Automatic scullery apparatus
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    公开(公告)号:US3581750A

    公开(公告)日:1971-06-01

    申请号:US3581750D

    申请日:1968-12-23

    Applicant: FMC CORP

    Inventor: NASLUND ERIK I

    Abstract: An automatic scullery system and individual components thereof comprising a weight sorter which separates heavy flatware and tableware from light plasticware and debris by using an overflowing tank of water; a flatware sorter that utilizes two perpendicularly arranged and spaced conveyors to separate the flatware from larger tableware items; a debris sorter which utilizes two inclined perpendicular belts, one of which is of a wire mesh and is spaced below the second belt; a size sorter which uses fixed diverters or cams that overlie a conveying surface to divert plasticware items off the conveying surface according to their respective sizes and shapes; and a plasticware washer which comprises a pair of vertically spaced horizontal belts the lower of which carries the plasticware through a plurality of high velocity sprays causing the plasticware to be vigorously tumbled and thence onto a plurality of overlapping and inclined endless belts wherein the plasticware passes through a plurality of lower velocity rinsing sprays and thence through a dryer to a discharge zone.

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