Conveyor system for washing apparatus

An article washing system which includes

• (a) a washer comprising a cabinet, a washing chamber within the cabinet, means in one of the cabinet walls to provide access to the washing chamber from the exterior thereof, means to spray cleaning fluid onto articles supported within the washing chamber;
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• (b) a conveying system for transporting articles to be cleaned from a distant location to the washer, for loading the articles to be cleaned into the washer, for unloading cleaned articles from the washer and transporting the cleaned articles to a distant location, comprising:
• (i) a support table mounted within the washing chamber having guide means secured thereto;
• (ii) a mobile carrier having guide means secured to the upper surface thereof which are adapted to be aligned with the guide means secured to the support table mounted in the washing chamber and having a catch pan secured under the guide means with a drain to direct material which falls into the pan to a container mounted on the mobile carrier beneath the drain;
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• (iii) an article support tray adapted to be conveyed into and out of the washing chamber by means of the guide means on the mobile carrier and the support table to thereby load articles into and to unload articles out of the washer.