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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1998
Michael T. Watson, Centerville, OH (US);
Flavil M. Pollock, Piqua, OH (US);
Premark FEG L.L.C., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A longitudinal warewasher section, of a warewasher assembly having a plurality of warewasher sections mounted end-to-end, includes a frame and a control box pivotally mounted thereto, where the control box is pivotable from a compact, shipping orientation to an installation or operating orientation. The control box preferably includes electrical controls that have been pre-wired to the electrical and/or mechanical components of the warewasher section. When in the shipping position, the rear face of the control box lies substantially flush against a lateral end of the frame and the side face of the control box is substantially flush with the longitudinal front wall of the frame such that the control box faces outwardly from the lateral end of the frame. In this orientation, the control box does not add to the total lateral width of the warewasher section. After the warewasher section has been shipped and unloaded, the control box is pivoted substantially 90° about hinges to an operating orientation, in which the rear face of the control box is perpendicular to the lateral end of the frame and the control box faces outwardly from the longitudinal front side of the frame. Once the control box is pivoted to this orientation, the end-to-end connection of the remaining warewasher sections to the present section may then continue.