Patent ID: 9700178
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A23L,A23N,A47J

Claim:
1. A cleaning device, comprising: a supporting structure configured to retain a food item, the supporting structure substantially radial, the supporting structure defining at least one opening for a fluid to pass there through; a flexible liner retainable in the supporting structure, the liner having a cleaning side and an inward side facing the supporting structure, the liner configured to define at least one opening for a fluid to pass there through, the liner comprising a plurality of cleaning protrusions extending from the cleaning side of the liner, each cleaning protrusion having a free end spaced apart from another protrusion and adjacent protrusions configured to move in conformance to an area of an object depressed against the cleaning side of the line; and a gap defined between the inward side of the liner and the supporting structure, the gap configured to allow the inward side of the liner to move toward the supporting structure in conformance to the area of the object depressed against the cleaning side of the liner and allow the cleaning protrusions to brush against and clean the area of the object depressed against the cleaning side of the liner.