Patent ID: 8092614

Claim:
A method of operating a conveyor dish washer, the method comprising moving items to be cleaned in a movement direction of a dish carrier through at least one wash zone and thereafter through at least one final-rinse zone; performing at least one wash operation during which a wash liquid is being sprayed onto the items to be cleaned in the wash zone, and a final-rinse operation during which a final-rinse liquid is being sprayed onto the items to be cleaned in the final-rinse zone; wherein during the final-rinse operation in the final-rinse zone the items to be cleaned are subjected to a plurality of final-rinse liquid spray jets from above and from below, and wherein items to be cleaned are subjected to a plurality of side-originating final-rinse liquid spray jets from at least one side during the final-rinse operation in the final-rinse zone, wherein a first side-originating final-rinse liquid spray jet is angled with the movement direction and a second side-originating final-rinse liquid spray jet is angled against the movement direction.