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US 2022/0265116 A1Published application
Apparatus for separating chemistries in a door-type dishmachine
AssigneeEcolab USA Inc.
InventorsLee J. Monsrud, Jeffrey P. Ellingson, Brian P. Carlson, Louis M. Holzman
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a dishmachine that includes at least two tanks and methods of using the tanks to isolate, substantially isolate, or incrementally isolate different chemistries from each other during a cycle. The disclosed dishmachine design and method allows for the use of two different, and potentially incompatible, reactive, or offsetting chemistries to be used in the same dishmachine cycle.
Claims12
A method of washing articles in a dishmachine comprising:
- A. providing a dishmachine comprising:
- i. a first tank with a first composition;
- ii. a first pump;
- iii. a second tank with a second composition;
- iv. a second pump;
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- v. articles to be cleaned;
- B. filling the first tank with the first composition and filling the second tank with the second composition;
- C. spraying the first composition from the first tank onto the articles in the dishmachine for 1 to 5 seconds;
- D. spraying the second composition from the second tank onto the article in the dishmachine for 30 to 60 seconds;
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- E. spraying a fresh water rinse onto the articles in the dishmachine.
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