Patent ID: 7886753

Claim:
A disinfection apparatus for disinfecting liquid cleaning of objects to be cleaned, said disinfection apparatus comprising: a chamber adapted to receive said objects to be cleaned, said chamber having a bottom wall and side walls; a washing system for supplying liquid to said chamber; a pump for pumping liquid in said washing system; and at least one collecting region adjacent to an inlet of said pump for collecting liquid from said chamber to said pump, wherein: said pump is arranged outside said chamber and at least partly at a higher vertical level than said bottom wall of said chamber; said bottom wall of said chamber is inclined towards said inlet of said pump; said at least one collecting region is defined by said bottom wall of said chamber and at least one partition extending horizontally from at least one of the side walls in order to screen the inlet of said pump from liquid descending into said chamber at least nearest said inlet of the pump, said partition is arranged in such a way that a flow gap is formed between said partition and the bottom wall of the chamber along at least a portion of a periphery of said partition, and said partition is configured to direct liquid descending onto said partition towards said flow gap.