Apparatus for spraying and ultrasonic washing of bottles

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY WASHING BOTTLES AND THE LIKE, THE COMBINATION OF A CYLINDRICAL ENCLOSURE WHOSE AXIS IS SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL, A ROTATORY CIRCULAR DISK-LIKE HOLDER MEMBER MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CYLINDRICAL ENCLOSURE FOR ROTATION ABOUT THE HORIZONTAL AXIS AND INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF RADIAL PARTITION WALLS DISPOSED AT PREDETERMINED, ANGULARLY EQUAL INTERVALS ON THE ENTIRE PERIPHERAL ZONE OF ONE FACE OF SAID CIRCULAR DISK-LIKE HOLDER MEMBER TO FORM A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS FOR RECEIVING BOTTLES TO BE WASHED, A RETAINING ANNULUS SURROUNDING INTERNALLY THE INNERMOST EDGES OF SAID RADIAL PARTITION WALLS TO SUPORT BOTTLES IN SAID COMPARTMENTS ON SAID ROTATORY CIRCULAR DISK-HOLDER MEMBER, A DRIVE FOR DRIVING SAID ROTATORY CIRCULAR DISK-LIKE HOLDER MEMBER ABOUT ITS HORIZONTAL AXIS, NOZZLE MEANS DISPOSED SO AS TO SPRAY A WARM WASHING SOLUTION INTO THOSE PORTIONS OF SAID COMPARTMENTS TRAVELING IN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID ENCLOSURE, SAID NOZZLE MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE NOZZLE FOR SPRAYING A JET OF WARM WASHING SOLUTION INTO SAID PORTIONS OF SAID COMPARTMENTS FROM A POSITION RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF THE COMPARTMENTS TO WASH THE EXTERIOR SURFACES OF THE BOTTLES, AND AT LEAST ONE NOZZLE FOR SPRAYING A JET OF