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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald Bowden, Huntsville, AL (US);
Assignee:
Bowden Industries, Huntsville, AL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B / ; B30B / ; B01D / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134 10 ; 134 16 ; 134 18 ; 134 26 ; 134 29 ; 134 40 ; 210708 ; 210709 ;
Abstract
A cleaning method for removing oils, grease, machining debris and like substances from machine parts and other objects includes a wash tank containing a wash solution, rinse tanks for rinsing the washed objects, and an oil separator containing a concentrated detergent solution for separating oil and detergent in the used wash solution from each other. The separated detergent is returned to the wash tank for further parts cleaning, and the separated oil may be reused for machining purposes. The apparatus automatically maintains the liquid in the wash tank and rinse tanks in an effective condition to satisfactorily clean oily objects.