Patents Assigned to Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KG
  • Publication number: 20150314340
    Abstract: Proposed is a product range for cleaning breathing apparatuses, including at least two holders, wherein the holders include: a first holder for cleaning breathing masks and breathing valves, including at least one mask holding device for positioning at least one breathing mask, additionally comprising at least one breathing valve holding device for positioning at least one breathing valve and least one pressurizing device with at least one pressure connection, wherein the pressure connection is connectable to the breathing valve and wherein the pressurizing device is set up to apply compressed air to the breathing valve during cleaning; and at least one second holder for cleaning carrying frameworks for pressurized gas cylinders for breather apparatuses, including at least one carrying framework holding device for positioning at least one carrying framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Herbert Falk, Heiko Worner
  • Publication number: 20150272420
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cleaning washware, in particular dishes, is provided. In the process, the washware is subjected to at least one wash process in which adhering dirt is at least largely removed. The washware is then subjected to a final-washing process which has at least two substeps. The washware is acted on by a first rinse liquid in a first substep, with the first rinse liquid containing a disinfectant. The washware is acted on by a second rinse liquid in a subsequent second substep, with the second rinse liquid comprising at least one permeate which is produced by reverse osmosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas PEUKERT, Hans-Josef RAUBER, Vera SCHNEIDER, Stefan SCHERINGER
  • Patent number: 9078553
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cleaning washware, in particular dishes, is provided. In the process, the washware is subjected to at least one wash process in which adhering dirt is at least largely removed. The washware is then subjected to a final-washing process which has at least two substeps. The washware is acted on by a first rinse liquid in a first substep, with the first rinse liquid containing a disinfectant. The washware is acted on by a second rinse liquid in a subsequent second substep, with the second rinse liquid comprising at least one permeate which is produced by reverse osmosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Peukert, Hans-Josef Rauber, Vera Schneider, Stefan Scheringer
  • Publication number: 20150106710
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an automatic cleaning device, in particular an industrially usable dishwasher or cleaning and disinfection device with a man-machine interface and a display with buttons. Symbols for the operation and/or an ongoing process are illustrated on the man-machine interface. An interaction of an operator with the man-machine interface is effected via buttons. Depending on the requirements of the operator, context-sensitive help is retrieved via a retrieval, said help accessing a stored information supply comprising image formats, PNG formats, drawings, maintenance lists, spare parts lists and/or databases, which are offered to the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Dirschus, Philipp Huber
  • Publication number: 20140352745
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning and disinfecting device (10). The cleaning and disinfecting device (10) comprises a wash chamber (12), which is closed by a wash chamber door (14) and which can be actuated by means of a drive (26). A pivoting path or a pivoting area (24) of the wash chamber door (14) is monitored by at least one sensor (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ingo Wiegand
  • Patent number: 8834638
    Abstract: A method for cleaning and/or disinfecting an item to be cleaned is proposed. The item to be cleaned is exposed to at least one cleaning fluid, heat equivalents to which the item to be cleaned is exposed being recorded. The heat equivalents are added up, the heat equivalents additionally being weighted with a compensation function during the summation of the heat equivalents. The compensation function can be a function of the temperature at which the heat equivalents were recorded. The compensation function can be adapted to provide heat equivalents recorded in at least one exceptional temperature range with a lower weighting than heat equivalents recorded in other temperature ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Braun, Thomas Peukert
  • Patent number: 8746461
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter insert (36, 66) for cleaning machines, in particular continuous-flow dishwashers (10), in which a batch to be cleaned runs through at least one treatment zone. The at least one treatment zone is assigned a washing tank (12). The filter insert (36) has a number of longitudinal ribs (38) which run parallel to one another and delimit flumes (48).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Bruno Gaus
  • Publication number: 20140041688
