Container washing apparatus and system

A container washing system comprising:

• a liquid permeable conveyor for transporting containers supported thereon;
• liquid supply pipes mounted adjacent upper and lower sides of said conveyor such that a longitudinal axis of each supply pipe is disposed transverse to said conveyor;
• a plurality of angled fittings connected to each supply pipe, each angled fitting having an inner portion with a longitudinal axis and an outer portion, said inner portion being secured to a pipe for fluid communication therewith;
• a plurality of fan spray nozzles, each fan spray nozzle being connected to the outer portion of an angled fitting, said fan spray nozzles and said outer portions of said angled fittings having mating connecting structure for allowing said fan spray nozzles to be turned between connected and disconnected positions, said structure including stop surfaces on the fitting and the nozzle which engage one another when an elongated fan spray pattern of said fan spray nozzle is aligned substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis of said pipe and substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said inner portion;
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• whereby the fan spray nozzles may be connected to the angled fittings and turned between the connected and disconnected positions without relative rotation of said angled fittings which would result in misalignment of the fan spray pattern.

A fan spray fluid fitting comprising:

• an angled fitting body having inner and outer portions with a common fluid passage and connected at an angle between longitudinal axes thereof, said inner portion having an inner connecting end and said outer portion having an outer connecting end, said outer connecting end having connecting structure including a stop surface;
• and,
• a fan spray nozzle including an outlet orifice for emitting an elongated fan spray pattern and connecting structure having a stop surface for engaging the connecting structure stop surface of said outer connecting end, wherein said stop surfaces of said outer connecting end and said fan spray nozzle engage during turning movement of said fan spray nozzle to define a predetermined orientation of said elongated fan spray pattern;
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• whereby the fan spray nozzle may be connected to the angled fitting and turned between the connected and disconnected positions without relative rotation of said angled fitting which would result in misalignment of the fan spray pattern.