Glass washing machine
AssigneeTCA, Inc.
InventorsQuarterman Lee, Larry E. Watson, Glenn E. Montgomery
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Abstract
A glass washing machine which includes a circular glass rack supported for rotation and divided into three separate sections by partitions. The rack may be turned to successively move each section from a glass loading station to a wash compartment wherein the glasses are washed and rinsed, and finally to an unloading station which is accessible for removal of the clean glasses. The bottom and side edges of the partitions bounding the wash compartment are sealed to the housing of the machine by seal strips. Sealing curtains seal the top portions of the partitions on their surfaces which face into the wash compartment.
Claims23
Glassware washing apparatus comprising:
- a housing presenting a loading zone for receiving dirty glassware, a washing zone for washing and rinsing the glassware, and an unloading zone for removal of clean glassware;
- a rack mounted in said housing for rotation about a generally vertical axis, said rack being adapted to receive and support glassware thereon;
- three partitions carried on said rack for rotation therewith and dividing said rack into three separate adjacent compartments, each of said compartments being successively positioned in the loading zone, the washing zone and the unloading zone upon rotational indexing of said rack;
- means for washing the glassware disposed on said rack in the compartment positioned in said washing zone while said rack is stationary;
- means operable subsequent to said washing means for rinsing the glassware disposed on said rack in the compartment positioned in said washing zone while said rack is stationary;
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- an opening in said housing providing simultaneous access to both said loading and unloading zones for loading of dirty glassware into the loading zone and unloading of clean glassware from the unloading zone, thereby permitting each batch of dirty glassware to be loaded onto said rack in the loading zone, washed and rinsed in said washing zone following one rotational indexing of the rack, and unloaded from the rack in the unloading zone following another rotational indexing of the rack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.