摘要 |
An apparatus for administering treatments to pre-packed boxes of produce, comprising: a main frame defining a space sized and configured to receive a plurality of vertically stacked, pre-packed boxes of produce, each box having at least one pair of through hand holes located in opposing ends thereof, a first injector frame moveably mounted to the main frame opposite one of the two opposing sides of the vertically stacked boxes and a second injector frame moveably mounted to the main frame opposite the other of the opposing sides of the vertically stacked boxes; a plurality of spray injectors in fluid communication with a solution holding tank and with means to pump solutions from said holding tank to said spray injectors, the spray injectors being adjustably mounted on the injector frames, with a spray injector positioned in alignment with each hand hole exposed on each of the two opposing sides of the vertically stacked boxes; means to move the injector frames between a first position in which the spray injectors are outside of the vertically stacked boxes and a second position in which the spray injectors are inserted into the vertically stacked boxes through the hand holes; and means to alternate the pumping of solutions from the holding tank first to the spray injectors mounted to the first injector frame and second to the spray injectors mounted to the second injector frame when the injector frames are in the second position.
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