Patents Assigned to Fresh Express Corp.
  • Methods for washing cores of cored lettuce heads
    Patent number: 6196237
    Abstract: A method for washing cored heads of lettuce includes placing such heads in a position with their cored holes facing downwardly toward an upwardly-directed spray of an aqueous solution, directing such a spray into, and washing the holes, then pushing the heads from that position onto a conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Fresh Express Corp.
    Inventors: Richard S. Brown, Eugene D. Rizzo