A system may automatically conduct hygiene cycles for a confined space such an interior space of a box suitable for storing and/or carrying packaged food. The system may include a hygiene device that can be attached to the box to conduct the hygiene cycles and a user interface device that can wirelessly communicate with the hygiene device to control the conduction of the hygiene cycles. The system may also automatically collect information related to the hygiene cycles using the hygiene device and transmit the collected information to a network directly or through the user interface device.

A washing device for washing objects for stalling animals includes: a rod extending along a main axis and connectable to a source of pressurized washing fluid; a fluid conveying device connected to the source and associated with the rod; nozzles for emitting jets of the fluid, the nozzles being connected to the device and supported by the rod; a translation mechanism for translating the rod along a stroke extending along a translation axis transversal to the main axis, and a rotation mechanism for alternately rotating the rod about a rotation axis parallel to the main axis. The translation and rotation mechanisms are selectively operable for moving the rod inside an operating plane defined by the main axis and by the translation axis to direct the jets against the surfaces to be washed.

The invention relates to apparatuses, machines, systems and methods for periodically washing and/or disinfecting the interior of individual containers having a polygonal base (e.g., rectangular), such as bins of the type used for the used for agricultural commodity collection, storage, and transport (agricultural bins), as well as other types of bins and containers. The systems of the present invention may be operable to automatically and thoroughly clean the interior of such bins.

One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for agricultural container cleaning that includes a cleaning system having a support member having a platform configured to support an agricultural container thereon, wherein the platform is configured to rotate with the agricultural container supported thereon. The cleaning system further includes at least one reservoir configured to store a fluid, a vertical spray portion arranged along a first axis and fluidly coupled to the at least one reservoir, and a horizontal spray portion arranged along a second axis fluidly coupled to the at least one reservoir, wherein the first axis is different than the second axis. The cleaning system also includes a plurality of spray bars coupled to the vertical spray portion and the horizontal spray portion, wherein each spray bar of the plurality of spray bars includes a plurality of nozzles configured to spray the fluid therefrom.

A container cleaning apparatus includes a frame and a platform assembly pivotably coupled to the frame. The platform assembly includes a platform, guide walls coupled to the platform, a back wall coupled to the platform, and a front gate, the front gate slidingly coupled to the platform. The container cleaning apparatus also includes a fork assembly, the fork assembly including a fork movable between a locked position and an unlocked position and a cleaning nozzle assembly.

A sanitizing machine comprising a supporting structure which includes two compartments or chambers (A, B), wherein, when the machine is in stand-by, a first compartment (A) is open and is able to house at least one container or object (V) to sanitize, while a second compartment (B) of the machine houses a sliding door (SP), which hermetically and automatically closes (D3) the first compartment (A) when the machine is on. The method thereof provides for at least one type of sanitizing cycle, such as a ozone cycle, a sanitizing liquid cycle and a combined cycle.

One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for agricultural container cleaning that includes a cleaning system having a support member having a platform configured to support an agricultural container thereon, wherein the platform is configured to rotate with the agricultural container supported thereon. The cleaning system further includes at least one reservoir configured to store a fluid, a vertical spray portion arranged along a first axis and fluidly coupled to the at least one reservoir, and a horizontal spray portion arranged along a second axis fluidly coupled to the at least one reservoir, wherein the first axis is different than the second axis. The cleaning system also includes a plurality of spray bars coupled to the vertical spray portion and the horizontal spray portion, wherein each spray bar of the plurality of spray bars includes a plurality of nozzles configured to spray the fluid therefrom.

A method for treatment of a plastic transport box for conveyance and atmospheric storage of substrates including walls bounding a volume intended for storage of substrates, and a station for treatment of transport boxes for conveyance and atmospheric storage of substrates, the method including: at least one plasma treatment in which at least one interior wall of the transport box is subjected to a plasma of a treatment gas at a gas pressure lower than 10000 pascals.

The invention is a tackle box in which both the lid and the base are fitted with a clean water inlet and waste water outlet, respectively, with an optional outlet hose attached the the water outlet, so that upon entry of clean water the tackle box is configured to be self-cleaning and can be left open for a few hours or overnight to dry.

The invention comprises a steam cleaning system that can rapidly handle multiple objects in an efficient and useful way. For example, objects used for shipping or moving food products in the food manufacturing or food services industries must either be new, clean and used once and then discarded, or re-used and thus cleaned to ensure no contamination is present. Layer pad objects or other separating surfaces are often used in these industries and often when these objects are used in stacking and pelletizing large shipments of food products, where the payer pad or other separating or container objects or surfaces help contain or maintain the integrity of the food products during shipment. In an important aspect of the invention, a plastic layer pad cleaning system is described. In other aspects, other surfaces, containers, or other separating objects used in shipping or distribution or food products are efficiently cleaned using a steam cleaning and conveying system. The system can comprise a steam generator, one or more steam cleaning units where optionally an individual object or layer pad is cleaned one at a time, one or more drying units, and specialized conveying and holding units for moving objects through a cleaning apparatus, and then subsequently drying and handling or storing the objects for future use.