A cabinet washer is supported on legs above a floor. Fluid dispensing heads discharge wash fluid within the cabinet. A sump collects wash fluid leaving the cabinet, for recirculation as desired through a pump. A wheeled cart has a frame which supports a tray and a rack above the wheels. Items to be
A cabinet washer is supported on legs above a floor. Fluid dispensing heads discharge wash fluid within the cabinet. A sump collects wash fluid leaving the cabinet, for recirculation as desired through a pump. A wheeled cart has a frame which supports a tray and a rack above the wheels. Items to be washed are positioned on the rack and the cart is received within the cabinet, at which point the bottom wall of the tray underlies the cabinet bottom wall opening. The tray bottom wall slopes to receive fluid discharged within the cabinet interior compartment and convey it through a cabinet rear wall opening. The sump may be provided with a deflector which alternately sends fluid to be recirculated or drained from the sump. The front door may be hinged to the cabinet, or may be mounted to the cart itself.
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1. A fluid discharge apparatus for mounting above a floor, comprising: a cabinet having upwardly extending side walls, and portions defining a front wall with a front opening and a bottom opening between the side walls which opens to the floor, the cabinet defining an interior compartment wherein fl
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A fluid discharge apparatus for mounting above a floor, comprising: a cabinet having upwardly extending side walls, and portions defining a front wall with a front opening and a bottom opening between the side walls which opens to the floor, the cabinet defining an interior compartment wherein fluid may be discharged onto compartment contents;a cart having a frame;wheels mounted to the frame for engagement with the floor;a support structure mounted to the frame, wherein the cart is freely movable on the floor between a first position in which the support structure is received within the cabinet, and a second position in which the cart is exterior to the cabinet; andportions of the cart which define a tray mounted above the wheels, the tray having a bottom wall which underlies the cabinet bottom opening when the cart is in the first position thereby serving as a bottom wall of the cabinet, the tray bottom wall being thereby interposed between the cabinet bottom opening and the floor to capture fluid discharged onto compartment contents, the tray bottom wall communicating with a region beneath the tray, and positioned to receive fluid discharged within the cabinet interior compartment which passes through the cabinet bottom opening and to direct said received fluid to said region beneath the tray; anda front door positionable to close the front opening when the cart is in the first position. 2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising: a fluid receptacle disposed exterior to the cabinet interior compartment to receive the fluid discharged from the cart tray, and connected via a conduit to a fluid discharge opening within the cabinet interior compartment; anda pump between the fluid receptacle and the conduit, operable to recirculate fluid through the cabinet interior compartment. 3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the fluid receptacle comprises an upwardly opening container, and wherein an intermediate dividing wall extends upwardly to divide the container into a process liquid chamber communicating with the pump and a drain chamber communicating with a drain, and further comprising: a divert plate pivotally mounted to the container above the process liquid chamber and the drain chamber to receive a flow of liquid discharged from the cabinet interior compartment along the cart tray, the position of the divert plate being adjustable from a first position, in which the divert plate is inclined towards the process liquid chamber to direct the flow of liquid into the process liquid chamber for recirculation by the pump, and a second position in which the divert plate is inclined towards the drain chamber to direct the flow of liquid into the drain chamber for discharge of the liquid from the fluid receptacle. 4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the front door is hinged to the cabinet front wall. 5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the front door is fixed to the cart to extend upwardly from the tray and to close the front opening when the cart is received within the cabinet in the first position. 6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the front opening has a perimeter which engages with the door on the cart to define a labyrinthine seal. 7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the tray on the cart has two opposed side lips which extend upwardly from the tray bottom wall. 8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the cabinet bottom opening is defined between portions of the cabinet defining a left pan and a right pan, and wherein the left and right pans each have a downwardly extending lip, and wherein in the first position the tray side lips are positioned exteriorly to the cabinet left and right pan lips. 9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cart extends from a front to a rear in the direction of travel of the cart from the second position to the first position, and wherein the tray bottom wall is inclined downwardly from a position nearer the front to a rear perimeter of the tray bottom wall. 10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein one of the cabinet side walls comprises a rear wall which defines a lower opening which communicates between the cabinet interior and a region exterior to the cabinet interior, and wherein when the cart is in the first position received within the cabinet interior with the front door closed on the cabinet, the cart tray bottom wall extends through the cabinet rear wall lower opening to the rear of the cabinet. 