Patent ID: 11864708
Assignee: UNIFIED BRANDS, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 11:
12. A method of cleaning an interior area of a concealed area of a continuous motion style washing machine, the method comprising a step of flowing a purging fluid through one or more purging ports of a plurality of purging ports into one or more concealed areas of the washing machine once while the pump is idle and again while the pump is pumping washing fluid,
wherein each purging port of said plurality of purging ports is controlled by a selector valve, and
wherein the washing machine comprises (a) a wash tank for selectively holding a volume of washing fluid, (b) a pump having an inlet and an outlet, said pump being in fluid communication with the volume of washing fluid, (c) a discharge manifold coupled to said wash tank and said outlet of said pump such that washing fluid flowing from said outlet of said pump flows into an interior area of said discharge manifold prior to flowing into said wash tank, (d) said concealed areas, and (e) a purging system comprising (i) said plurality of purging ports, each purging port being configured to direct purging fluid into one of the concealed area of the washing machine, and (ii) said selector valve in selective fluid communication with each purging port so as to accommodate one or more firing sequences, each firing sequence comprising one or more of said step of flowing said purging fluid through one or more of said purging ports.