Patent ID: 6224929
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A method of cleaning delicate comestibles that facilitates cleaning while reducing breakage or damage during the cleaning process, comprising:using an open frame basket being composed of plastic material and having a side wall, the side wall having openings defined by axial peripheral thick liquid-deflecting ribs having a lower and upper edge and axial extending peripheral liquid deflecting thick ribs having side edges, each one of said ribs having substantial axial thickness of between about 0.16 inch and about 0.25 inch to provide impact absorbing and deflecting surfaces;each one of said openings having an area of between about 0.488 square inch and about 2.718 square inches to confine the comestibles within the basket and to provide for cleaning openings to enable gentle, thorough cleaning of the comestibles;confining comestibles to be cleaned within the basket;directing a cleaning fluid under pressure at an oblique angle relative to the basket side wall;admitting to the interior of the basket some portion of the fluid directly through openings at an angle thereto for striking the comestibles at an oblique angle relative thereto; anddeflecting another portion of the cleaning fluid under pressure from the thickness and depth of the ribs at the outer surface of the walls and into the openings to cause an agitation of the fluid to clean thoroughly the comestibles confined therein in a safe manner, said deflecting including directing fluid against the lower and upper edges of axial ribs and directing fluid against side edges of axial extending ribs.