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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2016
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A flight-type dishwasher or rack conveyor dishwasher has a conveyor apparatus () for conveying washware through individual treatment zones () of the conveyor dishwasher (). The conveyor dishwasher () has a detection system () designed to detect the presence of washware or a washware carrier () in a predefined region (A) at an inlet () or at a feed () of the conveyor dishwasher (). A control device () is designed to actuate the conveyor apparatus () such that the conveyor apparatus () is activated when washware or a washware carrier () is detected in the region (A) at the inlet () or feed () of the conveyor dishwasher (), and that the conveyor apparatus () is deactivated when no washware or no washware carrier () is detected in the region (A) at the inlet () or feed () of the conveyor dishwasher ().