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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2011
Takeshi Nishimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Ichihara, Tokyo, JP;
Yo Komatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Mashiba, Sioux City, IA (US);
Suguru Sakuramoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Shimamura, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuzo Urakami, Yao, JP;
Takeshi Nishimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Ichihara, Tokyo, JP;
Yo Komatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Mashiba, Sioux City, IA (US);
Suguru Sakuramoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Shimamura, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuzo Urakami, Yao, JP;
Abstract
A foreign matter removal devicepreliminary cleans the workin a buckethoused in an input tank, then further cleans the workin bucketshoused in cleaning tanksby agitating cleaning liquid while inverting the buckets to transfer the work to a subsequent bucket. Particularly, the bottom of the cleaning tank is formed such that the nearer to a center of the bottom, the deeper the bottom becomes. The cleaning liquid overflowing from the cleaning tanks are stored in auxiliary tanks. First and second ejection unitsare arranged at different heights in the cleaning tank to generate a circulating flow in the cleaning liquid.