AU2020204169A1 - A dishwashing basket for elongate articles - Google Patents

Abstract

A DISHWASHING BASKET FOR ELONGATE ARTICLES ABSTRACT A dishwashing basket for receiving a plurality of elongate articles, is described which in cludes a frame, the frame including one or more spaced-apart walls; a rack configured to be disposed on or against the one or more spaced-apart walls of the , the rack including a plurality of spaced-apart recesses for receiving one or more of the plurality of elongate articles therein.

Description

A DISHWASHING BASKET FOR ELONGATE ARTICLES

Technical Field

1. The present technology relates generally to a dishwasher basket for facilitating the washing of elongate articles, which in some embodiments include straws.

Background

2. There are known dishwashing baskets for washing elongate items like cutlery. One basket, disclosed in US patent no 3, 935, 958 (Frangos), provides a plurality of chambers for receiving cutlery. It is configured to adopt a loading position and a washing position. The basket further provides a hinged lid so as to access the chambers for loading and to retain the cutlery in the chambers when in the wash ing position.

3. The Frangos basket has limitations in that the washing water cannot reach the cut lery very well. Also, it can be seen that the loading and unloading is slow.

4. Also, the fine Frangos basket mesh causes slight atomisation of water, which re duces the kinetic energy of the water, which in turn reduces its washing power, as well as keeping food particles in the basket.

5. The present inventors seek to ameliorate one or more of the abovementioned dis advantages, and/or at least provide a new alternative to known dishwashing bas kets for elongate articles.

Summary

6. Broadly, the present technology provides a dishwashing basket including a hous ing with a rack disposed inside the housing for receiving a plurality of elongate arti cles, and separating the elongate articles thereon.

7. In one arrangement the rack is disposed spaced from at least one wall or door of the housing so as to provide a sump region for receiving an off-centre portion of one or more of the plurality of elongate articles.

8. Broadly, the present technology provides a dishwashing basket including a hous ing and a plurality of access doors for controlling access to the housing. In one embodiment there are provided access doors on opposite sides of the housing to facilitate loading and unloading of the elongate articles.

9. Broadly, the present technology provides a rack for receiving a plurality of elongate articles for dishwashing. In one arrangement the rack is configured to be connect ed to, or integrated with, a frame so as to provide a sump space for one or more off-centre portions of one or more of the plurality of elongate articles.

10. Advantageously the present technology provides a dishwashing basket with a housing which can rapidly load a plurality of elongate articles in a way which sub stantially separates at least some of the plurality from others in the plurality. Other advantages of the basket include that there are off-centre receiving zones for re ceiving off-centre portions of one or more of the elongate articles.

11. In accordance with one aspect of the present technology there is provided a dish washing basket for receiving a plurality of elongate articles, the basket including: a frame including one or more spaced-apart frame elements; a rack configured to be disposed on or against the one or more spaced apart frame elements of the frame, the rack including a plurality of spaced-apart recesses for receiving one or more of the plurality of elongate articles therein.

12. The arrangement is such that, in embodiments, the recesses on the rack are in the form of spaced-apart fingers extending towards one or both sides of the rack, so that a side portion of the elongate articles are received between the fingers for loading into the frame, rather than the elongate articles being loaded end-wise. This arrangement advantageously provides rapid loading and rapid separation of at least some elongate articles from at least some others of the elongate articles.

13. In one embodiment, the frame includes at least two opposed walls. It may have open sides and/or open ends. In one embodiment the frame is a housing with one or more open sides. In one embodiment the frame includes two open side walls. In one embodiment the frame includes three open side walls. In one embodiment the frame includes four open side walls. In one embodiment the frame includes five open side walls. In one embodiment the frame includes only one wall.

14. In one embodiment the frame includes a housing which includes opposed side and end walls. In one embodiment the housing includes a base wall. In one embodi ment the housing includes a top wall. In one embodiment the housing includes per forated walls.

