Mobile enrober cleaning apparatus
US6901939B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 21, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB08B3/006
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning an enrober head and a method for using the apparatus, in which the apparatus has a cleaning medium supply vessel having an outlet and an open top, an enrober head mount registered with the open top of the vessel, and a pump, arranged to pump cleaning medium from the vessel to an applicator for application to enrober head elements requiring cleaning. The mount is adapted to attach an enrober head to the vessel, such that, when an enrober head is removed from an enrober and mounted on the apparatus, cleaning medium applied to elements of the enrober head can pass through those elements, through the mount and open top, and back into the vessel, cleaning the enrober head elements, and allowing the cleaning medium to be reapplied.
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