Container washing apparatus

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DISCLOSED EMBODIMENTS In FIG.
1 there is shown at 15 a fragmentary side elevational view of a container washing apparatus which is supported on a floor area by a sub-structure represented at 16.
The apparatus encloses a roller chain conveyor represented by the phantom line 17, and this roller chain is trained over a series of sprockets 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 on its bottle conveying circuit, and is returned at the lower left corner around sprocket 23.
The interior of the apparatus is divided into a number of compartments, and for the purpose of this disclosure it is believed sufficient to show a compartment 24 defined between vertical partition walls 25 and 26 and a bottom wall 27.
Compartment 24 is located adjacent a larger compartment 28 which is defined by the partition wall 26 of the adjacent compartment 24, a partition wall 29 and a bottom wall 29A.
The roller chain moves over the sprocket 19 and descends into compartment 24 where it moves or loops around a bottom guide trough 30 and then travels upwardly around the upper sprocket 20 before again descending into compartment 28 where it turns or loops around a guide trough 31, travels upwardly over sprocket 21 before descending to move around a guide trough 32, and then travels upwardly around the upper sprocket 22.
It is understood that there are a pair of roller chains 17 mounted on rails 17A at the opposite side walls of the apparatus, and the carriers for the containers are suspended between the roller chains 17.
FIG.
6 illustrates a fragmentary portion of roller chains 17 and a typical container carrier 33 supporting containers C.
This disclosure will of course be illustrative of the numerous container carriers 33 that will be attached to the roller chains 17 so that a continuous flow of containers will be carried through the compartments between the inlet mechanism and the discharge mechanism which have not been shown.
Still referring to FIG.
1 there is shown the arrangement of components which are organized on the outside of the wall 14 of the apparatus