US 12,459,008 B2
One piece high temperature washer
Raymond Hayes, Newington, CT (US)
Assigned to RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on May 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/143,135.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/345,625, filed on May 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0381827 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B08B 3/02 (2006.01); B08B 5/02 (2006.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC B08B 3/02 (2013.01) [B08B 5/02 (2013.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01); B08B 3/022 (2013.01); B08B 2203/007 (2013.01); B08B 2203/0211 (2013.01); B08B 2203/0282 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A washer comprising:
a cabinet defining an interior and an exterior; a washing zone within the cabinet interior; the cabinet having a doorway operatively coupled to said washing zone;
a door coupled to the exterior of the cabinet within linear motion guides coupled to the exterior, the door configured to open and close the doorway;
a door seal coupled to the cabinet exterior proximate the doorway and operatively coupled to the door for sealing the doorway, the door seal comprising an inflatable bladder fluidly coupled to a pneumatic air system;
a clamp located within the washing zone, the clamp configured to secure a part within the washing zone;
a wash/air nozzle located within the washing zone and fluidly coupled to a process water system, the wash nozzle configured to direct process water toward the part, the wash/air nozzle fluidly coupled to the pneumatic system, the wash/air nozzle configured to direct air toward the part;
a safety controller operatively coupled to the door, the pneumatic system and the process water system; and
a process controller operatively coupled to the door, the pneumatic system, the process water system and the clamp, the process controller configured to wash the part.