Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Apparatus – With means for collecting escaping material
Patent
1996-10-02
1998-03-17
Stinson, Frankie L.
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Apparatus
With means for collecting escaping material
134176, 134179, 239251, 239261, B08B 302
Patent
active
057275815
ABSTRACT:
A spray-arm assembly comprises a convergent base section having a bell mouth, a throat section, and a cylindrical housing that extends axially along the periphery of the throat section, a lower cylindrical conduit section and an upper cylindrical conduit section, and a divergent diffuser section having an entry area and an exit area. In one embodiment of the instant invention, a drainage groove is disposed within the diffuser section in order to facilitate the drainage of excess water from the spray-arm assembly once a washing or rinsing phase of operation is completed. In another embodiment of the instant invention, at least one drainage notch is formed at the mouth of the divergent diffuser section in order to create a drainage passage between the divergent section and the convergent base section. In another embodiment of the instant invention, a plurality of ribs are disposed on an inner bottom surface of the convergent base section so as to provide a temporary collection location for food particles that flow to this location during drainage. Food particles disposed in these ribs can be readily purged from the area during a flush-out mode of operation.
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Heinz Dennis Lee
Spanyer Andrew Joseph
Tekriwal Prabhat Kumar
Tobbe Joseph Duane
General Electric Company
Ingraham Donald S.
Patnode Patrick K.
Stinson Frankie L.
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