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System and method for vent hood cleaning and comprehensive bioremediation of kitchen grease
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Inventors: McMinn, Jr., Pearson Vernie;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Jones; W. Gary
Assistant Examiner: Shoemaker; Debra
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Oathout; Mark A.
A commercial and institutional kitchen retrofit system for 1. the automatic daily cleaning of commercial kitchen exhaust hoods and flues, 2. a low pressure, low volume, recirculating cleaning system designed for the removal of oily residue from hard surfaces and the accelerated bioremediation of the resulting collective hydrocarbon waste, 3. the collection and elimination of roof-top grease accumulations, 4. the systematic on site incubation and enhanced propagation of cultured, hydrocarbon specific, bacterial microorganisms in an automatically mixed aqueous solution containing PH neutral oxidizers and hydrocarbon base emulsifiers altogether, producing a regenerative, recyclable cleaning solution specifically developed for use in 5. and the automatic daily introduction of an oxygen enriched, microbe charged solution into kitchen drain lines, thereby reducing the stoppage of drains caused by the solidification of grease and ultimately promoting the biodigestation and reduction of accumulated grease in the main grease trap integral to the sewer system. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION None of the prior art grease trap devices, being primarily of singular purpose in their design, offer an intentional multiplicity of functions beginning with A. A controlled environment designed specifically for the enhanced and sustained on-site (point of use) propagation of cultured hydrocarbon specific microflora. B. Capable of cycling large volumes of rainwater through the system without purging or flushing the high or low gravity liquid out of the system. C. Support an integral systematic recirculating pressure cleaning apparatus. Nor has any device been discovered that in addition to collectively integrating and providing all the systematic functions listed in A, B and C, also D. Acts as a cleaning solution reclaimer, rejuvenator and recycler and E. Systematically inoculates the sewer drain lines and primary grease trap automatically on a timed daily basis from a never ending perpetual supply of on-site propagated hydrocarbon-specific microorganisms to ultimately reduce the total volume of grease waste accumulated from cooking operations that is discharged into the sewer system. In as much as microbiological treatment of hydrocarbon waste has proven to be advantageous it has also been established that microorganic life itself is vulnerable to a broad spectrum of toxic chemicals and less than ideal environmental conditions. For this reason, the accepted practice for the food service industry is to manually charge grease traps and/or drain lines monthly to re-establish microbe colonies being killed daily by toxic chemicals being discharged into the grease traps via the sewer system usually stemming from mopping, dish-washing and other cleaning operations. The standard procedure involves culturing hydrocarbon specific microorganisms in a laboratory and then bringing the culture to the point of use for manual introduction into the target system, thereby replenishing the microflora periodically. However, microbes are quite prolific given an ideal environment conducive to enhanced propagation
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