Abstract: This disclosure proposes a cleaning device for cleaning items to be cleaned. The cleaning device has at least one fluid device for applying at least one cleaning fluid to the items to be cleaned. The cleaning device has at least one electrical load. The cleaning device further has at least one electrical connection for supplying electrical energy to the cleaning device. The cleaning device further has at least one energy store. The cleaning device is designed to receive electrical energy via the electrical connection and to temporarily store said electrical energy in the energy store. The cleaning device is further designed to supply electrical energy from the energy store to the at least one electrical load.

Abstract: What is proposed is a cleaning appliance (110) for cleaning articles to be cleaned (116). The cleaning appliance (110) comprises at least one cleaning chamber (114) and at least one nozzle (123) for applying at least one cleaning fluid (118) to the articles to be cleaned (116) within the cleaning chamber (114). The cleaning appliance (110) also comprises at least one temperature sensor (168), which is arranged in at least one desired jet region (166) of the nozzle (123). The cleaning appliance (110) also comprises a control unit (157), which is designed to analyze at least one sensor signal of the temperature sensor (168) and to evaluate a jet behavior of the nozzle (123) on the basis of the sensor signal.

Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning items to be cleaned is proposed. The cleaning device includes at least one nozzle system for acting on the items to be cleaned with at least one cleaning fluid. Additionally the cleaning device includes at least one pump for conveying the cleaning fluid to the nozzle system, wherein the nozzle system comprises at least one high pressure nozzle and at least one low pressure nozzle. The high pressure nozzle and the low pressure nozzle are connected fluidically to the pump, wherein at least one fluidic switching element for adjusting an inflow of the cleaning fluid to the low pressure nozzle is connected upstream of the low pressure nozzle.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for cleaning articles is proposed. The cleaning apparatus comprises a cleaning chamber for receiving the articles. The cleaning apparatus has at least one application device for applying at least one cleaning fluid to the articles in the cleaning chamber. The cleaning apparatus has at least one door for opening the cleaning chamber and for loading and unloading the cleaning chamber with articles. The door has at least one at least partially transparent handle. The cleaning apparatus has at least one illuminating device. The illuminating device is designed to illuminate the handle at least partially and illuminate the cleaning chamber and/or an inner side of the door in an opened state of the door.

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).

Abstract: This disclosure proposes a cleaning device for cleaning items to be cleaned. The cleaning device has at least one fluid device for applying at least one cleaning fluid to the items to be cleaned. The cleaning device has at least one electrical load. The cleaning device further has at least one electrical connection for supplying electrical energy to the cleaning device. The cleaning device further has at least one energy store. The cleaning device is designed to receive electrical energy via the electrical connection and to temporarily store said electrical energy in the energy store. The cleaning device is further designed to supply electrical energy from the energy store to the at least one electrical load.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Abstract: Multi-tank dishwashers are used, in particular, industrially, in order to clean items which are to be washed. The invention relates to a multi-tank dishwasher which is provided with a washing area. The washing area comprises at least one rinsing water storage tank, at least one filter housing, at least one fine filter and at least one backwash device. In the normal mode, a filter wall of the at least one fine filter is cross flown in the direction from a waste water chamber to a pure water chamber. In order to clean the fine filter, the multi-tank dishwasher can be operated in a backwashing mode, without interrupting the washing process. In said backwashing mode, a cross-flow of the at least one filter wall of the rinsing water is reversed by using a backwash pump and a waste water pump. Dirt particles, which are located on the inner side of the filter wall, are rinsed off and are removed by the waste water pump in the waste water outlet.

Abstract: A cleaning appliance is provided for cleaning objects to be cleaned. The cleaning appliance comprises at least one cleaning zone for cleaning the object to be cleaned using a cleaning liquid. The cleaning appliance further comprising a microwave drying device which can be used for at least partially drying the object to be cleaned.

Abstract: A cleaning appliance for cleaning objects to be cleaned is provided. The cleaning appliance comprises a cleaning region for cleaning the object to be cleaned using a cleaning liquid. The cleaning appliance also comprises a microwave disinfecting device having a microwave source for generating microwave radiation. The microwave disinfecting device is used to sanitize objects, which are received in the cleaning appliance in order to be cleaned.

Abstract: A method for assessing and guaranteeing the thermal hygiene efficiency in a multi-tank dishwasher in which there is at least one sensor that transmits a temperature inside at least one treatment zone to a machine control system, in particular to the control system of the multi-tank dishwasher, the method includes: detecting the temperature inside at least one of the treatment zones by the sensor; determining the heat input applied to the items to be cleaned in at least one of the treatment zones on the basis of the temperature determined; comparing the heat input in the at least one treatment zone with a predefined heat input; and, as a function of the result of the comparison of the heat input values, varying the transport speed of the items to be cleaned through the multi-tank dishwasher, or varying the temperature of at least one of the process parameters acting on the heat input values as a control variable in a control loop for at least one of the treatment zones.

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.

Abstract: A cleaning machine is provided, in particular a pass-through dishwasher, with a continuous conveyor belt for holding dishes, general containers or articles which are transported through the cleaning machine in the transportation direction, wherein a tensioning apparatus can be easily operated from above in the entry or exit region of the cleaning machine.