Splash curtain for conveyor warewasher
OwnerLisa R. Patton, Laura L. Snyderinventors
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Abstract
A conveyor warewasher includes splash curtains that function differently according to their orientation. The top connection part of the splash curtains and the connections mounted on the warewasher are designed to attach the curtain only when the curtain is hung in the proper orientation and not when the curtain is hung in reverse. A splash curtain for a warewasher includes functionally distinct front and rear sides. The arrangement of hook-receptive slots on the splash curtain is asymmetric so that the hook arrangement that they will receive differs when the curtain's orientation is reversed.
Claims13
A conveyer warewasher comprising:
- a housing have at least one internal station for spraying ware with liquid;
- a conveyer for moving ware through the housing along a conveyance path having an infeed end and an outfeed end;
- a removable curtain hung across the conveyance path, the curtain having a front side facing the infeed end and a back side facing the outfeed end, the front and back sides of the curtain being functionally distinct such that if the curtain is arranged with the front side facing the outfeed end, the curtain will function differently than with the front side facing the infeed end;
- the curtain further having a top part configured to interact with connectors on the warewasher in order to removably attach the curtain to the warewasher, the top part and connectors arranged and configured such that, when the curtain is positioned with the front side facing the outfeed end, the connectors do not interact with the top part in a manner that enables attachment of the curtain, thereby preventing attachment of the curtain in a backward configuration.
A splash curtain for a conveyor warewasher and configured for orientation specific installation, comprising:
- a top connection part from which flexible curtain material is hung to extend down vertically in order to create a water and heat barrier, the flexible curtain material is substantially waterproof and insulating;
- a front side and a back side functionally distinct from the front side, so that the curtain will function differently if it is hung with the front and back sides reversed;
- the top connection part of the curtain includes multiple slot-type openings for receiving hanger brackets, the multiple slot-type openings arranged asymmetrically along a width of the curtain such that:
- (i) when the curtain is facing front side forward the mutltiple-slot type openings are located in a first connection arrangement and (ii) when the curtain is facing back side forward the multiple slot-type opening are located in a second connection arrangement that is different than the first connection arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.