| US 7,516,748 B2 | ||
| Apparatus for cleaning articles | ||
| Robert B. Parrish, Waterford, Mich. (US); and Christopher T. Shallow, West Hartford, Conn. (US) | ||
| Assigned to United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, Conn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 24, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/720,610. | ||
| Application 10/720610 is a division of application No. 09/754594, filed on Jan. 05, 2001, granted, now 6,652,657. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/221771, filed on Jul. 31, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0103921 A1, Jun. 03, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. C25F 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 134—166R [204/198; 204/224 R] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A rinsing cell for rinsing electrolyte from the end of a tubing, the tubing being disposed in the rinsing cell under an
operative condition, which comprises:
a housing having a rinse chamber disposed about an axis R, the housing having an opening for receiving the tubing such that
the tubing extends from the exterior of the cell to the interior of the cell under the operative condition and the housing
having a bottom surface which faces in the axial direction which bounds the rinse chamber, the rinse chamber having a bottom
adjacent the bottom surface;
a guide member extending axially from the bottom of the chamber toward the opening;
a first conduit for supplying rinse fluid to the rinse chamber under operative conditions;
a second conduit for removing rinse fluid from the rinse chamber under operative conditions;
wherein the housing has a plurality of passages disposed circumferentially about the guide member and directed toward the
chamber; wherein at least one of said passages is in flow communication with said first conduit for directing rinse fluid
toward the tubing under said operative condition.
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