WASHING APPARATUS FOR BASKETS, ESPECIALLY HANDHELD SHOPPING BASKETS AND THE LIKE

摘要

Washing apparatus is provided for handheld baskets, particularly shopping baskets, wherein a washing tunnel has an entrance end and an exit end and conveyor means for supporting baskets and conveying them from the entrance end to the exit end. A series of spray nozzles are arranged within the tunnel and connected to a source of cleaning liquid that is operatively under pressure. The conveyor means comprises a pair of laterally spaced conveyors arranged to move in unison whilst operatively supporting two opposite peripheral edges of a shopping basket in an inverted orientation as the basket is conveyed from the entrance end to the exit end. Retaining means such as a longitudinally extending skid or the like are provided over at least a part of the length of the tunnel to inhibit lifting of shopping baskets off the conveyors.