Device for cleaning transport carts

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for cleaning dirty transport containers, especially catering carts, the device comprising:—a cleaning chamber with essentially vertical chamber walls, a closable insertion opening for the transport containers, a supporting surface for the transport containers, a plurality of nozzles for emitting a cleaner for cleaning the transport containers, and a dryer for drying the cleaned transport containers, —an insertion track disposed against the insertion opening and outside the cleaning chamber for temporary keeping and insertion of the dirty transport containers, and—automated insertion in the cleaning chamber of dirty transport containers placed on the insertion track. The invention is characterized in that—the automated insertion comprises—a first insertion arm and a second insertion arm, said arms—are disposed at a mutual distance, and—are arranged to be able to be led from a first, active position in which the insertion arms can engage with a transport container placed in the device, to a second, inactive position in which the insertion arms are disengaged from the transport containers placed in the device, and—a support frame that carries the first and the second insertion arm and is provided with organs arranged to be able to displace the insertion arms in the active position from a position outside the cleaning chamber to a position inside the cleaning chamber, and back again into the inactive position.