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Abstract

A method of cleaning a coating apparatus for coating articles with chocolate masses and the like with hot water includes the steps of: filling water into a tub of the coating apparatus, wherein the coating apparatus includes a driven grating conveyer belt for receiving the articles to be coated including an upper portion and a lower portion, and wherein the coating apparatus includes at least one aggregate being arranged in the upper region of the tub; pumping water out of the tub with at least one pump; and directing the substantially unpressurized water onto the grating conveyer belt and onto the at least one aggregate to be cleaned, the water having a temperature being higher than the melting temperature of the mass, the water flowing over the grating conveyer belt and the at least one aggregate and back into the tub in a substantially unpressurized manner. A coating apparatus (1) for coating articles with chocolate masses and the like being cleanable with substantially unpressurized hot water includes a frame (2) and a grating conveyer belt (8) for receiving the articles to be coated. The grating conveyer belt (8) is arranged within the frame (2). It has an upper portion (9) and a lower portion (10). It is rotatingly driven and guided by deflecting elements (13). A tub (6) includes a side wall (41) extending beyond the upper portion (9) of the grating conveyer belt (8). At least one aggregate is arranged in the upper region (9) of the tub (6).

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