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OwnerJurgen Litterst, Werner Neumaier +3inventors
InventorsJurgen Litterst, Werner Neumaier, Dietrich Berner, Klaus Padtberg, Harald Disch
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Conveyor-type dishwasher comprising a conveying apparatus having compartments which extend transverse to the conveying direction and serve to hold items to be washed. A rinse zone has at least one transversely directed lateral spray nozzle on at least one side each for spraying rinsing liquid onto the item to be washed. Furthermore, a sensor apparatus for items to be washed is provided for detecting empty compartments from among the large number of compartments of the conveying apparatus. A control apparatus is provided to automatically switch off the supply of rinsing liquid to at least some of the lateral spray nozzles of the rinse zone as a function of detected empty compartments, and to automatically switch on the supply of rinsing liquid to at least some of the lateral spray nozzles as a function of detected compartments which contain items to be washed.
Conveyor-type dishwasher comprising a conveying apparatus for conveying items to be washed through at least one wash zone and at least one rinse zone, wherein the conveying apparatus has a plurality of compartments which extend transverse to the conveying direction and serve to hold items to be washed, and wherein the rinse zone has downwardly directed upper spray nozzles, upwardly directed lower spray nozzles and at least one transversely directed lateral spray nozzle on at least one side each for spraying rinsing liquid onto items to be washed, characterized in that a sensor apparatus for items to be washed is provided for detecting empty compartments from among the plurality of compartments of the conveying apparatus, and in that a control apparatus is provided to automatically switch off the supply of rinsing liquid to at least one lateral spray nozzle of the rinse zone as a function of detected empty compartments, and to automatically switch on the supply of rinsing liquid to at least one lateral spray nozzle as a function of detected compartments which contain items to be washed.
Method for operating a conveyor-type dishwasher for washing items to be washed, comprising a conveying apparatus for conveying items to be washed through at least one cleaning spray zone and at least one rinsing zone in a conveying direction, wherein the conveying apparatus has a plurality of compartments which extend transverse to the conveying direction and serve to hold items to be washed, and wherein the rinse zone has downwardly directed upper spray nozzles, upwardly directed lower spray nozzles and at least one transversely directed lateral spray nozzle on at least one side each for spraying rinsing liquid onto items to be washed, characterized in that empty compartments are detected from among the plurality of compartments of the conveying apparatus, and in that the supply of rinsing liquid to at least one lateral spray nozzle of the rinse zone is automatically switched off as a function of detected empty compartments, and the supply of rinsing liquid to at least one lateral spray nozzle is automatically switched on as a function of detected compartments which contain items to be washed.
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