Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Apparatus – Automatic controls
Patent
1997-03-27
1999-03-02
Coe, Philip R.
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Apparatus
Automatic controls
134 80, 134 92, 134 953, 134134, 134144, 134152, 134153, 134170, A47L 1518, A47L 1542
Patent
active
058758003
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a device for cleaning cutlery.
Professionally used cutlery, such as knives used in slaughterhouses, must be cleaned frequently. For example, some of the knives, used in slaughterhouses, must be cleaned and disinfected at two-hour intervals. Previously, these knives were cleaned either by immersing them in containers of hot water or washing them off with hot water, or by using certain washing machines, for which purpose the knives, which were to be cleaned, were placed in baskets.
It is obvious that cleaning by immersing the individual knives or washing them off is time consuming and can easily lead to injuries. On the other hand, the purchase of dishwashing machines, which can be used professionally, is expensive and, on the way from the machine to the workplace, for example, in the slaughterhouse, the cleaned and disinfected knives may be soiled once again, so that they no longer meet the requirements of hygiene.
It is a further disadvantage of the cleaning devices and the cleaning methods, described above and previously known, that the cleaning and the disinfecting cannot be carried out in the same container and that, instead, two different pieces of equipment or containers are required for this purpose. This is first of all inconvenient and, on the other hand, the space required, for example, for two containers or two washing machines, is a disadvantage in slaughterhouses, in which space frequently is tight.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore an object of the invention to simplify the cleaning and/or disinfecting of cutlery, particularly in the industrial sector.
The cleaning chamber, known from cleaning equipment, is not connected in a stationary manner with the dishwashing machine and is instead detachably disposed at the cleaning equipment, so that it can be taken together with the cleaned cutlery to the workplace in such a manner that the cutlery cannot become soiled on the way.
In accordance with the above and other objects of the invention, there is provided an apparatus for cleaning utensils comprising a cleaning chamber in which the utensils are received, a cleaning fluid dispenser within the cleaning chamber for dispensing fluid to clean the utensils within the cleaning chamber, and a cleaning device having an outer container into which the cleaning chamber is removably disposed. The cleaning chamber and the outer container define an inner space between the cleaning chamber and the outer container. The cleaning device includes conduit means for delivering fluid to the cleaning fluid dispenser, and fluid discharge means for discharging fluid into the inner space to clean an outer surface of the cleaning chamber.
Further in accordance with the invention, there is provided an apparatus for cleaning utensils comprising a cleaning chamber in which the utensils are received, a cleaning fluid dispenser within the cleaning chamber for dispensing fluid to clean the utensils within the cleaning chamber, and a cleaning device having an outer container into which the cleaning chamber is removably disposed. The cleaning device includes conduit means for delivering fluid to the cleaning fluid dispenser, the conduit means including a valve, the cleaning device also includes a pump for supplying cleaning fluid to the conduit means. The cleaning chamber has the cleaning fluid dispenser fixedly disposed therein. The cleaning fluid dispenser includes a valve opening device for opening the valve when the cleaning chamber is disposed in the outer container to communicate the fluid from the conduit means to the cleaning fluid dispenser, and the valve is operable to automatically close by pressure of the fluid in the conduit means when the cleaning chamber is removed from the outer container.
Still further in accordance with the invention, there is provided an apparatus for cleaning utensils comprising a cleaning chamber in which the utensils to be cleaned are received, a cleaning fluid dispenser disposed in the cleaning chamber for cleaning the utensils
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