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US3873071A
US3873071A US384737A US38473773A US3873071A US 3873071 A US3873071 A US 3873071A US 384737 A US384737 A US 384737A US 38473773 A US38473773 A US 38473773A US 3873071 A US3873071 A US 3873071A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K7/00—Body washing or cleaning implements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H35/00—Baths for specific parts of the body
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2/00—Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lenses; Accessories therefor
    • A61L2/02—Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lenses; Accessories therefor using physical phenomena
    • A61L2/025—Ultrasonics
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B3/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use or presence of liquid or steam
    • B08B3/04—Cleaning involving contact with liquid
    • B08B3/10—Cleaning involving contact with liquid with additional treatment of the liquid or of the object being cleaned, e.g. by heat, by electricity or by vibration
    • B08B3/12—Cleaning involving contact with liquid with additional treatment of the liquid or of the object being cleaned, e.g. by heat, by electricity or by vibration by sonic or ultrasonic vibrations
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H2205/00—Devices for specific parts of the body
    • A61H2205/06—Arms
    • A61H2205/065—Hands
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H23/00—Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms
    • A61H23/02—Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms with electric or magnetic drive
    • A61H23/0245—Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms with electric or magnetic drive with ultrasonic transducers, e.g. piezoelectric

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  • ABSTRACT An apparatus for physically cleaning objects by using ultrasonic waves which employs a unique arrangement of a cleaning liquid tub and a plurality of ultrasonic wave oscillators.
  • the arrangement is such that the cleaning tub comprises two oppositely inclined bottom walls in generally V-shaped cross-section, and the ultrasonic wave oscillators are installed on one of the inclined bottom walls of the cleaning liquid tub having a relatively smaller area than the conventional flat bottom construction.
  • the present invention relates generally to an art in the field of physical cleaning and particularly to an ultrasonic'wave cleaning apparatus. More particularly, this invention is concerned with an ultrasonic wave cleaning apparatus of laterally inclined radiation type which is adaptable for a medical bacteria-free cleaning treatment to objects such as doctors hands and medical instruments to be cleaned prior to a surgical operation.
  • an ultrasonic wave cleaning apparatus including a plurality of ultrasonic wave oscillating means on the wall of a cleaning liquid tub adapted for radiating ultrasonic waves into the body of cleaning liquid contained in the tub, the cleaning apparatus incorporating the improvement comprising a bottom wall inclinedly extending upwardly toward one side of the cleaning liquid tub and a plurality of ultrasonic wave oscillating means arranged on the other side of the tub,the ultrasonic wave oscillating means being mounted to radiate beams of ultrasonic waves in an obliquely upward direction generally parallel with the inclined bottom wall.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevational view, partly in vertical section, showing the interior arrangement of an ultrasonic wave cleaning apparatus of inclined radiation type according to this invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1.
  • the cleaning tub 2 which defines a cleaning liquid chamber W.
  • the cleaning tub 2 has a bottom of V- shaped cross section which comprises a laterally inclined bottom wall 20 and another oppositely inclined bottom wall 2b; as seen in FIG. 1 wall 2b has a greater inclination with respect to the horizontal as compared to that of wall 2a. Wall 2a thus has a greater length than wall 2b.
  • the inclined bottom wall 2a extends obliquely upwardly from the bottom corner towards one lateral side of a casing 3.
  • a plurality of ultrasonic wave oscillators 4 each of which has a high frequency coil 4b wound around an iron core 4a so as to produce ultrasonic waves as specified.
  • This arrangement is specifically designed for keeping to a minimum a dead space or area where there is no substantial effect of ultrasonic waves radiated from the ultrasonic wave oscillators 4 with respect to a cleaning liquid contained in the cleaning liquid chamber W.
  • ultrasonic wave oscillators 4 are, for instance, bonded in position on a base plate 6 by using a suitable adhesive, and the marginal portion of the base plate 6 is secured fluidtightly on the sides 7 of the opening in the inclined bottom wall Zbof the cleaning tub 2 by a plurality of screws 8 with a suitable packing (not shown) therebetween.
  • An auxiliary liquid chamber 9 is provided for receiving therein the cleaning liquid overflowing from the liquid chamber W when an object to be treated is immersed into the liquid in the liquid chamber W, the auxiliary chamber 9 being separated by a partition or weir 10 from the cleaning liquid chamber W.
  • a cleaning liquid drain hole 11 having therein a filter 11a, the drain hole communicating with a threeway valve 13 through a pipe 12.
