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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1976
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1975
John C Abraham, Metamora, IL (US);
Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
Briefly the invention comprises a rotary sprayer useful for cleaning circular dies. The rotary sprayer comprises a pair of rotary unions each including a base portion, a cylinder portion upraised therefrom and a hollow rotor portion rotatingly mounted in said cylinder portion thereof, said unions being positioned with their bases in opposed adjacent relation. A pair of hollow spray arms, the hollow portions of which each communicate with the hollow portion of one of said rotors, each of said spray arms ending in a nozzle also form a part of the invention. A pair of passages, one through the cylinder portion of each of said unions, said passages each communicating with the hollow portion of the respective rotor form another part of the rotary sprayer of the invention. Also part of the invention are means for supplying a pressurized gas to each of said passages or a pressurized liquid to each of said passages and means for preventing simultaneous supply of air and liquid to each of said passages.