Patents Assigned to A.B.T. Equipment Manufacturing Ltd.
  • Patent number: 5174317
    Abstract: A system for cleaning paint from objects such as spray guns, associated cups and paint cans comprising: an enclosed housing divided into a work chamber and a fluid storage reservoir containing paint solvent and a fluid, having a specific gravity greater than that of the solvent; spray nozzles attached to a first and a second outlet adapted to receive and spray pressurized solvent therefrom; the first outlet includes a tube for receiving and supporting a spray gun and for directing solvent to flow through an inlet of the gun; a foraminous layer definesg a surface for supporting articles to be cleaned in a preferred orientation relative to the second outlet. The system includes additions spray nozzles for spraying the exterior of the articles being cleaned. In addition the system includes a bracket for orienting a paint can in a relatively rotational manner relative to a spray nozzle interior to the paint can for enhancing the cleaning thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Assignees: Herkules Equipment Corporation, A.B.T. Equipment Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard A. Robb, Michael J. Grubb, John J. Grubb, James T. Asanger