Bottle drying apparatus

Abstract

A facility for storing bottles includes a base retainer, at least one auxiliary retainer, and one or more struts. The base retainer has an upward-facing cavity and the auxiliary retainers may include downward-facing and upward-facing cavities so that the base and one or more auxiliary retainers may be stacked upon struts received within these cavities. The retainers include spaced apart bottle-receiving bays for receiving bottles for draining. The bays include drain lumina communicating with the retainer cavities and the base retainer may also include a drain which receives a drain tube for plumbing drained fluids from the bottles to a nearby sink basin or utility drain. The struts are preferably hollow to allow fluids collected by the auxiliary retainers to collect and flow out by the drain tube. Each bay includes a flange-receiving slot complementary with flanges on bottles for holding bottles inverted for draining.

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