Baked good pan cleaner

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1999-09-02

2001-05-15

Warden, Sr., Robert J. (Department: 1744)

Brushing, scrubbing, and general cleaning

Machines

With air blast or suction

C015S308000, C015S345000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06230360

ABSTRACT:

The present invention relates to a baked goods pan cleaner; more specifically, a pan cleaner for baking surfaces, the pan cleaner comprised of a pair of counter-rotating brushes for scrubbing the bottom of a baking pan and further includes at least one air jet for directing compressed air onto the surface of the pans and one or more augers to catch airborne seeds and other debris.
SUMMARY
The present invention provides a number of devices relating to bun pan cleaning. First, a bun pan cleaner utilizes rotary brushes in conjunction with augers and air jets to assist in cleaning a pan that has been utilized to cook bake goods. A second device provides for cleaning pans using rotary brushes onto which bakery pans are inverted. Still a third mechanism provides for seed collection such as where there is loose sesame seeds or the like on the buns in the pans.
The present invention is used in conjunction with conveyor belts known in the trade. The devices are intended to decrease the manual labor required for bun pan cleaning and to provide for a simpler and more effective means for bun pan cleaning and for deseeding than has heretofore been known in the trade.
A first embodiment of the invention provides for bun pan cleanup; removing flour, seeds and debris from the baking surface of the pan. The bun pan is carried by a conveyor belt into engagement with the bun pan cleaner. The bun pan cleaner includes at least one motor driven brush for contacting the surface of the pan. It also includes a hood with a vacuum means mounted above the hood for removal of debris dislodged by action of the brushes against the pan surface. An auger is also provided for collecting and removing at least some of the debris that's not taken up through the hood of the bun pan cleaner.
A second embodiment includes a conveyor mounted seed collector and baked goods depanner. The depanner includes a frame and in cooperation with the frame there is provided a means to direct compressed air onto the pan surface. The means to direct compressed air includes a rotatable auger on which number of manifolds are attached. Each of the manifolds has a multiplicity of air jets attached to them. The conveyor mounted seed collector also includes means, such as a grid, to hold down the baked goods while the jets of air directed thereonto (so baked goods are not blown out of the pan).
Yet another embodiment of the present invention includes a multiplicity of rotating brushes and means to flip a right side up conveyor borne pan upside down onto the rotating brushes, where the brushes will contact the baking surface to clean it. Also included is means to flip the pans back right side up onto a pan stacker.


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