15. In one embodiment the walls of the housing include a plurality of through apertures to allow water to pass therethrough to the plurality of elongate articles disposed in the rack. In one embodiment the through apertures are elongate slots. In one em bodiment the through apertures are of suitable size and shape to allow water to pass therethrough. In one embodiment there are one or more regions disposed in one or more walls which are solid for additional strength and/or so as to encourage internal reflection of water inside the housing to boost washing performance of the water. In one embodiment the side walls are solid to retain water within the hous ing for increased washing performance. The opening closures include a band of solid wall adjacent the rack recesses for increased strength of wall, and/or also so that the water reflects internally at that point, since that area requires more reflec tion power because the elongate articles are mounted between rack fingers near by.

16. In one embodiment the through apertures are sized so as to be larger than, or sim ilarly-sized, to the internal dimension of the channels or straws so as to allow the water to freely flow into and through the straws. The size of the apertures largely reduces interference with water flow, so it may have power to dislodge any large or small food particles and other microbial elements sticking to the internal walls of the straws.

17. The basket is configured to adopt a washing position which is upstanding, wherein the end walls are disposed at the top and bottom of the housing, so that the elon gate articles are disposed in an upstanding position. This is to take advantage of vertical sprays of water from dishwashing boom sprays, which are disposed at the top and bottom of the dishwashing machine.

18. In one embodiment the hinges of the wall closures are disposed at opposite sides of the housing to provide increased stability for the housing if the wall closures are opened during washing.

19. In one embodiment the end walls, and top and bottom walls include elongate aper tures disposed across the face. The end wall apertures extend directly across the face while on the top and bottom wall closures, they are diagonally disposed across the face. This is so as to receive water from an angle more effectively, be cause the water that will strike the top and bottom wall closures, (which are dis posed to the sides when the basket is in the washing position), is from an angle. In one embodiment there are wall apertures diagonally disposed across the end and side walls.

20. In one embodiment the housing includes one or more closures. In one embodi ment the closures are one or more walls. In one embodiment the closures are hinged or otherwise pivoting walls. In one embodiment the closures are on the top and bottom wall closures, when in the loading position, for ease of loading and re lease of elongate articles. In the washing position, the top and bottom wall closures act to retain the elongate articles in the rack by closing the recesses across the open channels.

21. In one embodiment fasteners are provided to fasten the closures to the housing in a closed position.

22. In one embodiment the rack is double-sided. In one embodiment the rack includes a base with straw-mounting recesses formed on both sides.

23. In one embodiment the recesses are in the form of a plurality of channels open at an end distal the base. In one embodiment the plurality of channels are in the form of spaced-apart fingers which extend from the base from a proximal end to a distal end.

24. In some embodiments, the channels or the fingers that form the channels them selves include retainers or keepers, or the channels themselves may be sized so that loading elongate articles is a push fit so as to retain the elongate articles in the channels.

25. In one embodiment the channels or fingers may be tapered to facilitate fast loading and unloading of multiple elongate articles into each channel. In one embodiment the channels or fingers are long enough to receive one, two or three or four or five elongate articles. In one embodiment a plurality of upstanding fingers are dis posed along the spine so as to form a recess.

26. In one embodiment the rack includes two sets of spaced-apart elongate article re ceiving channels, each set being spaced-apart from each other in an elongate di rection, to facilitate alignment of the elongate articles with the water flow during washing. Of course this straight alignment may be achieved with one set of chan nels, where the channels themselves are sufficiently long to align the elongate arti cles to the water flow.

27. In one embodiment the rack includes apertures to allow water to flow around the elongate articles, to the other side of the base.

28. In one embodiment the fingers include apertures to allow water to flow around the elongate articles, to the other side of the base. The base may include through apertures, and the fingers may include apertures, or may themselves be wide ele ments, or wide element assemblies, formed from spaced-apart fingers. In one em bodiment an aperture is disposed between fingers, to allow water to clean a rear portion of the elongate article which may be disposed against the rack wall.

