Patent ID: 8528576

Claim:
A foodstuff processing apparatus comprising: a device configured to handle or treat foodstuff; and a cleaning system having: (i) a guide path ( 4 ) being at least partially arcuate and extending around at least an outer contour of the foodstuff processing apparatus, the guide path ( 4 ) being positioned above and surrounding the device, and (ii) a robot arm ( 16 ) displaceable in at least a partially arcuate manner along the guide path ( 4 ), the entire robot arm ( 16 ) extending downwardly from the guide path ( 4 ), the robot arm ( 16 ) including a first limb ( 26 ) extending downwardly from the guide path ( 4 ), a second limb ( 28 ) pivotably articulated to an end of the first limb below the guide path, and at least one nozzle ( 36 ) at an end of the second limb opposite the first limb for discharging a cleaning agent onto the device, wherein, in addition to the robot arm ( 16 ) being displaceable along the guide path ( 4 ) in the arcuate manner around at least a portion of the foodstuff processing apparatus, the robot arm ( 16 ) has at least two degrees of freedom for movement of the nozzle ( 36 ), and wherein the nozzle ( 36 ) is attached on the robot arm such that the at least one nozzle ( 36 ) may be moved in a targeted manner to individual points of the apparatus for cleaning the device by displacing and moving the robot arm ( 16 ).