Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080202558 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONTINUOUS-FLOW DISHWASHING MACHINE - A continuous-flow dishwashing machine and a method for operating the dishwasher is provided. The continuous-flow dishwashing machine is used for cleaning items to be cleaned and has a feed device for transportation of the items to be cleaned in the feed direction through successive treatment zones in the continuous-flow dishwashing machine. This optionally contains an initial cleaning zone, at least one cleaning zone, at least one rinsing zone and, optionally, a drying zone. Means are provided in the at least one rinsing zone in order to supply dishwashing liquid for the at least one rinsing zone to at least one cleaning zone and/or to the initial cleaning zone, as required by a machine controller and governed by a controller, with the decision on the zone to which the dishwashing liquid for the at least one rinsing zone is passed depending inter alia on level states in the at least one cleaning zone and the at least one rinsing zone. | 08-28-2008 |
20080210621 | Filter for cleaning machines - The invention relates to a filter insert ( | 09-04-2008 |
20080257391 | PASS-THROUGH DISHWASHER WITH CONTROLLED DRYING - A pass-through dishwasher is provided having at least one washing zone, at least one rinsing zone and a drying zone. The pass-through dishwasher is used to clean items to be washed and comprises a conveyor device for conveying the items to be washed through successive treatment zones. The pass-through dishwasher comprises a drying zone which has arranged in it at least one drying fan whose rotation speed can be controlled. | 10-23-2008 |
20080283099 | ENERGY-OPTIMIZED CLEANING MACHINE - A cleaning machine is provided, in particular a single-chamber dishwashing machine, that includes a washing chamber for accommodating items to be cleaned or washed. At least one wash arm with a number of spray nozzles is located in the washing chamber. A waste-water line into which waste water is pumped runs from the washing chamber. Exhaust air from the washing chamber is conducted into the waste-water line via an exhaust-air line, with the washing chamber being bounded by at least one wall which stores a heat-exchanger fluid or through which heat-exchanger fluid flows. | 11-20-2008 |
20090101174 | DISHWASHER HAVING IMPROVED HEAT RECOVERY - A cleaning appliance for cleaning of cleaning stock is provided, which is set up in order to act with at least one cleaning fluid upon the cleaning stock in at least one cleaning chamber. The cleaning appliance has at least one fluid tank for storing the cleaning fluid. Furthermore, the cleaning appliance has a suction-extraction device for the suction-extraction of moist air from the cleaning chamber and also has at least one heat recovery device. The heat recovery device is set up in order to extract heat from the moist air. The heat recovery device has at least one Peltier element, which has a heat-absorption side and a waste-heat side. The waste-heat side is in thermal contact with a fluid heating device. The fluid heating device is, in turn, in contact with a first cooling fluid and is set up in order to heat this first cooling fluid. The cleaning appliance is set up, furthermore, in order to use the first cooling fluid for a cleaning process. | 04-23-2009 |
20090120465 | DISHWASHER WITH A LATENT HEAT ACCUMULATOR - A cleaning appliance is provided for cleaning washware, which cleaning appliance is designed to subject the washware to the action of at least one cleaning fluid in at least one cleaning chamber. The cleaning appliance has a suction-removal apparatus for removing damp air from the cleaning chamber by suction, and at least one heat recovery device. The heat recovery device is designed to draw heat from the damp air and to feed it back to the cleaning appliance by means of a first cooling fluid. The cleaning appliance has a cooling-fluid line with at least one recirculation path and at least one heat accumulator path with at least one latent heat accumulator. The cleaning appliance is designed to conduct the first cooling fluid to the cleaning chamber and/or into a fluid tank via the recirculation path in at least one operating state after said cooling fluid has flowed through the heat recovery device. The cleaning appliance is also designed to feed the first cooling fluid to the latent heat accumulator by means of the heat accumulator path in at least one standby mode. | 05-14-2009 |
20090183753 | METHOD FOR EVALUATION AND GUARANTEEING THERMAL HYGIENIC EFFECTS - The invention relates to a method for assessing and guaranteeing the thermal hygiene effect on items to be washed which are accommodated in a washing chamber of a single-chamber dishwasher or items to be cleaned which are accommodated in a cleaning chamber of a cleaning and disinfecting machine, with a temperature sensor being permanently assigned to the washing chamber or the cleaning chamber. The thermal hygiene effect produced by the temperature and action time acting on the items to be washed or the items to be cleaned is detected by means of the temperature sensor and a control system, and the heat equivalent values are calculated from this information. | 07-23-2009 |