29. In one embodiment the rack is integral with one or more walls. In one embodiment the rack is integral with two opposed walls. In one embodiment the rack is integral with two opposed walls at an intermediate position, so as to provide a sump space where off-centre portions of the elongate articles may be received when a central or axial part of the elongate articles is held in the recesses/channels.

30. In one embodiment the sump space is disposed at the top and bottom of the bas ket when in the washing position, so that it can accommodate the top portion of bent straws. In one embodiment two sump spaces are provided for ease of load ing.

31. The material of the basket is a flexible plastic which has good resistance to chemi cals, and maintains good structural and mechanical integrity at high temperatures such as can be found in dishwashers. In one embodiment the material of the bas ket is polypropylene.

32. In accordance with another aspect of the present technology there is provided a dishwashing kit for straws, the kit including a dishwashing basket for mounting and separating straws in an aligned manner, the basket having through apertures in at least one wall; the straw ends being aligned with the through apertures. The kit further includes a straw cleaning brush configured to be mounted on or in the dishwashing basket for passing through the apertures and into the straws for cleaning.

Clarifications

33. In this specification, where a document, act or item of knowledge is referred to or discussed, this reference or discussion is not an admission that the document, act or item of knowledge or any combination thereof was at the priority date: (a) part of common general knowledge; or (b) known to be relevant to an attempt to solve any problem with which this specification is concerned.

34. It is to be noted that, throughout the description and claims of this specification, the word 'comprise'and variations of the word, such as 'comprising' and 'comprises', is not intended to exclude other variants or additional components, integers or steps.

Brief Description of the drawings

35. In order to enable a clearer understanding, a preferred embodiment of the technol ogy will now be further explained and illustrated by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

36. Figure 1 is a basket in a loading position, the basket being loaded with straight straws, with a wall closure in an open position to show the straws disposed in the channels;

37. Figure 2 is a basket loaded with bent straws, showing the off-centre head portions of the straws being received in the sump portions adjacent the rack;

38. Figure 3 is a basket shown in the loading position where the straws are loaded in the wall closures are closed, ready for tipping upright into the washing position;

39. Figure 4 is a similar view to that shown in Figure 1, with the straws removed for clarity, to show more structural details of the rack and channel fingers, and sump portions;

40. Figure 5 is an isometric view of the basket in an unloading position, where the two doors are opened for rapid ejection of the straws from the channel fingers;

41. Figure 6 is an isometric view of the basket in a washing position. Note that the tray would not be present without apertures for drainage, it is just present to show a horizontal datum; and

42. Figure 7 is a perspective view of the basket in a washing position in context with other elements likely to be washed alongside it.

Detailed description of an example embodiment

43. Referring to the drawings there is shown an embodiment of a dishwashing basket generally indicated at 10. The dishwashing basket 10 includes a housing 12 having a rack 14 to receive elongate articles such as straws in a spaced-apart and aligned fashion for automatic dishwashing.

44. The housing 12 is in the form of a case 13 which is a rectangular prism in overall form so that it can adopt a loading position shown in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as a washing position, which is shown in Figure 6. The dimensions of the rec tangular prism are such that a plurality of straws can fit in the case 13, and the case 13 can conveniently fit over and/or between adjacent rack fingers in a dish washer in the washing position for washing.

45. Pre-washing operations can also be conducted while the case 13 is in the loading position, while the case 13 is disposed over, say, a sink.

46. The housing 12 includes spaced apart upper and lower walls 15 and 16, spaced apart end walls 17 and 18, and spaced apart side walls 19a and 19b, forming a void inside the walls for receiving the rack 14 and straws 20.

47. The upper wall 15 and lower wall 16 each include a plurality of apertures 22 to al low water to strike the straws inside the case 13 without substantial loss of kinetic energy. The apertures 22 are therefore about as large as the straws 20 them selves, at least in width, and in some instances in length.