    Abstract: A method for assessing and guaranteeing the thermal hygiene effect on items to be washed which are accommodated in a washing chamber of a single-chamber dishwasher or items to be cleaned which are accommodated in a cleaning chamber of a cleaning and disinfecting machine, with a temperature sensor being permanently assigned to the washing chamber or the cleaning chamber. The thermal hygiene effect produced by the temperature and action time acting on the items to be washed or the items to be cleaned is detected by means of the temperature sensor and a control system, and the heat equivalent values are calculated from this information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: MEIKO MASCHINENBAU GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Bruno MAENNLE, Bruno GAUS, Denis LEHMANN
  • Patent number: 8491723
    Abstract: A method for an automated self-cleaning of a continuous dishwasher for items to be cleaned with at least one rinsing zone, at least one clear rinsing zone and also a transporter. Items to be cleaned are conveyed in the direction of transportation via the transporter. The continuous dishwasher comprises at least one fine filter with a back-rinser on at least one storage tank and also at least one device for emptying each of the storage tanks. The continuous dishwasher automatically carries out a self-cleaning cycle in which cleaning liquid located in each of the storage tanks is used several times in succession in the various zones for cleaning thereof. The cleaning liquid is circulated by means of circulating pumps in the respective storage tanks and supplied to spraying systems, which are already present in the respective zones, or to separate nozzles or nozzle heads for wetting the inner side of the faces delimiting the respective zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Denis Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20130180553
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the circulation and dehumidification of moist air (54) within an automatic cleaning machine (10), in particular a commercially used program-controlled dishwasher. The inventively proposed apparatus is accommodated within a cleaning chamber (12) delimited by walls (18, 20). At least one of the walls (18, 20) is cooled from outside by a medium (24). In the cleaning chamber (12) is located a blower (50). This imparts to moist air (54) sucked up from the cleaning rack (17) a flow (52, 56, 58) along the at least one wall (18, 20) cooled by a medium (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
  • Publication number: 20130074882
    Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning respirators, in particular breathing regulators and/or breathing masks, is proposed. The cleaning device comprises at least one cleaning chamber for receiving at least one respirator. The cleaning device also has at least one fluid device for applying at least one cleaning fluid to the respirator. The cleaning device also has at least one pressure application device with at least one pressure connection. The pressure connection can be connected to at least one gas carrying element of the respirator. The pressure application device is set up for applying pressurized gas to the gas carrying element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 8397735
    Abstract: An apparatus for level control in a fluid tank is provided, wherein the fluid tank is designed to accommodate a supply of a fluid. The apparatus includes at least one conveying line through which the fluid can flow and which has at least one control opening which is hydraulically connected to the fluid tank. The control opening is designed to at least largely prevent fluid flowing out of the conveying line and into the fluid tank when at least one minimum level in the fluid tank is exceeded, and the control opening is further designed to allow fluid to flow out of the conveying line and into the fluid tank when the at least one minimum level in the fluid tank is undershot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Roederer, Joachim Franz
  • Patent number: 8307839
    Abstract: A cleaning appliance is provided for cleaning washware, which cleaning appliance is designed to subject the washware to the action of at least one cleaning fluid in at least one cleaning chamber. The cleaning appliance has a suction-removal apparatus for removing damp air from the cleaning chamber by suction, and at least one heat recovery device. The heat recovery device is designed to draw heat from the damp air and to feed it back to the cleaning appliance by means of a first cooling fluid. The cleaning appliance has a cooling-fluid line with at least one recirculation path and at least one heat accumulator path with at least one latent heat accumulator. The cleaning appliance is designed to conduct the first cooling fluid to the cleaning chamber and/or into a fluid tank via the recirculation path in at least one operating state after said cooling fluid has flowed through the heat recovery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Peukert, Bruno Gaus, Thomas Naeger
  • Patent number: 8303728
