Self contained high pressure hot water cleaning system for grocery carts
First Claim
1. A mobile self contained high pressure hot water cleaning systm for grocery carts comprising:
- a mobile frame means;
an enclosure mounted on said frame means for receiving the grocery cart therein;
a holding tank mounted on said frame means within said enclosure;
a wash tunnel having a first set of spray nozzles and a second set of spray nozzles spaced downstream of the first set of spray nozzles;
said wash tunnel mounted above said holding tank within said enclosure;
cleaning brushes rotatably mounted in the tunnel for engaging and dislodging foreign particles from the grocery cart;
a conveyor means mounted within said wash tunnel for conveying the grocery cart through said tunnel past the first and second set of spray nozzles and the brushes;
a supply tank having a cleaning fluid within said enclosure wherein said supply tank is in fluid communication with said first set of spray nozzles;
a supply tank having a sterilizing fluid within said enclosure wherein said second fluid supply tank is in fluid communication with said second set of spray nozzles;
a drain means within said wash tunnel means wherein said drain means is in fluid communication with said holding tank means;
a first pump means operably connected to pump said cleaning fluid to the first set of nozzles to clean the grocery cart;
a second pump means operably connected to pump said sterilizing fluid to the second set of nozzles to sterilize the cleaned grocery cart; and
a heater means operably connected to heat said first fluid.
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Abstract
A self contained high pressure hot water cleaning system for grocery carts is disclosed in which a trailer mounted fully enclosed system allows the automatic passage of individual grocery carts from one end to the other by the use of a conveyor passing through a wash tunnel having spray nozzles. The wash tunnel also provides a pair of rotating brushes, a spent fluid holding tank, a cleaning fluid supply tank, a sanitizing fluid supply tank, associated pumps as well as a heater for heating the cleaning fluid. The self contained system further provides a hand operated wand at the entrance of the wash tunnel to allow an operator to remove difficult accumulation of grime from the grocery carts. A lifting table and exit ramp is also provided.
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1. A mobile self contained high pressure hot water cleaning systm for grocery carts comprising:
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a mobile frame means; an enclosure mounted on said frame means for receiving the grocery cart therein; a holding tank mounted on said frame means within said enclosure; a wash tunnel having a first set of spray nozzles and a second set of spray nozzles spaced downstream of the first set of spray nozzles;
said wash tunnel mounted above said holding tank within said enclosure;cleaning brushes rotatably mounted in the tunnel for engaging and dislodging foreign particles from the grocery cart; a conveyor means mounted within said wash tunnel for conveying the grocery cart through said tunnel past the first and second set of spray nozzles and the brushes; a supply tank having a cleaning fluid within said enclosure wherein said supply tank is in fluid communication with said first set of spray nozzles; a supply tank having a sterilizing fluid within said enclosure wherein said second fluid supply tank is in fluid communication with said second set of spray nozzles; a drain means within said wash tunnel means wherein said drain means is in fluid communication with said holding tank means; a first pump means operably connected to pump said cleaning fluid to the first set of nozzles to clean the grocery cart; a second pump means operably connected to pump said sterilizing fluid to the second set of nozzles to sterilize the cleaned grocery cart; and a heater means operably connected to heat said first fluid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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