48. The apertures 22 are disposed diagonally across the upper and lower walls 15 and 16 so that the water from a boom which may be below and across from the basket may be less impeded from striking the straws 20 inside the housing 12. The diago nal extent of the apertures also increases strength of the upper and lower walls 15 and 16, since these walls are also in the form of access closures 30 to control ac cess to the housing 12.

49. The apertures 22 in the end walls 17 and 18 are disposed laterally across the end walls 17 and 18 for strength of the wall, and to align with the disposition of straws when loaded in the rack 14.

50. The side walls 19a and 19b in the embodiment shown do not have apertures, to improve strength of the case 13, and to improve internal reflection of water in the housing to increase cleaning power of the water that is in the case 13.

51. The upper and lower walls 15 and 16 are in the form of access closures 23, 24 so as to control access to the housing 12. The access closures 23, 24 are hinged or otherwise pivoting to facilitate loading and unloading of the straws 20. Fasteners 25 are provided to fasten the doors to the housing 13.

52. The access closures 23, 24 are mounted so as to open on opposite sides so as to increase stability of the case 13 when in the loading position. It may be that a per son, for example, wants to drain the case 13, so they may open the access clo sures 23, 24 and place the case 13 in the washing position.

53. The rack 14 is disposed in the housing 12 and is configured to separate and align a plurality of straws 20. The rack 14 is mounted between the side walls 19a and 19b, extending therebetween, for strength. It is the side walls that support the mass of the straws and those are the two walls that do not have any apertures, so they are stronger than the others.

54. The rack 14 is disposed in an intermediate position on the side walls 19a and 19b so as to provide a sump 30 to receive off-centre portions of the elongate articles. In the case shown, the sump 30 receives a head portion 20a of bent straws. The sump 30 facilitates fast loading of the straws 20 into the rack 14.

55. The rack 14 includes a base 31 including a plurality of recess formations 32 mounted thereon so as to receive and align the straws 20 so that when the case 13 is in the washing position, the dishwashing water can more easily strike the in ternal areas of the straws 20. The recesses 32 are disposed between fingers 34 which extend from a base end 35 to a distal end 36. If we consider a selected fin ger 34 with an adjacent finger, there are formed open channels 37 within which the recesses 32 are disposed to receive the straws 20.

56. The fingers 34 taper down towards the distal end 36 to facilitate loading and un loading. The access closure 23, 24 when in the closed position, not only close the open upper and lower rims, but also close the ends of the open channels 37 to re tain the straws 20 in the recesses 32 so they stay in the housing during washing. The fingers 34 may be spaced apart far enough along the rack 14 so that there may be some freedom of movement between the straws 20 and the fingers 34 so that in use, during washing, the washing water can wash between the straws 20 in the area of the fingers 34, even while they are being aligned and separated.

57. There are two rows of fingers 34 and 134 so that the straws may be more easily aligned.

58. The rack 14 is double sided to increase the capacity of the case, and to increase the efficiency of the water striking the straws 20. That is, there are fingers 34 ex tending from both sides of the rack 14.

59. The rack 14 includes through apertures 38 disposed on the base 31 so as to facili tate water flow from one side of the base to the other, to clean all sides of the straws 20. The apertures 38 are disposed between fingers 34.

60. It can also be seen in Figure 2 that there is a straw cleaning brush 99 attached to the housing via straw cleaning mount 98. The straw cleaning brush 99 has a cylin drical head 97 to fit inside straws to shift extra sticky food and microbial items. The straw cleaning brush 99 may be used to clean the straws while the straws are mounted in the racks. In operation, the door 23 is opened, the brush 99 removed from the mount 98 and then brush 99 may be inserted through the end walls 17 and 18 of the housing 12 and into the straws 20. Brush is mounted back in the mount 98 for cleaning in the dishwasher with the straws 20.

