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OT-2026-000001987

Pan cleaning system and improved cleaning stations

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Manufacturing & Assembly Equipment › Surface Treatment
Inventors
JANZEN ORLANDO, SCHMIDT NORMAN G
Assignee
FOOD MACHINERY ENG LTD, JANZEN ORLANDO, SCHMIDT NORMAN G
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US-2026070096-A1, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 12 March 2026
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Abstract

A pan cleaning system is provided having a support carriage with one or more track supports and one or more track guides. An indexing conveyor provides a stream of baking pans and indexes the pans onto the support carriage as single pans. One or more twists in the track supports are provided such that the pans admitted by the indexing conveyor are turned at least substantially perpendicular relative to the horizontal plane of the machine. One or more frame assemblies having one or more sets of swing arms mounted on it is provided. With one or more secondary conveyors coupled to the frame assemblies. One or more cleaning subsystems are releasably coupled to the swing arms. A controller is provided where the single baking pan is admitted via the indexing conveyor based on signals from the controller into the one or more track guides as supported by the one or more supports and conveyed by the support carriage along the track guides and into the one or more frame assemblies after the twist turns the pan at least substantially perpendicular and the pan engages the one or more secondary conveyors and the pans is conveyed by the support carriage and the secondary conveyor to one or more cleaning subsystems.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000001987, “Pan cleaning system and improved cleaning stations,” published September 15, 2026 at 19:09:59 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001987.

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