A produce bin washer for washing produce bins of an open-box type may include a housing and a conveyor for advancing a plurality of empty produce bins along a path of travel through the housing. The produce bin washer may include at least one scrubbing brush within the housing adjacent the conveyor and along the path of travel. The produce bin washer may also include a positioner within the housing for sequentially lifting and rotating each empty produce bin from the conveyor onto the at least one scrubbing brush to scrub the interior, and returning the empty produce bin to the conveyor. A sprayer may be within the housing for spraying a cleaning solution onto the empty produce bins, and a collector may also be within the housing for collecting sprayed cleaning solution.

A produce bin washer for washing produce bins of an open-box type may include a housing and a conveyor for advancing a plurality of empty produce bins along a path of travel through the housing. The produce bin washer may include at least one scrubbing brush within the housing adjacent the conveyor and along the path of travel. The produce bin washer may also include a positioner within the housing for sequentially lifting and rotating each empty produce bin from the conveyor onto the at least one scrubbing brush to scrub the interior, and returning the empty produce bin to the conveyor. A sprayer may be within the housing for spraying a cleaning solution onto the empty produce bins, and a collector may also be within the housing for collecting sprayed cleaning solution.

Example air rinsing apparatus includes: a first enclosure having a first inlet and first output ports; a second enclosure within the first enclosure, the second enclosure comprising a second inlet port and a second output port, the second output port disposed on a same face of the first enclosure as the first inlet port, wherein the second output port comprises an air knife, wherein the first inlet port and the second output port are aligned in the first direction; one or more air movers configured to: urge first air into the second inlet port, the second enclosure configured to direct the first air from the second inlet port to the second output port; and pull second air from the first output port, the first enclosure configured to direct the second air from the first inlet port to the first output port; and an ionizer disposed within the second enclosure.

Example air rinsing apparatus includes: a first enclosure having a first inlet and first output ports; a second enclosure within the first enclosure, the second enclosure comprising a second inlet port and a second output port, the second output port disposed on a same face of the first enclosure as the first inlet port, wherein the second output port comprises an air knife, wherein the first inlet port and the second output port are aligned in the first direction; one or more air movers configured to: urge first air into the second inlet port, the second enclosure configured to direct the first air from the second inlet port to the second output port; and pull second air from the first output port, the first enclosure configured to direct the second air from the first inlet port to the first output port; and an ionizer disposed within the second enclosure.

A container-treatment machine includes a rotatable transport element having container holders and arranged to be pivotable by a pivoting device about a horizontal axis to pivot the container holders between feeding and treatment positions. In the feeding position, container openings of containers held by the container holders point upward. In the treatment position, they point downward. A pivot drive pivots the pivot arm, which holds the transport element so that it is rotatable by a rotary drive.

An agricultural seed box washing device and method includes a modular enclosure having a washing area having a stationary first spray array and a second spray array movable transverse to the path of travel of the seed box for washing all six geometric sides of the seed box. The device includes a two-directional conveyor that allows the seed box to cycle back and further through the first spray array for multiple passes through the spray arrays.

An agricultural seed box washing device and method includes a modular enclosure having a washing area having a stationary first spray array and a second spray array movable transverse to the path of travel of the seed box for washing all six geometric sides of the seed box. The device includes a two-directional conveyor that allows the seed box to cycle back and further through the first spray array for multiple passes through the spray arrays.

Proposed is a POD cleaning chamber including: a cleaning sub-chamber including an entrance door and accommodating and cleaning a separation POD being transported, the separation POD resulting from separating a POD; a drying chamber including an exit door and drying the separations POD transferred from the cleaning sub-chamber; a shutter being arranged between the cleaning sub-chamber and the drying chamber, the shutter being configured to ascend and descend; and a chamber moving mechanism transporting the separation POD from the cleaning sub-chamber to the drying chamber.

A method for washing containers for pharmaceutical use includes the steps of sending heated fluid to washing nozzles of a washing station through a washing circuit; sending fluid dispensed by the washing nozzles to a recovery tank through the washing circuit; sending fluid from the recovery tank to pre-washing nozzles of a pre-washing station through a pre-washing delivery branch of a pre-washing circuit. If the washing system temporarily stops, further steps include interrupting fluid delivery to the pre-washing nozzles; connecting a recirculation branch of the pre-washing circuit with the pre-washing delivery branch and with the recovery tank; recirculating fluid among the recovery tank, the pre-washing delivery branch and the recirculation branch; and heating the fluid while it recirculates. A washing system associated with the method is also presented.

There is described a washing machine configured to wash empty containers adapted to be filled with a pourable product, the washing machine includes: a conveyor device configured to convey a plurality of containers along a washing path in an advancement direction; at least one tank for holding a cleaning medium, the washing path extending within and along the tank; and a hollow passage which extends through the tank and which is fluidly isolated from the tank. The washing machine further includes a pair of extraction devices arranged in fluid communication with the tank, fluidly isolated from the hollow passage, and configured for detaching/removing labels from the containers advanced in the tank and for receiving the detached/removed labels, thereby extracting such labels from the tank.