Patent ID: 8192558

Claim:
A conveyor warewasher for washing wares, comprising: a first spray zone with multiple nozzles for spraying liquid onto wares passing therethrough, the first spray zone including a first tank for collecting sprayed liquid, the first tank including a drain outlet at the bottom of the first tank for draining of the first tank and a drain stop movable between a drain outlet closed position and a drain outlet open position; a second spray zone with multiple nozzles for spraying liquid onto wares passing therethrough, the second spray zone including a second tank for collecting sprayed liquid, the second tank including a drain outlet at the bottom of the second tank for draining of the second tank, an associated drain path that leads to the first tank and an associated drain path stop moveable between a drain path open position and a drain path closed position; and a drain control assembly including a common drain actuator operatively connected to cause both (i) movement of the drain stop between the drain outlet closed position and the drain outlet open position and (ii) movement of the drain path stop between the drain path closed position and the drain path open position, such that upon movement of the common drain actuator, the second tank drains into the first tank along the drain path enabling liquid in the second tank to exit the second tank into the first tank and then exit the drain outlet of the first tank.