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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Volker Till, Hofheim am Taunus, DE;
Assignee:
GEA Till GmbH & Co., Kriftel, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B / ; B08B / ; B08B / ; B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134 18 ; 134 82 ; 134 83 ; 1341041 ; 134105 ; 134165 ; 134184 ;
Abstract
A method of cleaning a reusable container includes the steps of (1) pre-rinsing the container with a pre-rinse fluid; (2) chemically cleaning the container; (3) post-rinsing the container with a post-rinse fluid; (4) introducing a contaminate indicator into the container prior to the step of post-rinsing; and (5) testing the post-rinse fluid for the presence of the contaminate indicator during at least a portion of the post-rinsing step. A number of alternative embodiments employ various contaminate indicators which may be introduced into the container at various points during the cleaning process.