Patent ID: 6401910
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: A21B

Abstract:
An apparatus for cleaning a conveyor that conveys products to be cooked in tunnel ovens, where said conveyor moves along a trajectory of advancement, comprising:a support frame able to be positioned in correspondence with a first segment of the trajectory of the conveyor; a bridge mounted on said frame; a plurality of nozzles mounted on the bridge according to a line substantially transverse to said trajectory of advancement of the conveyor, and in such a way that each nozzle faces at least a portion of the conveyor in correspondence with a first segment of the trajectory of the same conveyor; means for feeding said nozzles with a washing fluid under pressure in such a way that said portion of the conveyor facing the nozzles is hit by a jet of the washing fluid; and a motor mounted on the frame and connected to the bridge to move the bridge from a first operative position to at least a second operative position according to a direction substantially transverse to said trajectory of advance of the conveyor, in such a way as to cause said nozzles to face a new portion of the conveyor previously not involved by the jet of washing fluid.