# US 10,767,870 B2 · Cleaning agent for cleaning commercial cooking devices

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- Number: US 10,767,870 B2
- Document ID: US10767870B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/580,374
- Filed: 2016-06-01
- Published: 2018-10-18
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2015-06-08
- Assignees: Budich International GmbH
- Applicants: Budich International GmbH
- Inventors: Meinrad Budich
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10767870B2

## CPC

- F24C 14/005: {using a cleaning liquid}
- B08B 9/08: Cleaning containers, e.g. tanks
- B08B 3/08: the liquid having chemical or dissolving effect
- B08B 3/10: with additional treatment of the liquid or of the object being cleaned, e.g. by heat, by electricity or by vibration
- B08B 2203/007: Heating the liquid
- B08B 2230/01: Cleaning with steam
- F24C: DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES (exclusively for solid fuels F24B); DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
- B08B: CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL

## Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for cleaning a commercial cooking device (100, 100′), in which a container (B, B′) with a solid cleaning agent (1R), in particular a firm gel, is accommodated in a connection unit (101, 102) of the commercial cooking device (100, 100′), and in which the solid cleaning agent (1R) is liquefied in the cleaning process in the container (B, B′) by means of heat and/or a solvent, preferably water and/or steam, in order to generate a liquefied cleaning agent. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a container (B, B′) with a solid cleaning agent (1R) for cleaning a commercial cooking device (100, 100′). Finally, the present invention relates to a corresponding container (B, B′) with a solid cleaning agent (1R) for cleaning commercial cooking devices.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for cleaning a commercial cooking device, in which a container with a solid cleaning agent comprising a solid gel, is accommodated in a connection unit of the commercial cooking device, and in which the solid cleaning agent is liquefied in the cleaning process in the container by means of heat and/or a solvent, in order to generate a liquefied cleaning agent,
wherein, after the cooking chamber has been cleaned with liquefied cleaning agent, expended cleaning agent is removed, and a rinsing cycle is performed, in which rinsing takes place by means of a rinsing agent, and
wherein a combination container is accommodated in the connection unit of the cooking device, the combination container has parallel arranged compartments with separate outlet openings, one of the compartments is a cleaning compartment with the solid cleaning agent, and another compartment is a rinsing compartment with a rinsing agent.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the container with the solid cleaning agent is accommodated in a bracket fastened in the cooking chamber of the cooking device.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the rinsing agent is supplied in a container, with a sealing layer being arranged on its outlet.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the solid cleaning agent is liquefied in the cleaning process in the container by water and/or steam.

### Claim 5

A method for cleaning a commercial cooking device, in which a container with a solid cleaning agent comprising a solid gel, is accommodated in a connection unit of the commercial cooking device, and in which the solid cleaning agent is liquefied in the cleaning process in the container by means of heat and/or a solvent, in order to generate a liquefied cleaning agent,
wherein the container with the solid cleaning agent is accommodated in a connection unit that is separate from the cooking chamber, and has an allocated liquefaction device including a heating device and/or rinsing nozzle, and the liquefied cleaning agent is transferred into the cooking chamber of the cooking device via a line system comprising a pump.