Apparatus for purging and rinsing a chemical container

An apparatus for purging and rinsing a chemical container, the chemical container comprising an upper bendable sheet, a lateral wall, an oppositely lateral wall, and a lower wall, the chemical container further comprising longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal ends, the apparatus for purging and rinsing the chemical container comprising:

• (a) a frame defining a processing space;
• (b) a punch positioned for, upon a receipt of the chemical container within the processing space, overlying the chemical container's upper bendable sheet;
• (c) a die displaced downwardly from the punch, the die being positioned for, upon said chemical container receipt, underlying the chemical container;
• (d) bend resistance relieving means connected operatively to the frame, the bend resistance relieving means being adapted for, upon said chemical container receipt, segmenting the chemical container between its longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal ends;
• (e) pressing means connected operatively to the punch or connected operatively to the die, the pressing means being adapted for lessening the die's downward displacement from the punch, the pressing means being further adapted for bending the chemical container's upper bendable sheet about the punch, and for opening the chemical container beneath the upper bendable sheet's bend;
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• (f) rinsing means connected operatively to the frame, the rinsing means being adapted for spraying fluids into the chemical container's longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal ends.