申请人:Clariant International, Ltd.
公开号:US20020026953A1
公开(公告)日:2002-03-07
A container cleaning apparatus comprises a solvent cleaning unit having a solvent cleaning chamber, and a rinsing unit having a rinsing chamber connected to the solvent cleaning chamber. Containers are conveyed by a conveyor through the solvent cleaning chamber and the rinsing chamber. The containers are cleaned by jetting a water-soluble or partially water-soluble solvent against the containers in the solvent cleaning chamber. Shutter devices have shutters disposed at an entrance to the solvent cleaning chamber and an exit from the solvent cleaning chamber, respectively, and capable of being moved between closed positions to close the entrance to and the exit from the solvent cleaning chamber and to isolate the solvent cleaning chamber from the rinsing chamber, and open positions to permit the containers to move from the solvent cleaning chamber to the rinsing chamber. During a solvent cleaning process for cleaning the containers with the solvent in the solvent cleaning chamber, the solvent cleaning chamber is isolated from the external space so that the solvent may not leak outside.
一种容器清洗装置包括一个溶剂清洗单元(具有一个溶剂清洗室)和一个漂洗单元(具有一个与溶剂清洗室相连的漂洗室)。容器由传送带通过溶剂清洗室和漂洗室。在溶剂清洗室中,通过向容器喷射水溶性或部分水溶性溶剂来清洗容器。百叶窗装置的百叶窗分别设置在溶剂清洗室的入口和出口处,可以在关闭位置和打开位置之间移动,前者关闭溶剂清洗室的入口和出口,将溶剂清洗室与漂洗室隔离,后者允许容器从溶剂清洗室移动到漂洗室。在用溶剂清洗室中的溶剂清洗容器的溶剂清洗过程中,溶剂清洗室与外部空间隔离,使溶剂不会泄漏到外面。