Patent ID: 9730550
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A23G,A47J,B08B,B67D

Claim:
1. An apparatus for treating a food processor with a fluid, the food processor having a forward flow direction along a food flow path for processing food, the food flow path including an enclosed length and terminating at a dispensing port, the apparatus comprising: (a) an intake manifold having a first inlet port and a first outlet port; (b) a control valve intermediate the first inlet port and the first outlet port; (c) a controller connected to the control valve for regulating flow of the fluid through the control valve from the first inlet port to the first outlet port to treat at least a portion of the food flow path of the food processor; (d) a distribution manifold having, a first input port and a fluidly connected first output port, the distribution manifold having an induction port fluidly intermediate the first input port and the first output port; wherein the distribution manifold is fluidly connected to the dispensing port to pass the fluid in a reverse flow direction from the dispensing port along the at least a portion of the food flow path; and wherein the first outlet port of the intake manifold is fluidly connected to the first input port of the distribution manifold.