US 12,137,719 B2
Short-term wash treatment of produce
James M. Brennan, Pleasanton, CA (US); Danny Elmer Lindstrom, Rio Vista, CA (US); Christopher Michael McGinnis, Salinas, CA (US); and Eric Child Wilhelmsen, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to SMARTWASH SOLUTIONS, LLC, Salinas, CA (US)
Filed by SMARTWASH SOLUTIONS, LLC, Salinas, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/787,322.
Application 16/787,322 is a continuation of application No. 15/208,999, filed on Jul. 13, 2016, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/264,456, filed on Dec. 8, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0178589 A1, Jun. 11, 2020
Int. Cl. A23N 12/02 (2006.01); A22C 17/08 (2006.01); A23B 4/12 (2006.01); A23B 4/24 (2006.01); A23B 7/10 (2006.01); A23L 3/3454 (2006.01); B08B 1/12 (2024.01); B08B 3/04 (2006.01); B08B 3/08 (2006.01); C11D 7/08 (2006.01); C11D 7/26 (2006.01)
CPC A23N 12/02 (2013.01) [A22C 17/08 (2013.01); A23B 4/12 (2013.01); A23B 4/24 (2013.01); A23B 7/10 (2013.01); A23L 3/3454 (2013.01); B08B 1/12 (2024.01); B08B 3/042 (2013.01); B08B 3/08 (2013.01); C11D 7/08 (2013.01); C11D 7/261 (2013.01); C11D 7/265 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); C11D 2111/44 (2024.01); Y02A 40/90 (2018.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for washing a produce product, comprising:
applying, with a first wash device, a short-term wash treatment to the produce product;
applying, with a rinse transition component downstream of the first wash device, a rinse solution to at least partially rinse the short-term wash treatment off the produce product, the rinse solution being configured to chemically neutralize the short-term wash treatment; and
applying, with a second wash device downstream of the rinse transition component, a wash treatment to the produce product, wherein the short-term wash treatment is chemically different from the wash treatment, wherein the rinse solution is chemically different from the wash treatment and the short-term wash treatment, wherein the first wash device applies the short-term wash treatment to the produce product for a shorter duration than the second wash device applies the wash treatment, and wherein the rinse transition component comprises:
a first stage configured to use first water from a first source; and
a second stage downstream of the first stage and configured to use second water from a second source different from the first source, wherein the second source is from the second wash device downstream of the rinse transition component.