Milk cart with a cleaning function
OwnerHans-Joachim Laue, Hans Joachim Holminventors
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Abstract
A milk cart comprises a chassis, a storage tank coupled to the chassis, and a conveyor system comprising an exit configured to connect to a return line that terminates inside the storage tank. The return line comprises a first portion extending vertically towards a bottom of the inside of the storage tank, a second portion extending vertically in a direction towards a top of the inside the storage tank, and a base portion extending from the first portion to the second portion. The second portion is positioned at a lateral distance from an interior of a wall of the storage tank and further comprises an upper end comprising at least one opening.
Claims17
A milk cart comprising:
- a chassis;
- a storage tank configured to hold a liquid, the storage tank being coupled to the chassis;
- and
- a conveyor system comprising an exit configured to connect to a return line that terminates inside the storage tank, wherein the return line comprises,
- a first portion positioned inside of the storage tank and extending in a downward direction to a first portion end positioned within the storage tank and towards a bottom of the storage tank,
- a base portion positioned inside the storage tank and extending from the first portion end to a base portion end and positioned below a fill level of the liquid, and
- a second portion positioned inside the storage tank and extending from the base portion end in an upward direction away from the bottom of the storage tank and terminating at an upper end inside the storage tank, wherein the upper end comprises at least one opening, wherein the second portion is positioned at a lateral distance from an interior of a wall of the storage tank such that the upper end of the second portion is free-standing within the storage tank.
A method of cleaning a feeding container by a milk cart that comprises a chassis, a storage tank for liquid foodstuff, and a conveyor system comprising an inlet connected to an outlet of the storage tank, the method comprising:
- filling the storage tank for liquid foodstuff with a cleaning liquid;
- structuring the conveyor system to include,
- a first portion positioned inside of the storage tank and extending in a downward direction to a first portion end positioned within the storage tank and towards a bottom of the storage tank,
- a base portion positioned inside the storage tank and extending from the first portion end to a base portion end and positioned below a fill level of the cleaning liquid, and
- a second portion positioned inside the storage tank and extending from the base portion end in an upward direction away from the bottom of the storage tank and terminating at an upper end inside the storage tank, wherein the upper end comprises at least one opening, wherein the second portion is positioned at a lateral distance from an interior of a wall of the storage tank such that the upper end of the second portion is free-standing within the storage tank;
- positioning the feeding container over the second portion of the conveying system located inside the storage tank for the liquid food stuff;
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- cleaning an interior of the feeding container using one or more jets of cleaning liquid produced by the second portion of the conveyor system while the feeding container is located inside the storage tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.