Patent ID: 6659114
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
An automated kitchenware washing tank comprising:a tank having a bottom wall and a plurality of upward walls defining an enclosure for holding a fluid for washing kitchenware, the plurality of upward walls including first and second opposed upward walls having portions angled generally downwardly into the tank; outlets on the first and second opposed upward walls for directing fluid into the tank in opposed directions to create turbulence in the tank, wherein at least some of the outlets are on the angled portions to direct fluid generally downwardly into the tank to create a crossing pattern; an intake opening in the tank; and a pump system comprising a pump and fluid conduit system coupling the pump between the intake opening and the outlets, whereby the pump is adapted to pump fluid from within the tank through the intake opening into the pump system and through the outlets into the tank.