A47L 15/241
The dishes moving in a horizontal plane
Official title: {the dishes moving in a horizontal plane}
A47L15/241 (The dishes moving in a horizontal plane) appears on 171 US grants and 194 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47L- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Dish cleaning system1 Sep 2026US 12,721,495 B2
- Dishwasher with heat recovery apparatus12 May 2026US 12,622,567 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Warewasher conveyor with tilting conveyor chain assembly21 Apr 2026US 12,606,382 B2Ali Group North America Corporation
- Conveyor for a dishwasher as well as dishwasher having such a conveyor7 Apr 2026US 12,593,952 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Dishwasher with dirt discharge system7 Apr 2026US 12,593,953 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Conveyor warewasher with load/unload platform with access features10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262910 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Conveyor warewasher with delime chemical container storage/holding compartment10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262911 A1Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Steam Booster for Warewasher27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248353 A1Ali Group North America Corporation
- Pan cleaner machine, controller, cleaning modules, and method of operation and use20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240401 A1Food Machinery Engineering, LMTD
- Conveyor curtain mounting bracket30 Apr 2026US 2026/0114702 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Control system and method of controlling a dishwashing machine55US 4,561,904 AHobart Corporation · 1985
- Method and apparatus for controlling the concentration of a chemical solution48US 4,733,798 AEcolab Inc. · 1988
- Low hot water volume warewasher43US 4,439,242 AHobart Corporation · 1984
- Ultrasonic dishwasher system40US 5,218,980 A1993
- Controlling chemical dispense operations based on conductivity offset33US 6,892,143 B2Ecolab Inc. · 2005