Fruit and vegetable washing device with vertical circulative flow and elongated inlet duct sections

Claim 1

A WASHING DEVICE COMPRISING TWO SIDE WALLS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY AND VERTICALLY AND SPACED APART IN RELATIVE PROXIMITY, A LATERAL WALL EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS TO PROVIDE A BOTTOM WALL AND TWO OPPOSITE END WALLS AND CONNECTING WITH SAID SIDE WALLS IN UNITARY RELATION TO PROVIDE A CONTAINER CAVITY, AND THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID BOTTOM WALL AND THE INNER SURFACE OF AT LEAST ONE OF SAID END WALLS SUBSTANTIALLY FAIRED TO PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIALLY CURVED INNER SURFACE AT THE REGION OF JUNCTURE, AND A LIQUID INLET PORTION NORMALLY POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE SAID CURVED INNER SURFACE, AND SAID INLET PORTION INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY EXTENDING DUCT PORTION HAVING AN UPPER ADMISSION PORT PORTION AND A LOWER NORMALLY SUBMERGED EXIT PORT PORTION, AND SAID EXIT PORT PORTION HAVING AN ELONGATED DUCT TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTION AT THE FINAL DISCHARGE SECTION THEREOF TO PROVIDE A TRANSVERSELY ELONGATED LIQUID JET IN NORMAL OPERATION, AND THE MAJOR AXIS OF SAID ELONGATED FINAL DISCHARGE TRANSVERSE SECTION OF SAID EXIT PORT PORTION IN PLAN VIEW ORIENTED SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID END WALL AT A REGION OF MUTUALLY PROXIMITY.