Automated bucket cleaning system

A system for cleaning buckets, the system comprising:

• a cleaning mixture dispenser for placing a cleaning mixture within a bucket of the buckets, the cleaning mixture dispenser comprising a source of flowing water, a foot-operated valve, a tube, and a source of cleaning fluid;
• the source of the flowing water interfaced to the foot-operated valve such that operation of the foot-operated valve causes water to flow through the tube for placement into the bucket and the source of cleaning fluid that is interfaced to the tube such that during operation of the foot-operated valve, the cleaning fluid is inserted into the tube for the placement into the bucket;
• a washing station, the washing station having a brush for abrading an inside surface of the bucket and for spreading the cleaning mixture across the inside surface of the bucket, the washing station having a motor that is operatively coupled to the brush for rotating the brush and a foot-operated switch such that when the foot-operated switch is operated, power is provided to the motor;
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• a rinsing fountain having a second foot-operated valve, a rinse fountain feed tube, a rinse fountain head, orifices, and a rinse capture base;
• the rinsing fountain head spraying the water over the inside surface of the bucket to rinse of the cleaning mixture, the rinsing fountain interfaced to the source of the flowing water through the second foot-operated valve such that operation of the second foot-operated valve causes the water to flow through the rinse fountain feed tube and out of the rinse fountain head through the orifices in the rinse fountain head for spraying onto inside surfaces of the bucket that is turned upside down over the rinse fountain head and held within the rinse capture base that is sized to accommodate an open end of the bucket.