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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024

Filed:

May. 20, 2021
Applicant:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Inventors:

Martin Schrempp, Biberach, DE;

Harald Disch, Elzach, DE;

Adrian Boldt, Offenburg, DE;

Assignee:

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/24 (2006.01); A47L 15/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/4295 (2013.01); A47L 15/241 (2013.01); A47L 15/248 (2013.01); A47L 15/46 (2013.01); A47L 2401/04 (2013.01); A47L 2401/34 (2013.01); A47L 2501/24 (2013.01); A47L 2501/30 (2013.01); A47L 2501/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system () for loading at least one conveyor warewasher (′) with washware includes a feed conveyor belt () for delivering washware to at least one loading region of the conveyor warewasher (′) and a detection system (), in particular an optical one, configured to detect at least one of the following parameters of the washware on the feed conveyor belt () when delivering the washware () to the loading region: (i) a type of the washware, (ii) a degree of soiling of the washware, and/or (iii) an order of the washware and/or an alignment of the washware relative to the feed conveyor belt (). The detection system () has an assigned evaluation device, which is configured to control the delivery of the washware to the at least one loading region as a function of at least one of the detected parameters.


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