Patent ID: 9144346
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: A47J,B05B,B08B,B67D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a dispensing system in combination with a sanitizing system, the combination having a dispensing mode and sanitizing mode, the dispensing system comprising a first valve and at least one component, the at least one component having an interior surface, the first valve having an open position to send a free-flowing material to the at least one component when the combination is in the dispensing mode, the first valve having a closed position when the combination is in the sanitizing mode, the sanitizing system comprising a processing unit, the processing unit comprising an electrochemical cell configured to produce an anolyte solution and a catholyte solution, a first tank configured to receive the anolyte solution, and a second tank configured to receive the catholyte solution, the sanitizing system further comprising a second valve, the second valve having an open position to send the anolyte solution from the first tank and the catholyte solution from the second tank to the at least one component when the combination is in the sanitizing mode, the second valve having a closed position when the combination is in the dispensing mode, the apparatus further comprising at least one pump, the at least one pump configured to send the anolyte solution from the first tank and the catholyte solution from the second tank across the interior surface of the component when the combination is in the sanitizing mode.