Method of cleaning a rotating object

摘要

A method of cleaning a rotatable object including obtaining a flexible line having a plurality of cleaning elements disposed along the central portion and further including engaging the cleaning elements disposed along the central portion with a rotatable object and affixing a first line end to a first support having a fixed location proximate a first end of the rotatable object and affixing a second line end to a second support having a fixed location proximate a second end of said rotatable object; and rotating the rotatable object to clean the rotatable object with the plurality of cleaning elements.

主权项

1. A method of cleaning a rotatable object, comprising:
obtaining a cleaning apparatus including:
a flexible line including a central portion disposed between first line end and a second line end; anda plurality of cleaning elements disposed along said central portion of said flexible line, each of said cleaning elements having body configured as a flat sheet having a pair of opposed faces and a plurality of tufts each coupled in spaced relation to a first one of said pair of opposed faces by a tuft first end, each of said plurality of tufts comprising a plurality of elongate fibers extending outwardly from said first one of said pair of opposed faces to terminate in a tuft second end; affixing said first line end to a first support having a fixed location proximate a first end said rotatable object; affixing said second line end to a second support having a fixed location proximate a second end of said rotatable object, said rotatable object disposed between said first and second supports, said plurality of tufts coupled to said first one of said pair of opposed faces of said plurality of cleaning elements contacting said rotatable object; and rotating said rotatable object to clean said rotatable object.