WASHING APPARATUS FOR BASKETS, ESPECIALLY HANDHELD SHOPPING BASKETS AND THE LIKE

摘要

Washing apparatus (1) is provided for handheld baskets, particularly shopping baskets, wherein a washing tunnel (2) has an entrance end (3) and an exit end (4) and conveyor means (5) for supporting baskets and conveying them from the entrance end to the exit end. A series of spray nozzles (12) are arranged within the tunnel and connected to a source of cleaning liquid (18, 19 one) that is operatively under pressure. The conveyor means comprises a pair of laterally spaced conveyors arranged to move in unison whilst operatively supporting two opposite peripheral edges of a shopping basket in an inverted orientation as the basket is conveyed from the entrance end to the exit end. Retaining means such as a longitudinally extending skid (10) or the like are provided over at least a part of the length of the tunnel to inhibit lifting of shopping baskets off the conveyors.