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US 5,960,503 AGranted
Kitchen utensil cleaning tool
OwnerGilberto R. Del Pozo Y Matteiinventor
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OwnerGilberto R. Del Pozo Y Matteiinventor
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The present invention refers to an electric, hydraulic, kitchen utensil cleaning tool, being adapted for use with one hand to wash all types of kitchenware in homes, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, etc. It is operated with water from the kitchen pipe line via a hose. It has three systems: Water, Detergent, and Power Systems. To integrate these systems together it has a main connecting receiving element (MCRE) which has: valves and ducts for water and detergent, a sleeve plug and a seal to couple the hollow shaft of a drive motor to the MCRE. The MCRE is connected to a detergent reservoir having an integrated injector. The detergent is mixed with water in a T connection formed by the water and detergent ducts. The mixture passes through the hollow shaft. Cleaning is performed by a rotating cleaning head at the end of the hollow shaft. The cleaning head has a brush and an annular fiber scrub pad.
A cleaning device for kitchenware comprising a main connection receiving element including an integral body having a hose connection for supply of inlet water into said body, a reservoir for detergent, and a duct connected to said hose connection and to said reservoir to receive water and detergent therefrom respectively, a water control valve means for controlling supply of water from the hose connection to said duct, detergent control valve means for controlling supply of detergent from said detergent reservoir to said duct, a hollow shaft rotatably connected to said body and in communication with said duct to receive water and detergent from said duct, said hollow shaft having an open end spaced from said body for discharge of water and detergent from said hollow shaft, a sleeve plug on said shaft for rotatably connecting said hollow shaft to said body, said sleeve plug including seal means for providing a seal connection between said body and said shaft and an electric motor for driving said hollow shaft in rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.