Dishwasher, in particular in the shape of a counter module for a counter system

A dishwasher for cleaning a washware item in the form of a drinking vessel, wherein the dishwasher is configured as a counter module of a counter system and comprises a housing with at least one treatment zone and having a placement opening for manually placing the drinking vessel into the treatment zone and a removal opening for manually removing the drinking vessel from the treatment zone, wherein the placement opening and the removal opening are disposed on opposite first and second sides of the housing,

• wherein at least one bracket is provided in the treatment zone for releasably securing and/or positioning the drinking vessel placed in the treatment zone;
• wherein the at least one bracket comprises first and second bracket parts arranged at opposing internal sides of the housing, the first and second bracket parts facing perpendicular to the placement opening and between which a holding region is formed, the first bracket part being biased toward the holding region into an inward position and movable outward, against the bias, upon contact with the drinking vessel during placement of the drinking vessel into the holding region within the treatment zone, wherein, when the first bracket partis in the inward position, a gap between the first and second bracket parts is aligned along a path from the placement opening to the removal opening;
• wherein the first spring-loaded bracket part comprises:
• a depression or groove facing the holding region, and
• an angled entry surface that faces partly toward the placement opening and that angles outwardly and away from the depression or groove and the holding region so as to be configured to facilitate manual movement of the drinking vessel into the holding region by engaging with the entry surface to move the first bracket part outwardly, against the bias, until the drinking vessel reaches the holding region.