  • One delivery port of the-three-way valve 13 is connected to the suction side
  • a drain pipe 19 opening at the bottom of the cleaning tub 2 is communicatively connected with the abovementioned pipe 17.
  • the delivery side of the pump is connected through a pipe 21 to cleaning liquid discharging outlets 22 which are formed in the base plate 6 of the ultrasonic wave oscillations 4.
  • a high frequency generator at the bottom of the casing 3.
  • the cleaning tub 2 is filled with the cleaning liquid.
  • an object to be treated or cleaned is immersed in the cleaning liquid in the chamber W and a radio frequency current from the ultrasonic wave generator 20 is applied to the oscillating coils 4b of the ultrasonic wave oscillators 4, whereby ultrasonic waves are radiated from the oscillators 4 disposed on the obliquely inclined bottom wall 2b of the cleaning tub 2 in a variety of directions with respect to the inclined bottom wall 2a of the cleaning tub 2 as indicated by phantom arrows in FIG. 1, such as more or less obliquely upwardly, in parallel, or more or less obliquely downwardly with respect to the inclinedbottom wall 2a of the cleaning tub 2.
  • portions or beams of ultrasonic waves radiated in relatively downward radiating directions so as to collide at certain varied angles with the bottom wall 2a will be reflected so as to be redirected into the body of the cleaning liquid in the cleaning tub 2 according to the angles of incidence to the wall 2a. Consequently, there occur a variety of irregular reflections of ultrasonic waves on the inclined bottom wall 2a, and this results in relatively uniformly distributed radiations of the ultrasonic waves throughout the cleaning tub 2.
  • jet streams of the cleaning liquid are ejected out of the discharging outlets 22 located at the bottom portion of the tub 2, there is produced a recirculation flow or convection of the cleaning liquid within the cleaning tub 2.
  • the jet streams of the cleaning liquid cause dislodging of the contaminants on the surfaces of the object being treated in the cleaning tub 2.
  • the contaminants removed from the surfaces of the object are then directed into the auxiliary liquid chamber 9, being entrained by the cleaning liquid, and are finally trapped by the filter 11a in the drain hole 11. Consequently, the cleaning liquid to be recycled to the tub 2 is made free from contaminants.
  • a preferred frequency range of ultrasonic waves was found to be between 20 and 38 KHz, and a preferred output range of ultrasonic waves between 0.1 and 0.2 Watt/em From the results of breeding experiments on the staphylobacillus and staphylococcus in the nailback portions of the human fingers by using the ultrasonic cleaning apparatus of the conventional horizontal bottom arrangement, it was found that the number of colonies (quantitative unit of bacteria) increased from 98 colonies up to 186 colonies, which was a considerably adverse effect due to the use of such ultrasonic wave cleaning apparatus.
  • the ultrasonic wave cleaning apparatus has the following advantageous features.
  • a substantial reduction in the number of ultrasonic wave oscillators is accordingly possible while maintaining equal cleaning performance, thus considerably contributing to a further wider application of the ultrasonic wave cleaning apparatus.
  • said ultrasonic wave oscillating means being oriented to radiate the ultrasonic waves obliquely upwardly along and parallel to said second bottom wall, said tub being fully open upwardly at the upper edge of the bottom walls.
  • An ultrasonic wave cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising means for injecting said cleaning liquid into said cleaning liquid tub.
  • An ultrasonic wave cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising means for sucking said cleaning liquid from within said cleaning liquid tub and recirculating said liquid to said injecting means.
  • An ultrasonic wave cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 3, further comprising change-over means disposed in said sucking and recirculating means to selectively direct said cleaning liquid to said cleaning liquid tub through said pump and said injecting means, or to a drain.
  • An ultrasonic wave cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 2 wherein said injecting means includes means for directing the cleaning liquid in a direction generally parallel with said inclined bottom wall.
  • An ultrasonic wave cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 1 further comprising an auxiliary liquid tub adjoining said cleaning liquid tub, and weir means between said tubs for overflowing of said cleaning liquid from said cleaning liquid tub into said auxiliary tub.
  • An ultrasonic wave cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim I, further comprising filter means adapted to filter said cleaning liquid flowing out of said cleaning liquid tub.

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DE2435940A DE2435940A1 (de) 1973-08-01 1974-07-25 Ultraschallwellen-reinigungsvorrichtung
GB3339774A GB1473418A (en) 1973-08-01 1974-07-29 Ultrasonic wave cleaning apparatus
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