Patent ID: 7614108

Claim:
A pan cleaner, comprising: a cleaning portion; a brush sweeping portion having a cleaning component; a driving portion; a cleaning tank; a through hole; and a stand pipe; wherein said driving portion comprises: a driving shaft disposed in said stand pipe; a motor disposed at the bottom of said cleaning tank and having an output shaft; and a connecting mechanism connecting said driving shaft and said output shaft of said motor; said driving shaft passes through said through hole, extends upwardly into said cleaning tank; and is connected to said brush sweeping portion; said brush sweeping portion comprises: a plurality of brush sweeping components; at least one first brush sweeping component being rotable and connected to said driving shaft via a connecting component; and at least one second brush sweeping portion being non-rotable; said cleaning portion provides cleaning fluid for a pan; said cleaning component is contacted with an inner surface of said pan, so as to brush said inner surface of said pan; said driving portion is connected to and drives said brush sweeping portion; a bottom of said pan is inversely disposed on said brush sweeping portion, and is supported by said cleaning component; said cleaning tank is disposed at the bottom of said brush sweeping portion for collecting waste liquid; said through hole is disposed at the bottom of said cleaning tank; said stand pipe is vertically disposed in said through hole; said first brush sweeping component comprises: a supporting shaft rotably disposed on said connecting component and passing therethrough; said floating-type brush sweeping unit hinged at the top of said supporting shaft and capable of rotating with respect to said supporting shaft in a vertical plane; and a gear fixed at the bottom of said supporting shaft, and engaged with another gear disposed on said stand pipe; a first installation portion is disposed on said connecting component and operates to install said first brush sweeping component; a concave is disposed on said first installation portion; and a bearing is disposed in said concave for receiving said supporting shaft.