Washing machine
AssigneeIwt S.R.L.
InventorsLuciano SAVOIA, Michele VITALI, Christian IAMETTI
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Abstract
This invention concerns a washing machine, particularly for washing out the cages and tanks used in animal laboratories, comprising a wash chamber into which a load of the items to be washed can be inserted and equipped with multiple nozzles and a water collection reservoir situated in the floor of the wash chamber. It is characterised by the fact that it comprises a single hydraulic circuit suitable for carrying out, using the system of supplying water to the load, the entire wash and rinse cycles, without the need for two separate wash and rinse circuits. The object of this invention is also the washing method carried out by this machine.
Claims10
Washing machine for washing containment devices for laboratory animals, of the type comprising a washing chamber suitable for inserting a machine load of devices to be washed and equipped with a plurality of nozzles and a water collection trough, also connected to the mains, inserted in the floor of said washing chamber, a further thank storing a detergent and connected to said water collection trough, wherein said washing machine comprises a single hydraulic circuit (10) suitable for performing the entire washing and rinsing cycle using the same means of feeding water to the machine load.
Washing method, for washing containment devices for laboratory animals, comprising the following phases:
- prepare a washing machine comprising a washing chamber suitable for having a machine load of devices inserted for washing and equipped with a plurality of nozzles and a water collection trough inserted in the floor of said washing
- chamber,
- fill said trough with clean water from the mains,
- feed said nozzles, recycling the water bath present in said trough,
- during the washing, add detergent to the water bath,
- at the end of the washing phase, completely empty said trough, proceeding to fill an accumulation tank for treating the water to be emptied down the drain,
- refill the trough again with clean water for rinsing,
- feed said nozzles, recycling the water bath present in said trough, thereby carrying out the rinsing, and
- at the end of the rinsing phase, completely empty the trough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.