Conveyor for a dishwasher as well as dishwasher having such a conveyor

A dishwasher for a coffee shop and/or for a fast-food restaurant for cleaning drinking containers, wherein the dishwasher comprises:

• at least one treatment section having at least one treatment zone with a washing system and/or a rinsing system;
• a conveyor arranged for (i) transporting drinking containers through the at least one treatment zone of the dishwasher and/or (ii) feeding drinking containers to the dishwasher, wherein the conveyor comprises:
• a circulating conveyor system;
• a plurality of retaining elements connected to the circulating conveyor system and configured in order to releasably receive and/or releasably retain drinking containers at least in a sectionally or partially positively locking manner;
• and
• a support system for at least partially and/or sectionally supporting drinking containers, received by the retaining elements,
• wherein the conveyor system is arranged to travel in a looped path, wherein each retaining element of the plurality of retaining elements follows the looped path and is configured to cooperate with an adjacent retaining element traveling along the looped path to form an area for capturing a drinking container therein such that, during operation, the drinking container is at least partly bounded on a both a leading side and a trailing side, relative to a conveying direction, by two sequential retaining elements traveling along the looped path.