Medical board cleaning system assembly description

Abstract

An apparatus for cleaning medical transport boards comprises a closed chamber having first and second oppositely facing ends and having a first opening in the first end for receiving a board and a second opening at the second end for passing the board out of the chamber, a first partition in the chamber spaced from the first end for defining a disinfectant spray section, the spray section including a spray delivery system for spraying disinfectant on all exposed surfaces of the board as the board passes through the spray section, a second partition in the chamber spaced from the second end for defining a rinse water section, the rinse water section including a water delivery system for flowing water over all exposed surfaces of the board as the board passes through the rinse water section and a pair of power driven brushes located in the chamber between the first and second sections for scrubbing exposed surfaces of the board during passage of the board through the chamber.

1 . Apparatus for cleaning medical transport boards comprising: 
 a closed chamber having first and second oppositely facing ends and having a first opening in said first end for receiving a board and a second opening at said second end for passing the board out of the chamber;    a first partition in said chamber spaced from said first end thereof for defining a disinfectant spray section, said spray section including a spray delivery system for spraying disinfectant on all exposed surfaces of the board as the board passes through said spray section;    a second partition in said chamber spaced from said second end thereof for defining a rinse water section, said rinse water section including a water delivery system for flowing water over all exposed surfaces of the board as the board passes through the rinse water section; and    a pair of power driven brushes located in said chamber between said first and second sections for scrubbing exposed surfaces of the board during passage of the board through the chamber.    
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  and including a pre-wetting water dispensing system in said disinfectant spray section, said water dispensing system being disposed for wetting the board prior to spraying of disinfectant thereupon.  
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein each of said spray delivery system and said water delivery system includes a plurality of spaced nozzles for delivering a liquid spray to all exposed surfaces of the board.  
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3  and including a pump for maintaining a constant predetermined volume of flow at each of said spaced nozzles.  
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein said brushes comprise cylindrical brushes with radial extending bristles.  
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 5  wherein said brushes are positioned to concurrently engage opposite exposed surfaces of the board.  
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 6  wherein the brushes are located between said first and second partitions.  
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 4  and including a storage tank for holding a supply of liquid disinfectant and a tube leading from said tank to said disinfectant spray delivery system, said disinfectant being drawn into said spray delivery system by water pumped through said spray delivery system.  
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 5  wherein the brushes are rotatably driven in a same direction, one of said brushes crating a force pushing the board toward said first end of said chamber and another of said brushes creating a force pulling the board toward said second end of said chamber.  
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 9  and including an electric motor mounted outside said chamber and coupled for concurrently driving said brushes.