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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2021
Vanmark Equipment, Llc, Creston, IA (US);
Alexander C. Herzberg, Prescott, IA (US);
Floyd Richardson, Creston, IA (US);
Josh Thompson, Creston, IA (US);
Vanmark Equipment, LLC, Creston, IA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning a food-processing machine having cylindrical rolls disposed along a curve, each of the rolls having a peripheral working surface for contacting food products and an axis about which each roll rotates. A drive rail is mounted parallel to the axes of the rolls and extends the length of the rolls. A spray bar slidably mounts to the drive rail, extends adjacent the rolls, and has at least one nozzle for spraying liquid onto the working surfaces of the rolls to clean them of debris. A prime mover drives the spray bar along the drive rail parallel to the axes of the rolls while spraying the rotating rolls.