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    United States Patent 11 Jones [54] CYLINDER HEAD CLEANING MACHINE 176] Inventor: Colin H. Jones, 8 Pimpala Avenue, Seaford, Victoria, 3198, Australia [21] Appl. No: $8,220 [22] Filed: May 10, 1993 {s1) Im. cl ... BOBB 3/02 [53] US.c. 134/104.4; 134/111; 134/144; 134/153; 134/162 134/104.4, 107, 108, 134/111, 144, 153, 157, 162, 172 [58] Field of Search .. 56) References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 3070103 12/1962. Pickard et al 134144 X 3,073,328 1/1963. Rebizzo etal. 14/133 X 3.240216 3/1966 Sadwith sa 134/80 31656493 4/1972. Black ei. 134/172 X 3,799,178 3/1974 Anderson et al. 134/148 X 3.812622. 5/1974 Parsons ann 134/172 & 4080,308 5/1978. Rollins .. 134/153 X, 4256511 3/1981 Atchison eta. 13472 X 4)585,019 4/1986 Jacobson 134/148 X 4.941.491 7/1990 Goerss eta. 1414 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 1O8SE4 6/1961. Fed. Rep. of Germany wn. 134/144 a) HOA AE ‘US00S329951A. Patent Number: 5,329,951 Tul, 19, 1994 Date of Patent: ty (45) 3114307 10/1982, Fed. Rep. of Germany. Primary Examiner—Philip R. Coe Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Marion P. Lelong i ABSTRACT ‘A machine for cleaning an internal combustion engine cylinder head uses a high-pressure water jet supplied by 1a pump driven by an electric motor or an internal com- bustion engine powered by a power pack and via a spinning spray nozzle head mounted on a vertically reciprocating traveller travelling the length of a cylin- der head clamped by headstock and tailstock clamping assemblies each with six conical-headed, spring-loaded clamping members clamped together by a pneumatic ram and rotatable horizontally at varying speeds by a variable-speed electric motor and drive assembly in synchronization with another electric motor driving the traveller; a spinning spray jet swivel head assembly is rotated via an hydraulic motor from the power pack; clamping and spray head assemblies are mounted within in a framed cabinet and a removable wheeled waste water collection tank underneath has fixed, vertically- ‘opposed horizontally spaced baffles for separation and settling sludge and floating scum from water which is then recycled, aT 14 Claims, 7 Drawing Sheets ay 4 de 2 Ps a 2 No USS. Patent July 19, 1994 Sheet 1 of 7 5,329,951 US, Patent July 19, 1994 Sheet 2 of 7 5,329,951 _ 9 FIG.Z 14 18 29 ©) 68, a} 9 USS, Patent Sheet 3 of 7 5,329,951 FIG.5 t \6a 4 Li USS. Patent July 19, 1994 Sheet 4 of 7 5,329,951 FIG.E | USS. Patent Tuly 19, 1994 Sheet 5 of 7 5,329,951 US. Patent Suly 19, 1994 Sheet 6 of 7 5,329,951 FIG./4 Sheet 7 of 7 5,329,951 July 19, 1994 US. Patent ANOUIIVM SUNSSIUd HOIH NOLLD3HNOO SHIVH Wn NUNLTHaWNS fe NT NAL JANN TUNSSIN . 2° ysia aunany A OAL Wha OL 5,329,951 1 CYLINDER HEAD CLEANING MACHINE, This invention relates generally to equipment for cleaning machine parts and automotive components such as cylinder heads and relates in particular to a machine for cleaning cylinder heads of internal combus- tion engines by a high pressure water jet. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In the past, warm or hot aqueous caustic soda (S0- dium hydroxide) solutions have been used for cleaning sgrease and other residues from machine parts and auto- motive components and especially cylinder heads of internal combustion engines but in present times many erylinder heads are made of aluminum alloys which are attacked by caustic soda. Furthermore, waste caustic soda and other waste products from such cleaning oper- ations is flushed into drainage thus polluting the envi ronment and damaging the ecology. Additionally, at- tention is not paid to waste recovery. Its an object ofthis invention to provide a machine for cleaning parts of machinery such internal combus- tion engine cylinder heads by using a high-pressure water jet or jets ‘Another object of the invention is to provide a ma cchine for cleaning ferrous or non-ferrous internal com- bustion cylinder heads by using a high-pressure water spray and which treats water from cleaning and recy- eles it through the machine, ‘A further object is to provide a pump assembly for high-pressure water spray cleaning of a cylinder head for an internal-combustion engine ‘According to the invention, there is provided a ma- chine for cleaning dirty machine parts such as an inter- nal combustion engine cylinder head by using a high- pressure waterjet or jets and which comprises a hous- ng, means for ‘emovably supporting a cylinder head to be cleaned within the housing, at least one spray jet nozzle mounted within the housing and adapted to di- rect a high-pressure water spray over the machine part, and pump means for supplying high-pressure water 10 the at least one jet nozzle. More particularly, the means for removably support- ing the cylinder head to be cleaned comprises a pair of horizontaly-rotatable, vertically opposed clamping assemblies comprising a talstock upper clamping as- sembly and a headstock lower clamping assembly both clamping assemblies have spring-loaded clamping mem- bers, the means associated with the at least one high- pressure water spray jet nozzle isa vertically traveling spinning spray head mounted on a traveller sliding and reciprocating vertically along bearing guide members. Other features, uses and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a reading of the following

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