    Abstract: A pass-through dishwasher is provided having at least one washing zone, at least one rinsing zone and a drying zone. The pass-through dishwasher is used to clean items to be washed and comprises a conveyor device for conveying the items to be washed through successive treatment zones. The pass-through dishwasher comprises a drying zone which has arranged in it at least one drying fan whose rotation speed can be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Peukert, Bruno Gaus
  • Patent number: 8241431
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for applying a fluid (32) to items (14) to be cleaned, which items are continuously or intermittently transported in the conveying direction (12) in an automatic cleaning machine, preferably an automatic pass-through dishwasher. At least two, preferably tubular, spray bodies (26.1, 26.2, 26.3, . . . 26.n) which are spaced apart from one another are arranged in at least one spray plane (22, 24) which is oriented parallel to the conveying direction (12) of the items (14) to be cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Stefan Scheringer, Michael Streb, Engelbert Ecker, Thomas Peukert, Bruno Gaus, Joachim Kupetz, Wendelin Hils, Denis Lehmann, Thomas Roederer
  • Patent number: 8226777
    Abstract: A heat recovery device is provided for recovering thermal energy from a fluid medium, in particular for use in a waste-water system of a dishwasher. The heat recovery device comprises at least one heat exchanger with at least one heat exchanger surface. The heat recovery device further comprises at least one heating device, which is thermally coupled to the heat exchanger surface, and also at least one controller. The controller is designed to carry out a self-cleaning process for the heat exchanger, with the heat exchanger surface being briefly heated by means of the heating device during the self-cleaning process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Bruno Gaus, Joachim Kupetz, Denis Lehmann, Thomas Naeger, Thomas Peukert, Vera Schneider
  • Patent number: 8176926
    Abstract: A cleaning machine, in particular a batch dishwasher, comprising an individual cleaning chamber in which the items to be cleaned are accommodated, a pump which circulates washing liquid within the cleaning chamber, and a further pump which delivers fresh water, and also a boiler which stores and heats fresh water, wherein the boiler has an associated heat exchanger by means of which heat is indirectly or directly transferred from waste water which is stored in a reservoir to the fresh water which is stored in the boiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bruno Gaus, Joachim Kupetz, Denis Lehmann, Thomas Naeger, Thomas Peukert, Vera Schneider
  • Patent number: 8146181
    Abstract: A drain valve which is used in particular in storage tanks of dishwashers, such as single-chamber or multi-chamber dishwashers. The drain valve comprises a sieve insert accommodated on a support which is of tubular design, and in which a contact switch is arranged to sense the presence of the sieve insert. The support can be moved in the vertical direction with respect to the drain opening in the base of a storage tank by means of an electric drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Bruno Gaus
  • Patent number: 8052804
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conveyor dishwasher having at least one washing zone (3, 4), at least one rinsing zone (5, 6), a suction-extraction location (23) and/or a heat-recovery device (11). The dishwasher also comprises at least one drying zone (7). The flow direction (30) of the exhaust air within the dishwasher runs from the outlet (8) to the inlet (1), counter to the transporting direction (9) of the wash ware (10) through the dishwasher, the suction-extraction location (23) being arranged in the region of the inlet (1) of the dishwasher, and volumes of air (28, 33) which are withdrawn from the drying zone (7) being dependent on positions (34, 35) of exit nozzles (26) for hot air within the drying zone (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Scheringer, Bruno Gaus, Thomas Peukert, Ingo Wiegand, Michael Streb
  • Patent number: 8028818
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transporting a transportation rack (12) through a conveyor-type dishwasher which has a plurality of treatment zones by means of transportation catches (10) which are accommodated on transportation rails (5, 6). The transportation catches (10) transport transportation racks (12) in the conveying direction (1.1), with the transportation rails (5, 6) being driven by means of a rotary shaft (3). The transportation catches (10) pivot (11) about a shaft (8), which runs parallel to the conveying direction (1.1), during a forward stroke (VH) of the transportation rails (5, 6) and during the return stroke (RH) of said transportation rails. The invention also relates to a conveyor-type dishwasher comprising transportation rails (5, 6) on which transportation catches (10) are held. The transportation catches (10) are mounted such that they can pivot on shafts (8) which are oriented parallel to the conveying direction (1.1) of the transportation rack (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Kupetz, Engelbert Ecker