Patent ID: 9693673
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A47L

Claim:
1. A warewasher comprising: a treatment chamber ( a tank ( a washing system comprising a washing pump ( a fresh water rinsing system comprising at least one rinsing pump ( a drying device ( wherein the drying device ( 40 ) has at least one sorption unit ( 41 ) having a reversibly dehydratable dry material as well as at least one fan ( 44 ) for circulating air in such a way that air is guided through the sorption unit ( 41 ) and is then fed again to the treatment chamber ( 2 ), wherein the drying device ( 40 ) is arranged above the treatment chamber ( 2 ); wherein the drying device ( 40 ) has an air inlet ( 40 a ), which is connected via an inlet line ( 42 ) to the treatment chamber, wherein the inlet line ( 42 ) is connected laterally or from above to the treatment chamber ( 2 ); wherein the drying device ( 40 ) has an air outlet ( 40 b ), which is connected via an outlet line ( 43 ) to the treatment chamber ( 2 ), wherein the outlet line ( 43 ) is connected laterally or from above to the treatment chamber ( 2 ); wherein the drying device ( 40 ) further has a heating unit ( 45 ) for heating the reversibly dehydratable dry material, and wherein the heating unit ( 45 ) has an output of 1 to 14 kW; wherein the heating unit ( 45 ) has a multiplicity of heating elements, which are arranged at uniform distances within the reversibly dehydratable dry material.