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Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999

Filed:

Jan. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Richard S Brown, Chualar, CA (US);

Eugene D Rizzo, Pacific Grove, CA (US);

Assignee:

Fresh Express, Inc., Salinas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134 253 ; 134 221 ; 134 2218 ; 134 2219 ; 134 23 ; 134 253 ; 134133 ; 1341 / ; 1341 / ; 426335 ;
Abstract

A method for washing a cored head of lettuce includes placing the head in a position such that the cored hole faces downwardly, spraying an aqueous solution upwardly into the cored hole for a time and at a pressure sufficient to wash the hole, and then propelling the cored washed lettuce head upwardly from the washing position onto a conveyor for the lettuce head with minimal damage to that head.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Brown, Richard. (1999). Method for washing cores of cored lettuce heads (U.S. Patent No. 5954067). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5954067

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