Cleaning and liquid contact with solids – Apparatus – With means for collecting escaping material
Patent
1994-05-06
1995-05-09
Stinson, Frankie L.
Cleaning and liquid contact with solids
Apparatus
With means for collecting escaping material
134111, 134186, 134133, 134183, 15 315, B08B 304
Patent
active
054131316
ABSTRACT:
An elongated open top tank containing water, one end being a loading end, and the opposite end being an exit end. Positioned transversely across the tank, spaced generally along the full length above the water line, are water distribution lines each having multiple water outlet nozzles aiming downward and at an angle toward the exit end of the tank. The distribution lines are connected to an output side of a high volume water pump used to circulate the tank water. The water pump draws water from the exit end of the tank so that during pumping, a strong current is created in the tank as the nozzles re-apply the water. Positioned transversely within the tank is a plurality of solid baffles, some positioned high in the water, and some positioned low in the water in a staggered arrangement. Produce deposited at the loading end of the tank is sprayed by the nozzles and drawn by the strong current. The current and nozzle output in conjunction with the high and low baffles forces the produce completely underwater in order for it to move underneath the bottom edge of the high baffles and over the top edge of the low baffles. The produce is moved in an agitating serpentine pattern as it moves toward the exit end of the tank to where an open screen conveyor is located in part in the water to lift the cleaned produce from the tank.
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