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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2006
Rei-young Wu, Palatine, IL (US);
Richard Schutzenhofer, Naperville, IL (US);
Anthony L. Armstrong, Algonquin, IL (US);
Timothy Thomas Olsem, Elburn, IL (US);
Robert Kent Rusher, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Rei-Young Wu, Palatine, IL (US);
Richard Schutzenhofer, Naperville, IL (US);
Anthony L. Armstrong, Algonquin, IL (US);
Timothy Thomas Olsem, Elburn, IL (US);
Robert Kent Rusher, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
The Quaker Oats Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and system for cleaning containers being transposed through a container cleaning line, including an open-ended housing, a predetermined container flow path defined by the line of moving containers traversing the enclosure defined by the housing longitudinally, a first set of ionizing air nozzles mounted within the housing for directing ionized compressed air toward the containers in the container flow path, with at least one of the nozzles directing air flow into an open side of each container as it passes the nozzle and a second set of high velocity air nozzles mounted within the housing for directing high velocity compressed air toward the container flow path, the second set of high velocity nozzles being disposed along a direction essentially parallel to the container flow path with at least one of the nozzles flows directing high velocity air flow into the open side of each container as it passes the nozzle. Nozzle guards are provided to prevent contact between the containers and the nozzles.