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Patent No.:

US 12543920 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 18, 2021

Conveyor warewasher and method for operating a conveyor warewasher

Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Harald Disch, Elzach, DE;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

THOMPSON HINE LLP

Primary Examiner:

Rita P Adhlakha

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/24 (2006.01); A47L 15/46 (2006.01); G06V 10/26 (2022.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/4295 (2013.01); A47L 15/0026 (2013.01); A47L 15/0028 (2013.01); A47L 15/0034 (2013.01); A47L 15/241 (2013.01); A47L 15/4287 (2013.01); A47L 15/4289 (2013.01); A47L 15/46 (2013.01); G06V 10/26 (2022.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01); A47L 2401/04 (2013.01); A47L 2501/04 (2013.01); A47L 2501/06 (2013.01); A47L 2501/07 (2013.01); A47L 2501/12 (2013.01); A47L 2501/20 (2013.01); A47L 2501/24 (2013.01); A47L 2501/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

A conveyor warewasher for cleaning washware includes at least one washing zone at least one rinsing zone and a conveyor apparatus for conveying the washware therethrough. A camera system is arranged above or below or to the side of the conveyor apparatus and is configured to capture at least one image of an area of the conveyor apparatus. An evaluation device is configured to evaluate and determine on the basis of the classification performed whether, at the time of the image capture, at least one of the following categories of washware was present in the area of the conveyor apparatus: cutlery or pieces of cutlery; pots, pans, or GN containers; glasses, in particular drinking glasses; trays or tray-like objects; plates, cups, or bowls; utensils; other washware; mixed washware; plastic washware; or no washware.

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