Foreign matter removal device, foreign matter removal method and foreign matter removal system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8778088
APP PUB NO 20120186608A1
SERIAL NO

13012150

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A foreign matter removal device 10 preliminary cleans the work 50 in a bucket 12 housed in an input tank 15, then further cleans the work 50 in buckets 13, 14 housed in cleaning tanks 16, 17 by agitating cleaning liquid while inverting the buckets to transfer the work to a subsequent bucket. Particularly, the bottom of the cleaning tank is formed such that the nearer to a center of the bottom, the deeper the bottom becomes. The cleaning liquid overflowing from the cleaning tanks are stored in auxiliary tanks 22, 23. First and second ejection units 29a, 29b are arranged at different heights in the cleaning tank to generate a circulating flow in the cleaning liquid.

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MAYEKAWA MFG CO LTDTOKYO JAPAN TOKYO METROPOLIS
ITOHAM FOODS INC2-1 BINGO-CHO 3-CHOME NADA-KU KOBE-SHI HYOGO 657-0037
HOSODA KOGYO CO LTD2-2-38 TAISHIDO YAO-SHI OSAKA 581-0063

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Ichihara, Masaya Tokyo, JP 3 0
Komatsu, Yo Tokyo, JP 1 0
Mashiba, Satoshi Sioux City, US 1 0
Nishimoto, Takeshi Tokyo, JP 9 9
Sakuramoto, Suguru Tokyo, JP 2 1
Shimamura, Shinji Tokyo, JP 3 2
Urakami, Ryuzo Yao, JP 1 0

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