61. In operation the case 13 is placed in the loading position shown in at least Figure 1 and the access closure 23 is opened. A plurality of straws 20 can be dropped into the finger recesses 32 and each recess 32 is filled quickly with about three straws 20. It becomes clear very quickly when the recesses 32 are full of straws 20 and the rest can be swept away and placed in the other side of the rack 14. But with that rapid loading, the straws 20 have been quickly aligned with water flow through the end walls, and are substantially separated. The bent portions fall neatly into the sumps. It can be seen that with two sumps 30, care does not have to be taken to align bent straws with their head ends all at one end; they just fall where they may.

62. An initial rinse may be done with a vegetable washing head of a sink faucet, and then the case is turned to the vertical position and placed vertically in the dish washer and the water from the boom sprays cleans the straws inside and out. An initial pre-clean operation may also be conducted by passing the brush through the apertures in the end walls 17 and 18 for shifting stubborn dirt and grime. After the wash, unloading can be done rapidly by opening the doors and the straws fall into a tray.

Clarifications

63. Modifications and improvements to the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. Such modifications and improvements are intended to be within the scope of this invention.

Claims (55)

1. Claims 1. A dishwashing basket for receiving a plurality of elongate articles, the dishwashing basket including: a frame including one or more spaced-apart walls; a rack configured to be disposed on or against the one or more spaced-apart walls of the frame, the rack including a plurality of spaced-apart recesses for receiving one or more of the plurality of elongate articles therein.
2. 2. The dishwashing basket in accordance with claim 1 wherein the plurality of recesses on the rack are disposed between spaced-apart fingers extending towards one or both sides of the rack, so that the elongate articles are loaded sideways, with a por tion disposed between the fingers for loading into the frame, rather than the elongate articles being loaded end-wise.
3. 3. The dishwashing basket in accordance with claim 1 or 2 wherein the frame includes at least two opposed walls.
4. 4. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 3 wherein the frame includes open sides and/or open ends.
5. 5. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the frame is a housing with one or more open sides.
6. 6. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the frame includes two open side walls.
7. 7. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 6 wherein the frame includes three open side walls.
8. 8. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 7 wherein the frame includes four open side walls.
9. 9. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 8 wherein the frame includes five open side walls.
10. 10. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 9 wherein the frame includes only one wall.
11. 11. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 10 wherein the frame includes a housing which includes opposed side and end walls.
12. 12. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 11 wherein the housing includes a base wall.
13. 13. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 12 wherein the housing includes a top wall.
14. 14. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 13 wherein the housing includes perforated walls.
15. 15. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 14 wherein the walls of the housing include a plurality of through apertures to allow water to pass therethrough to the plurality of elongate articles disposed in the rack.
16. 16. The dishwashing basket in accordance with claim 15 wherein at least some of the plurality of through apertures are elongate slots.
17. 17. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 15 to 16 wherein the through apertures are of suitable size and shape to allow water to pass through.
18. 18. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 17 wherein at least portions of the side walls are solid to retain water within the housing for increased washing performance.
19. 19. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 18 wherein the top and bottom walls include a band of solid wall adjacent the rack recesses for increased strength of wall, and/or also so that the water reflects internally at that point, since that area requires more reflection power because the elongate articles are mounted between rack fingers nearby.
20. 20. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 19 wherein the through apertures are sized so as to be larger than, or similarly-sized, to the internal cross-section dimension of the channels or straws so as to allow the water to freely flow into and through the straws.
21. 21. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 20 wherein the basket is configured to adopt a washing position which is upstanding, wherein the end walls are disposed at the top and bottom of the housing, so that the elongate articles are disposed in an upstanding position, to take advantage of vertical sprays of water from dishwashing boom sprays, which are disposed at the top and bottom of the dishwashing machine.
22. 22. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 21 wherein hous ing closures are provided for access to the rack.
23. 23. The dishwashing basket in accordance with claim 22 wherein the closures are hinged closures.
24. 24. The dishwashing basket in accordance with claim 23 wherein the hinges of the wall closures are disposed at opposite sides of the housing to provide increased stability for the housing if the wall closures are opened.
25. 25. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 24 wherein the end walls, and top and bottom walls include elongate apertures disposed across the face.
