US 12,004,698 B2
Tableware hydro-cleaning apparatus
Nicolo Petrone, Naples (IT); Raimondo Raffi, Naples (IT); and Simone Peronaci, Milan (IT)
Assigned to SHABOSH S.R.L., Naples (IT)
Appl. No. 17/632,935
Filed by SHABOSH S.R.L., Naples (IT)
PCT Filed Aug. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/057431
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/024218, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000014313 (IT), filed on Aug. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0287541 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A47L 15/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/44 (2006.01); A47L 15/50 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/0089 (2013.01) [A47L 15/4223 (2013.01); A47L 15/4225 (2013.01); A47L 15/4274 (2013.01); A47L 15/4278 (2013.01); A47L 15/4418 (2013.01); A47L 15/503 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A compact counter manual use tableware hydro-cleaning apparatus (10, 10′), characterised in that it comprises two operating units defined by a first unit (12, 12′) and by a second unit (14) not rigidly connected to each other, separable, movable and positionable/repositionable independently with respect to each other, the first unit (12, 12′) defining a control unit which houses the components/devices required for the operation of the hydro-cleaning apparatus and comprising single compartments separated from each other for housing a pump (13), a transformer (15) with relative output port for connection to the power supply by means of a socket or terminal (11), a duct or cannula (16) provided with a nozzle (17) and connected to the pump (13), said first unit further comprising a container (20, 60) defining a reservoir for the washing water and the second unit (14) defining a tableware washing chamber comprising support elements (26, 26′) of equal or different heights and with a distribution functional to the positioning of the tableware, the first unit (12, 12′) comprises a means or device (50) for supplying washing detergent to be mixed with the water of the container (20), with said device (50) comprising a manually controlled valve (51) comprising a plunger (51′) provided with an elastic return spring, said plunger (51) which, when pulled/moved, allows a descent—by gravity of the detergent contained in a compartment (51′″) which is mixed with the water of the container (20, 60) to be drawn by the pump (13) and conveyed to the duct or cannula (16) and which, when released, returns to the initial position due to the return action of the spring and shuts the supply of the soap to the container (20, 60), the actuation of said valve being of the manual type by means of a knob (51″).