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Method and apparatus for washing fruit

US5979473A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 17, 1996
Grant dateNov 9, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB08B3/14
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An improved apparatus for washing fruit that includes supporting rollers, a nozzle for directing a spray of water at 100 psi at the surface of the whole fruit; and clean-out bars that reduce the movement of the fruit toward the nozzle being transported at a predetermined time.

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