Sanitizing apparatus and system for home brewing equipment
OwnerMark Milroyinventor
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Abstract
A basin can contain a cleaning solution and a support assembly configured to support one or more containers of the type commonly used during home brewing of beverages. An adapter can mount to the basin and a plurality of nozzles can extend through an aperture defined by the adapter. One or more inverted containers can overlie a respective nozzle. A retainer in the carriage frame can receive one or more inverted or upright containers, and a nozzle can eject a stream of wash solution into an inverted container. The adapter can direct residual wash solution drained from the inverted container to the basin.
Claims20
A bottle management system, comprising:
- a basin defining a reservoir for containing a liquid;
- a retainer defining a plurality of apertures, wherein each of the apertures is sized to receive a neck of a bottle extending therethrough and to prevent a body of the bottle from extending therethrough such that the retainer is configured to support an inverted bottle when the neck of the bottle extends through the respective aperture, wherein each of the plurality of apertures is suitably spaced from each adjacent aperture to permit a corresponding plurality of inverted bottles to be supported by the retainer;
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- an adapter configured to matingly engage with the basin at a position between the basin and the retainer, wherein the adapter defines an aperture and a projection of at least two of the plurality of retainer apertures lies at least partially within the aperture defined by the adapter.
A bottle management system, comprising:
- a basin defining a reservoir for containing a liquid, the basin defining an upper edge;
- a drip pan having a floor and a wall extending around a perimeter of the floor, and an interior opening extending through the floor, wherein the drip pan defines a plurality of engagement members urging against the upper edge of the basin so as to position the drip pan in relation to the basin;
- a fluid distribution manifold having a plurality of nozzles extending through the interior opening of the drip pan, wherein each in the plurality of nozzles defines an opening configured to emit a jet of fluid in a direction away from the basin and the floor of the drip pan;
- a retainer positioned above the drip pan and coupled with the basin to maintain a substantially constant position of the retainer relative to the basin and the nozzles, wherein the retainer defines a plurality of apertures spaced apart from each other in correspondence with a spacing among the nozzles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.