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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1998
Mark A Ferguson, Barbourville, KY (US);
Dwayne A Becknell, Barbourville, KY (US);
Daniel F Brady, High Point, NC (US);
Martin D Schenk, Nashville, TN (US);
Ecolab Inc., St.Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a warewashing assembly comprising a batch-loading warewashing machine and a movable tray or cart capable of holding a rack in a position that departs form the horizontal outside of the warewashing machine for convenient operations; said tray or cart comprising a flat tray of a size complementary to said rack, wherein the flat tray comprises side and rear fences capable of holding the ware rack against horizontal motion and wherein the tray is attached to a support structure in such a way that it is supported at the desired angle .alpha. and can be inserted into the machine when quiescent; wherein the support structure is of a height approximately equal to that of the warewashing machine and comprises means to move horizontally in relation to the warewashing machine.