Patent ID: 11930981
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A dishwasher for cleaning items of washware in the form of drinking vessels, wherein the dishwasher has a single treatment zone and at least one conveyor apparatus for conveying the items of washware to be cleaned from an introduction region of the dishwasher through the single treatment zone of the dishwasher to a removal region of the dishwasher,
wherein:
the conveyor apparatus is configured to convey a previously defined or definable group of items of washware to be cleaned in batches from the introduction region through the single treatment zone and then to feed the group of items of washware as cleaned items of washware to the removal region; or
in that the conveyor apparatus is configured to convey the items of washware to be cleaned individually from the introduction region through the single treatment zone and then to feed them to the removal region as a cleaned item of washware;

wherein the conveyor apparatus comprises a carousel conveyor apparatus that rotates to move the group of items or the individual items from the introduction region through the single treatment zone and then to the removal region;
wherein the dishwasher has a control device that is configured to activate the at least one conveyor apparatus in such a way that each item of washware to be cleaned is conveyed discontinuously, such that, for each item of washware, the item of washware is conveyed from the introduction region of the dishwasher into the single treatment zone and then stopped at a location in the single treatment zone for cleaning, with at least both washing and rinsing of the item of washware taking place temporally in succession while the item of washware is stopped at the location in the single treatment zone, and thereafter the item of washware is conveyed to the removal region.