11. A fluid treatment apparatus for mounting above a floor, comprising: a cabinet having a front wall spaced a first distance from a rear wall, the front and rear walls being joined by side walls, the cabinet having an interior compartment defined between the front, rear, and side walls, and wherein portions of the front wall define a front opening, and having left and right side pans on opposite sides of a bottom opening;a front door positionable to close the front opening;a fluid receptacle positioned rearwardly of the cabinet rear wall and opening upwardly;a cart having a frame and a support structure which extends upwardly therefrom, the cart being movable between a first position in which the support structure is received within the cabinet, and a second position in which the cart is exterior to the cabinet; anda tray mounted to the frame spaced above the floor, wherein the cart tray has a bottom wall which underlies the cabinet bottom opening when the cart is in the first position, thereby serving as a bottom wall of the cabinet, the tray bottom wall being thereby interposed between the cabinet bottom opening and the floor to capture fluid discharged within the cabinet interior compartment, wherein the cart tray in the first position extends rearwardly of the cabinet rear wall to overlie portions of the fluid receptacle and is positioned to receive fluid discharged within the cabinet interior compartment which passes through the cabinet bottom opening and to direct said received fluid to the fluid receptacle. 12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the cart tray in the first position extends from the front door to a rear perimeter a second distance which is greater than the first distance. 13. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the fluid receptacle is connected via a conduit to a fluid discharge opening within the cabinet interior compartment, and further comprising: a pump between the fluid receptacle and the conduit, operable to recirculate fluid through the cabinet interior compartment. 14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the fluid receptacle comprises an upwardly opening container, and wherein an intermediate dividing wall extends upwardly to divide the container into a process liquid chamber communicating with the pump and a drain chamber communicating with a drain, and further comprising: a divert plate pivotally mounted to the container above the process liquid chamber and the drain chamber to receive a flow of liquid discharged from the cabinet interior compartment along the cart tray, the position of the divert plate being adjustable from a first position, in which the divert plate is inclined towards the process liquid chamber to direct the flow of liquid into the process liquid chamber for recirculation by the pump, and a second position in which the divert plate is inclined towards the drain chamber to direct the flow of liquid into the drain chamber for discharge of the liquid from the fluid receptacle. 15. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the front door is hinged to the cabinet front wall. 16. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the front door is fixed to the cart to extend upwardly from the tray and to close the front opening when the cart is received within the cabinet in the first position. 17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the front opening has a perimeter which engages with the door on the cart to define a labyrinthine seal. 18. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the tray on the cart has two opposed side lips which extend upwardly from the tray bottom wall, and wherein the cabinet left and right pans each have a downwardly extending lip, and wherein in the first position the tray side lips are positioned exteriorly to the cabinet left and right pan lips. 19. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the cart extends from a front to a rear in the direction of travel of the cart from the second position to the first position, and wherein the tray bottom wall is inclined downwardly from a position nearer the front to a rear perimeter of the tray bottom wall. 20. A cabinet washer comprising: a cabinet having a front wall and a rear wall, the front and rear walls being joined by side walls, the cabinet having an interior compartment defined between the front, rear, and side walls, and wherein portions of the front wall define a front opening, and having left and right side pans on opposite sides of a bottom opening;a front door positionable to close the front opening;a fluid receptacle exterior to the cabinet interior and opening upwardly;at least one nozzle positioned within the cabinet interior compartment;a pump connected between the fluid receptacle and the nozzle, to circulate cleaning fluid within the fluid receptacle through the cabinet interior;a wheeled cart having a frame and a support structure which extends upwardly therefrom, the cart being movable between a first position in which the support structure is received within the cabinet, and a second position in which the cart is exterior to the cabinet; anda tray mounted to the frame beneath the support structure, wherein the cart tray has a bottom wall which underlies the cabinet bottom opening when the cart is in the first position, thereby serving as a bottom wall of the cabinet to capture fluid discharged from the nozzle within the cabinet interior compartment, wherein the cart tray in the first position extends rearwardly of the cabinet rear wall to overlie portions of the fluid receptacle and is positioned to receive cleaning fluid discharged from the nozzle within the cabinet interior compartment which passes through the cabinet bottom opening and to direct said received fluid to the fluid receptacle.
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