conveyed from the lower end to the upper end by a screw conveyor system which agitates and scrubs the balls. The screw conveyer system includes an first screw conveyor located near the lower end, and a second screw conveyor located near the upper end. The first and second screw conveyors are spaced to form a conveyor free wash cell. Balls are discharged at the housing's upper end to a ramp having a plurality of overlapping flights, where the balls are rinsed.
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Acker Duane
Gutterman Bernard
Solling Joe L.
Walter Richard J.
Discovery Zone, Inc.
Gray Robin S.
Silbaugh Jan H.
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