Patent ID: 9120132
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B08B,B65D,F26B,H02J

Abstract:
1. A pallet washing apparatus comprising: a receiving, expanding and transferring station adapted to receive a vertically aligned stack of pallets comprising individual pallets, expand said stack of pallets in the vertical direction to separate each said individual pallet to form a vertically aligned expanded pallet stack, and transfer said individual pallets to a conveyor station while maintaining the vertical alignment of said expanded pallet stack; said conveyor station adapted to receive said expanded pallet stack, convey said expanded pallet stack through a processing station while maintaining the vertical alignment of said expanded pallet stack, and deliver said expanded stack pallet stack to a retrieving and restacking station; said processing station comprising a washing station, a rinsing station and a drying station, said washing station adapted to simultaneous wash each said individual pallet of said expanded pallet stack, said rinsing station adapted to simultaneously rinse each said individual pallet of said expanded pallet stack, and said drying station adapted to simultaneously dry each said individual pallet of said expanded pallet stack; said retrieving and restacking station adapted to simultaneously retrieve each said individual pallet from said conveyor station and restack said individual pallets into a vertically oriented stack of clean pallets.