Auxiliary gray water source device for commercial kitchens

摘要

An auxiliary grey water supply device captures used wash water from a commercial warewashing machine for supply to a pre-rinse station without substantial modification of the commercial warewashing machine. The captured wash water is delivered to a pre-rinse station for pre-rinsing of dishes that will be washed within the commercial warewashing machine.

主权项

1. A warewashing system comprising:
a commercial warewashing machine; an auxiliary grey water supply device comprising a tank, an inlet, an outlet, and an overflow aperture, the overflow aperture being vertically higher than the outlet, the auxiliary grey water supply device positioned under at least a portion of the commercial warewashing machine such that substantially all of a load of grey water that is evacuated from a bottom outlet of the commercial warewashing machine flows into the inlet of the tank through an air gap disposed between the bottom outlet of the commercial warewashing machine and the inlet of the tank; a pump having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the pump in fluid communication with the outlet of the tank; a prerinse unit positioned above a sink, the prerinse unit laterally spaced apart from the commercial warewashing machine and from the auxiliary grey water supply device; and a delivery conduit having a first end and a second end, the first end in fluid communication with the pump outlet, the second end in fluid communication with the prerinse unit.