Patent ID: 8052804

Claim:
A conveyor dishwasher having at least one washing zone, at least one rinsing zone, a drying zone, a suction-extraction location for an exhaust-air stream and a transporting device for conveying wash ware in a transporting direction through the conveyor dishwasher, and wherein: a drying fan with pivotable exit nozzles is provided in the drying zone for producing a heated air stream, whereby, depending on the position of the pivotable exit nozzles, a variable flow volume of the heated air stream is channeled in a flow direction counter to the transport direction of the wash ware through the dishwasher, air intake openings, that can accommodate external-air streams drawn into the dishwasher, are provided at an inlet and an outlet of the dishwasher; the suction-extraction location is disposed upstream, relative to the transporting direction, of the at least one washing zone, the at least one rinsing zone and the drying zone; and a motor-driven fan with an air intake communicating with the interior of the dishwasher is disposed at the suction-extraction location, whereby a heated air stream is produced that moves through the dishwasher in a direction counter to the transporting direction.