20090242005 | BATCH DISHWASHER WITH WASTE WATER HEAT RECOVERY - A cleaning machine, in particular a batch dishwasher, comprising an individual cleaning chamber in which the items to be cleaned are accommodated, a pump which circulates washing liquid within the cleaning chamber, and a further pump which delivers fresh water, and also a boiler which stores and heats fresh water, wherein the boiler has an associated heat exchanger by means of which heat is indirectly or directly transferred from waste water which is stored in a reservoir to the fresh water which is stored in the boiler. | 10-01-2009 |
20090250085 | HEAT RECOVERY DEVICE WITH SELF-CLEANING - A heat recovery device is provided for recovering thermal energy from a fluid medium, in particular for use in a waste-water system of a dishwasher. The heat recovery device comprises at least one heat exchanger with at least one heat exchanger surface. The heat recovery device further comprises at least one heating device, which is thermally coupled to the heat exchanger surface, and also at least one controller. The controller is designed to carry out a self-cleaning process for the heat exchanger, with the heat exchanger surface being briefly heated by means of the heating device during the self-cleaning process. | 10-08-2009 |
20090255560 | NOZZLE SYSTEM - A cleaning machine, preferably a dishwasher is provided. The machine comprises at least one spray pipe, spray arm or spray arm blade being substantially of elongate extent which is provided with a plurality of, at least two, nozzles along its elongate extent. Cleaning fluid is sprayed onto items to be cleaned, for example containers or dishes, via the at least two nozzles. The flow of the medium which is to be sprayed on is deflected within the spray pipe directly in front of at least one of the nozzles such that the jet flowing through the nozzle opening contains no flow components which are directed in the longitudinal direction of the spray pipe. As a result, the jet emerges from the spray pipe substantially orthogonally to the axis of symmetry of said spray pipe. | 10-15-2009 |
20100031981 | TENSIONING DEVICE FOR A CONVEYOR DEVICE - A cleaning machine is provided, in particular a pass-through dishwasher, with a continuous conveyor belt for holding dishes, general containers or articles which are transported through the cleaning machine in the transportation direction, wherein a tensioning apparatus can be easily operated from above in the entry or exit region of the cleaning machine. | 02-11-2010 |
20100065088 | METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING A FLUID IN AN AUTOMATIC CLEANING MACHINE - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for applying a fluid ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100132735 | CLEANING APPLIANCE WITH SYSTEM FOR GERM REDUCTION USING MICROWAVES - A cleaning appliance for cleaning objects to be cleaned is provided. The cleaning appliance comprises a cleaning region for cleaning the object to be cleaned using a cleaning liquid. The cleaning appliance also comprises a microwave disinfecting device having a microwave source for generating microwave radiation. The microwave disinfecting device is used to sanitize objects, which are received in the cleaning appliance in order to be cleaned. | 06-03-2010 |
20100139690 | CLEANING APPLIANCE COMPRISING A MICROWAVE DRYING SYSTEM - A cleaning appliance is provided for cleaning objects to be cleaned. The cleaning appliance comprises at least one cleaning zone for cleaning the object to be cleaned using a cleaning liquid. The cleaning appliance further comprising a microwave drying device which can be used for at least partially drying the object to be cleaned. | 06-10-2010 |
20130180553 | DISHWASHER - The invention relates to an apparatus for the circulation and dehumidification of moist air ( | 07-18-2013 |
20140041688 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING AND GUARANTEEING A THERMAL HYGIENE EFFECT - A method for assessing and guaranteeing the thermal hygiene effect on items to be washed which are accommodated in a washing chamber of a single-chamber dishwasher or items to be cleaned which are accommodated in a cleaning chamber of a cleaning and disinfecting machine, with a temperature sensor being permanently assigned to the washing chamber or the cleaning chamber. The thermal hygiene effect produced by the temperature and action time acting on the items to be washed or the items to be cleaned is detected by means of the temperature sensor and a control system, and the heat equivalent values are calculated from this information. | 02-13-2014 |
20140096798 | CLEANING DEVICE HAVING AN ENERGY STORE - This disclosure proposes a cleaning device for cleaning items to be cleaned. The cleaning device has at least one fluid device for applying at least one cleaning fluid to the items to be cleaned. The cleaning device has at least one electrical load. The cleaning device further has at least one electrical connection for supplying electrical energy to the cleaning device. The cleaning device further has at least one energy store. The cleaning device is designed to receive electrical energy via the electrical connection and to temporarily store said electrical energy in the energy store. The cleaning device is further designed to supply electrical energy from the energy store to the at least one electrical load. | 04-10-2014 |