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Abstract

A tripes cleaning apparatus having a suspended, rotatable drum that presents an outer cylindrical surface on which the tripes are supported. The drum includes sets of flighting so as to facilitate arrangement of the tripes on each portion thereof in a single-layered helical orientation. A nozzle is associated with each set of flighting so that a low pressure cleaning fluid can be flushed through the tripes as the drum is rotated. Each nozzle is preferably activated to disperse cleaning fluid by bending the nozzle relative to its normally straight configuration, and a J-hook projects from the drum adjacent each nozzle to releasably hold the nozzle in the open, bent configuration and help retain the tripes against the drum. The apparatus further includes a spray bar operable to clean the outside of the tripes. The apparatus further provides loading and unloading troughs operable to support and collect the tripes, respectively, during cleaning and also a collecting trough operable to collect the debris and fluid discharged during cleaning. A tripes cleaning method is also disclosed as involving supporting the tripes on a suspended, rotatable surface and flushing the tripes as the surface rotates.

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