| NOMENCLATURE |
PREFLUSHING MACHINE, DISH. A UNIT DESIGNED TO FLUSH SCRAPS FROM DISHES
PRIOR TO PLACING IN A RACK FOR INSERTION INTO A DISHWASHING MACHINE.
THE UNIT IS NORMALLY POSITIONED BETWEEN THE SOILED-DISH RECEIVING TABLE
AND THE SORTING RACK STATION, NOT ONLY SCRAPES AND PRE-SOAKS THE
TABLEWARE JUST BEFORE IT ENTERS THE DISHWASHER, BUT ALSO COLLECTS THE
SOILED FOODWASTE. THE FOODWASTE (INCLUDING BONES) IS FLUSHED INTO THE
SCRAP BASKET WHERE IT IS THEN WASHED, REDUCI NG THE VOLUME. WATER IS
MAINTAINED AT PREDETERMINED TEMPERATUREBY A CONTROL VALVE AND
CONSTANTLY RECIRCULATED.
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