Patent ID: 11957291
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A system for loading at least one conveyor warewasher with washware, wherein the system comprises:
a feed conveyor belt for delivering the washware to at least one loading region of the at least one conveyor warewasher;
a loading arrangement having at least one manipulator, which is configured to automatically remove the washware from the feed conveyor belt and place it on at least one conveyor track of the at least one conveyor warewasher; and
a detection system, configured as an optical detection system, which is configured to detect at least one of the following parameters of the washware on the feed conveyor belt when delivering the washware to the at least one loading region of the at least one conveyor warewasher:
i) a type of the washware;
ii) a relative position of the washware on the feed conveyor belt;
iii) a degree of soiling of the washware;

wherein the detection system has an assigned evaluation device, which is configured to control the delivery of the washware to the at least one loading region as a function of the at least one parameter detected by the detection system and/or to actuate the at least one manipulator of the loading arrangement;
wherein the detection system is configured to detect an alignment of the washware relative to the feed conveyor belt when the washware is being delivered to the at least one loading region;
wherein the evaluation device is configured to stop the feed conveyor belt when the detection system detects that the alignment of the washware deviates from at least one predetermined or determinable target alignment.