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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2023
Ecolab Usa Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Rachel Marie Mcginness, Rosemount, MN (US);
Jonathan Charles Butwinick, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Paul R. Kraus, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Alissa R. Ellingson, Woodbury, MN (US);
Conor Sylvester Smith, Saint Louis Park, MN (US);
Paul Dominic Christian, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Ecolab USA Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An automated cleaning machine may include one or more short cleaning cycles in which the duration of a cleaning cycle is shortened relative to the duration of a default cleaning cycle. During a short cleaning cycle, other cleaning cycle parameters may also be adjusted to ensure that the articles subjected to the short cleaning cycle are adequately cleaned and sanitized. For example, the wash temperature, rinse temperature, and/or cleaning product amounts or concentrations, may be adjusted to account for the shortened duration of the cleaning cycle. The automated cleaning machine may further include one or more short cycle mode(s) during which short cleaning cycle parameters are used and one or more default cycle mode(s) during which default cleaning cycle parameters are used.