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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2019
Applicant:
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Robert R. Goetz, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Assignee:
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 17/06 (2006.01); A23N 12/02 (2006.01); A46B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A46B 17/065 (2013.01); A23N 12/02 (2013.01); A46B 13/001 (2013.01); A46B 17/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for washing and sanitizing elongate rotary brushes used for cleaning fruit, produce, and other food products includes revolving the brushes along a travel path about a housing () and simultaneously spinning the rotary brushes about their individual longitudinal axis (), applying a cleaning solution to the spinning rotary brushes in a cleaning zone of the housing, then applying a spray to the spinning rotary brushes in a spray zone of the housing.