Patent ID: 9700195
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A47L

Claim:
1. A conveyor dishwasher having at least one wash zone and at least one final rinse zone which is arranged downstream of the at least one wash zone, and having a conveyor apparatus for conveying washware through the at least one wash zone and the at least one final rinse zone, with a final rinse liquid which is sprayed onto the washware to be treated in the at least one final rinse zone having a metered disinfection chemical, and with at least one additional final rinse zone which is arranged downstream of the at least one final rinse zone as seen in a conveying direction being provided for spraying fresh water without a disinfection chemical onto the washware to be treated; characterized in that the at least one final rinse zone has an associated collection device for collecting liquid which is sprayed in the at least one final rinse zone; in that the at least one additional final rinse zone has an associated collection device for collecting liquid which is sprayed in the at least one additional final rinse zone, wherein the collection device associated with the at least one additional final rinse zone is separate from the collection device associated with the at least one final rinse zone, wherein the collection device associated with the at least one additional final rinse zone is not connected to deliver liquid for spraying in the at least one final rinse zone; and in that a liquid transfer system is provided, it being possible to supply the liquid which is collected in the collection device of the at least one additional final rinse zone directly to the at least one wash zone by means of said liquid transfer system, or it being possible to supply the liquid which is collected in the collection device of the at least one additional final rinse zone directly to a wastewater outlet of the conveyor dishwasher by means of said liquid transfer system, in either case such that the liquid collected in the collection device of the at least one additional final rinse zone bypasses the collection device of the at least one final rinse zone in order to avoid diluting liquid in the collection device of the at least one final rinse zone.