Abstract: A degreasing apparatus comprises a container for liquid or gaseous solvent, a basket-holder arranged to receive open baskets containing the goods to be degreased, a lifting means to lower the basket-holder into and lift it out of the solvent, a rotary means to set the basket-holder in rotation, and a lid fitted in the basket-holder to close the basket during the degreasing operation. The basket-holder is provided with levers to open and close the basket automatically. One end of the levers engages the lid to lift it and to lower it. The other end of the levers are arranged to come into contact with a stationary stop as the basket-holder approaches its highest position. This contact makes the levers turn, thus lifting the lid.

Abstract: In a degreasing apparatus the articles to be degreased are placed in a holder fastened to two sprocket wheels. Each sprocket wheel is suspended in an endless chain. Movable sprocket wheels connected by a wire to a winding chain provided to form at least one loop on each endless chain, resulting in the holder being lifted from a lower position in a degreasing solvent to an upper position outside the solvent. A motor driving a sprocket wheel in turn drives a chain which is trained over a stationary sprocket wheel for rotating the stationary sprocket wheel engaging the endless chain, resulting in the holder being rotated irrespective of its position in the apparatus.