26. 26. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 25 wherein the end wall apertures extend directly across the face.
27. 27. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 26 wherein the top and bottom wall closures are diagonally disposed across the face to receive water from an angle more effectively.
28. 28. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 27 wherein there are provided wall apertures diagonally disposed across the end and side walls.
29. 29. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 28 wherein the housing includes one or more closures.
30. 30. The dishwashing basket in accordance with claim 29 wherein the closures are one or more walls.
31. 31. The dishwashing basket in accordance with claim 28 or 29 wherein the closures are hinged or otherwise pivoting walls.
32. 32. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 28 to 31 wherein the closures are the top and bottom walls, when the basket is disposed in the loading po sition, for ease of loading and release of elongate articles.
33. 33. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 28 to 32 wherein, when the basket is disposed in the washing position, the closures, being the top and bottom walls, act to retain the elongate articles in the rack by closing the recesses across the open channels.
34. 34. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 33 wherein fas teners are provided to fasten the closures to the housing in a closed position.
35. 35. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 34 wherein the rack is double-sided.
36. 36. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 35 wherein the rack includes a spine or base with straw-mounting recesses extending from both sides.
37. 37. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 36 wherein the recesses are disposed between a plurality of fingers extending from the base and which are spaced apart to form channels, open at an end distal the base.
38. 38. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 37 wherein the plurality of channels are in the form of spaced-apart fingers which extend from the base from a proximal end to a distal end.
39. 39. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 38 wherein the channels or the fingers that form the channels themselves include retainers or keep ers, or the channels themselves are sized so that loading elongate articles is a push fit so as to retain the elongate articles in the channels.
40. 40. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 39 wherein the channels or fingers are tapered to facilitate fast loading and unloading of multiple elongate articles into each recess.
41. 41. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 40 wherein the channels or fingers are long enough to receive one, two or three or four or five elon gate articles.
42. 42. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 41 wherein a plu rality of upstanding fingers are disposed along the base or spine so as to form a re cess.
43. 43. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 42 wherein the rack includes two sets of spaced-apart elongate article-receiving channels, each set being spaced-apart from each other in an elongate direction, to facilitate alignment of the elongate articles with the water flow during washing.
44. 44. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 43 wherein the rack includes apertures to allow water to flow around the elongate articles, to the oth er side of the base.
45. 45. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 44 wherein the spine includes apertures to allow water to flow around the elongate articles, to the other side of the base.
46. 46. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 45 wherein the fingers include apertures to allow water to flow around the elongate articles, to the other side of the base.
47. 47. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 46 wherein the channels are formed from spaced-apart fingers.
48. 48. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 47 wherein an aperture is disposed on the spine between fingers, to allow water to clean a rear por tion of the elongate article which may be disposed against the rack wall.
49. 49. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 48 wherein the ends of the rack are integral with one or more walls.
50. 50. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 49 wherein the ends of the rack are integral with two opposed walls.
51. 51. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 50 wherein the rack is integral with two opposed walls at an intermediate position, so as to provide a sump space where off-centre portions of the elongate articles may be received when a central or axial part of the elongate articles is held in the recesses/channels.
52. 52. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 51 wherein the sump space is disposed at the top and bottom of the basket when in the washing po sition, so that it can accommodate the top portion of bent straws.
53. 53. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 52 wherein two sump spaces are provided for ease of loading.
54. 54. The dishwashing basket in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 53 wherein the material of the basket is a flexible plastic which has good resistance to chemicals, and maintains good structural and mechanical integrity at high temperatures such as can be found in dishwashers. In one embodiment the material of the basket is polypropylene.
55. 55. A dishwashing kit for straws, the kit including a dishwashing basket for mounting and separating straws in an aligned manner, the basket having through apertures in at least one wall; the straw ends being aligned with the through apertures. The kit further includes a straw cleaning brush configured to be mounted on or in the dishwashing basket for passing through the apertures and into the straws for cleaning.