摘要 |
A new and improved cleaning method and apparatus facilitates a more thorough cleaning of delicate comestibles such as eggs. The process includes using an open frame basket composed of thermoplastic or thermoset material to help prevent damage to the comestibles. The side wall of the basket has openings defined by axial and peripheral impact absorbing liquid-deflecting ribs. Once the comestibles to be cleaned are confined within the basket, a cleaning fluid under pressure is deflected from the ribs at the outer surface of the walls and into the openings to cause an agitation of the fluid to clean more thoroughly the comestibles confined therein. The side wall openings are critically dimensioned to be sufficiently small to retain the comestibles within the basket and sufficiently large to permit adequate agitation of the fluid entering the basket.
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