Patent ID: 8746262
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. Conveyor dishwasher comprising a conveyor apparatus for conveying washware through at least one wash zone and at least one final rinse zone, with the conveyor apparatus having a number of compartments for accommodating washware, with the at least one final rinse zone having spray nozzles for spraying final rinse liquid onto the washware, and with a washware sensor apparatus being provided in order to detect empty compartments from amongst the number of compartments, characterized in that a control apparatus is provided, which is designed to automatically set the quantity of final rinse liquid supplied to the spray nozzles per unit time as a function of the detection of empty compartments; wherein the control apparatus is designed to automatically set the quantity of final rinse liquid supplied to the spray nozzles per unit time to a predefined or predefinable first value when an occupied compartment enters the at least one final rinse zone, and to automatically set the quantity of final rinse liquid supplied to the spray nozzles per unit time to a predefined or predefinable second value when an empty compartment enters the at least one final rinse zone, with the second value being greater than zero and less than the first value.