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Method and apparatus for cleaning feed rolls in food-processing machinery

US5322570A · kind A · utility

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7References
18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 12, 1992
Grant dateJun 21, 1994
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Expiry dateMay 12, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB08B2230/01
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A cleaning apparatus for a quantity-metering device includes a housing and spray nozzles for dispensing fluid onto the feed rollers of the quantity-metering device and collecting the fluid together with media which is removed from said feed rollers. The cleaning apparatus includes manifolds which carry the nozzles. The cleaning apparatus is inserted in a location vacated by a component of said quantity-metering device.

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