Container cleaning device

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CLEANING CONTAINERS, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING: A DRUM HAVING FRONT, BACK AND PERIPHERAL WALLS AND A CENTRAL AXIS, THE FRONT AND BACK WALLS OF SAID DRUM HAVING OPPOSITELY DISPOSED OPENINGS FOR THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT, RESPECTIVELY, OF UPRIGHT CONTAINERS IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO SAID AXIS; A PLURALITY OF ROTARY CARRIER MEANS POSITIONED IN SUCCESSIVE ZONES WITHIN SAID DRUM TO CARRY CONTAINERS AROUND SAID DRUM; AN INTERNAL WALL BETWEEN EACH ADJACENT PAIR OF SAID CARRIER MEANS WITHIN SAID DRUM, SAID INTERNAL WALL BEING PARALLEL TO SAID FRONT AND BACK WALLS OF SAID DRUM AND CONTAINING A TRANSFER OPENING THROUGH WHICH CONTAINERS ARE MOVED BETWEEN SAID PAIR OF CARRIER MEANS; FLUID JET MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID FRONT WALL INTO SAID DRUM, SAID FLUID JET MEANS BEING DIRECTED OUTWARDLY TOWARD THE PERIPHERAL WALL OF SAID DRUM ADJACENT THE FIRST CARRIER MEANS TO INJECT FLUID INTO SAID CONTAINERS; A CONTAINER SHAKING MEANS POSITIONED WITH SAID DRUM ADJACENT SAID FIRST CARRIER MEANS TO SHAKE THE CONTAINER THEREON FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHILE EXPOSED TO SAID JET MEANS; FLUID EXHAUST MEANS POSITIONED BELOW SAID FLUID JET MEANS TO CATCH AND REMOVE FLUID AND DEBRIS FROM SAID CONTAINERS; TRANSFER MEANS ADJACENT SAID TRANSFER OPENING TO MOVE CONTAINERS THERETHROUGH; AND DISCHARGE MEANS POSITIONED ADJACENT THE EXIT OPENING TO DISCHARGE CONTAINERS THERETHROUGH FROM THE LAST OF SAID CARRIER MEANS.