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An ultrasonic cleaning apparatus (10) and method for use with a cleaning solution for cleaning soiled items, such as automobile parts. The cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning tank (11) for containing a quantity of the cleaning solution therein, with the cleaning tank having a bottom and a top. An

An ultrasonic cleaning apparatus (10) and method for use with a cleaning solution for cleaning soiled items, such as automobile parts. The cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning tank (11) for containing a quantity of the cleaning solution therein, with the cleaning tank having a bottom and a top. An ultrasonic generator (17, 18, 122) is provided for ultrasonically exciting the cleaning solution contained within the tank. The tank includes an upper drain (32, 33 or weir 200) and a lower drain (21). A coalescing filter (14) is used for filtering the cleaning solution. A sump tank (12) provides an extra quantity of the cleaning solution for at times overfilling the tank to draw off light ends of oils and greases from the top of the tank. At other times, the lower drain is used to draw off heavy ends of greases and oils from the bottom of the tank.

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An ultrasonic cleaning apparatus (10) and method for use with a cleaning solution for cleaning soiled items, such as automobile parts. The cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning tank (11) for containing a quantity of the cleaning solution therein, with the cleaning tank having a bottom and a top. An

An ultrasonic cleaning apparatus (10) and method for use with a cleaning solution for cleaning soiled items, such as automobile parts. The cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning tank (11) for containing a quantity of the cleaning solution therein, with the cleaning tank having a bottom and a top. An ultrasonic generator (17, 18, 122) is provided for ultrasonically exciting the cleaning solution contained within the tank. The tank includes an upper drain (32, 33 or weir 200) and a lower drain (21). A coalescing filter (14) is used for filtering the cleaning solution. A sump tank (12) provides an extra quantity of the cleaning solution for at times overfilling the tank to draw off light ends of oils and greases from the top of the tank. At other times, the lower drain is used to draw off heavy ends of greases and oils from the bottom of the tank. tube is telescopically extended and in said first, deployed position. 3. The water pipe assembly of claim 2, further comprising: an elongate, channel-shaped recess formed in an exterior surface of said substantially cylindrical sidewall; said recess extending from said bottom wall of said container to an uppermost end that is spaced slightly downwardly from an uppermost end of said container; whereby said smoke tube is at least partially received within said recess when said smoke tube is telescopically collapsed and in said second, storage position. 4. The water pipe assembly of claim 1, wherein said bowl engages said container in a preselected position of rotational adjustment. 5. The water pipe assembly of claim 4, wherein a bowl screw threadedly engages said container to said bowl and wherein screw threads formed in said bowl and complementary screw threads formed in said container are formed so that when said bowl is fully screw threadedly engaged to said container, said bowl is in said preselected position of rotational adjustment. 6. The water pipe assembly of claim 5, where in said adapter means engages said bowl in a preselected position of rotational adjustment so that said radial bore formed in said adapter means is positioned in diametrically opposed relation to said smoke tube when said adapter means is engaged to said bowl. 7. The water pipe assembly of claim 6, further comprising a detent means formed in said bowl and a ma ting detent means formed in said adapter means so that said adapter means is attachable t o said bowl only when said detent means and mating detent means are in rotational alignment with one another. 8. The water pipe assembly of claim 1, further comprising a protuberance formed in said container cavity to indicate a preferred water level to which said container cavity is filled prior to use of said water pipe. 9. The water pipe assembly of claim 1, further comprising: a mounting means formed integrally with said container; said mounting means having an opening formed therein; said mounting means facilitating connection of said water pipe to a preselected article of a user's choice to minimize the chances of misplacing said water pipe; and said mounting means facilitating display advertising of said water pipe. 10. The water pipe assembly of claim 3, further comprising: a plurality of detent means disposed near an upper end of said elongate, channel-shaped recess; said plurality of detent means being spaced apart from one another by a distance slightly less than the diameter of said smoke pipe so that said smoke pipe is firmly held in its operable position by said detent means when said smoke pipe is operatively deployed; said detent means and said smoke tube being made of slightly compressible material so that the smoke tube is easily rotatable into its storage position when not in use; and said detent means being collectively and momentarily compressed and released as the smoke tube is rotated into its operable position or its storage position. 11. A water pipe assembly, comprising: a container for holding water, said container having a longitudinal axis of symmetry; a bowl that surmounts said container, said bowl adapted to hold loose leaf tobacco; means for securing said bowl to said container in a preselected position of rotational adjustment; an adapter means that surmounts said bowl; means for securing said adapter means to said bowl in a preselected position of rotational adjustment; said adapter means adapted to hold a cigarette in radial relation to said longitudinal axis of symmetry; a smoke tube attached to said container and having a first, deployed position where it is in fluid communication with a hollow interior of said container and where it extends from said container in radial relation to said longitudinal axis of symmetry; said means for securing said bowl to said container in a preselected position of rotational adjustment and said means fo r securing said adapter means to said bowl in a preselected position of rotational adjustment cooperating with one another to position a cigarette held by said adapter means in one hundred eighty degree opposition to said smoke tube. 12. The water pipe assembly of claim 11, wherein said smoke tube has a telescopic construction.