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DAIRY TECHNOLOGY 



when a great number of bottles must be washed and ster- 

 ilized each day. The modern bottle-washer handles the 

 glassware in cases, taking them in at one end, just as they 

 come from the wagons, and delivering them at the other 

 end perfectly clean and sterilized. 



In general there are two kinds of bottle washers: that 

 in which brushes are used, and that in which jets of water 

 are relied upon to do all the cleaning. 



FIG. 20. A-F gravity conveyers in Gridley Dairy Co. plant, 

 carrying bottles from wagons to basement. 



The automatic brush bottle washer soaks, washes with 

 water under pressure and with brushes, and rinses and 

 sterilizes the bottles. Sanitary cases may be used and the 

 bottles kept in these cases during washing, rilling, capping, 

 and even on the wagon, so that separate handling of bottles 

 is unnecessary. This not only saves a great deal of time, 

 but also reduces the breakage to a minimum. In the 

 operation of the machine, the cases of bottles are passed 

 through the washer by means of a carrier, which operates 

 automatically, stopping a sufficient length of time for 



