Patents by Inventor Klaus Padtberg
Klaus Padtberg has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20200288939Abstract: A conveyor dishwasher (1) for washing washware has at least one final rinse zone (30, 40) and at least one washing zone (10, 20) which—as seen in the conveying direction (T) of the washware—is arranged upstream of the at least one final rinse zone (30, 40). A sensor device (5) is provided for detecting at least one parameter which characterizes the quality of the liquid which is to be sprayed in the at least one washing zone (10, 20), wherein the conveyor dishwasher (1) has a liquid transfer system which is designed, for the purpose of regenerating the washing liquid which is to be sprayed in the at least one washing zone (10, 20), to preferably as required supply an in particular definable quantity of fresh water to the at least one washing zone (10, 20).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2017Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Klaus PADTBERG, Harald DISCH
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Patent number: 10555659Abstract: The present invention relates to a conveyor dishwasher—with at least one final rinse zone with at least one final rinse nozzle for spraying final rinse liquid onto washware, and wherein a metering device associated with the final rinse zone is provided for adding a disinfectant to the final rinse liquid in a metered manner. A sensor device is configured to detect the concentration of disinfectant in the final rinse liquid which is sprayed in the final rinse zone. Furthermore, a control device is configured to compare the value of the concentration of disinfectant which is detected by the sensor device with predefinable concentration values and, in the event of excessively high deviations of the concentration of disinfectant from the predefinable concentration values, to interrupt the dishwashing process or to output a warning signal to an operator.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Björn Himmelsbach, Frank Zoller, Harald Disch, Klaus Padtberg
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Patent number: 10292563Abstract: A warewasher has at least one treatment system comprising a jet system (60, 61, 62, 63, 202) with at least one jet for spraying treatment liquid onto the items within at least one treatment zone (32, 33, 201), a fresh water system and a control device (10), wherein the fresh water system has at least one water feed (71), with at least one fresh water inlet (70) for the introduction of fresh water into the at least one treatment zone (32, 33, 201) as well as a controllable capacitive deionization unit (50), wherein the at least one cell (50a, 50b) is designed to be operated in a deionization mode and in at least one further operating mode, wherein the control device (10) is designed to change the operating mode of the at least one cell (50a, 50b) in accordance with at least one operating parameter of the warewasher.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2013Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: PREMARK FEG L.L.C.Inventors: Harald Disch, Dietrich Berner, Klaus Padtberg, Harry Braun
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Publication number: 20190014968Abstract: The invention relates to a system, wherein the system has a washer (1) that is preferably in the form of a commercial washer (1). The washer (1) may be in the form of a utensil washer or dishwasher. Further, the system has at least one sensor device for capturing at least one process-relevant parameter of the washer (1) and/or for monitoring at least one function-relevant component of the washer (1). The system additionally has a machine control unit having a device for wireless data transmission for transmitting received sensor data from the sensor device to an external device (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2017Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventors: Klaus PADTBERG, Sven LEHMANN
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Patent number: 9944466Abstract: The invention relates to a conveying apparatus (200, 200?, 200?, 200??) for feeding washware (100, 101) to at least one conveyor belt (50, 51, 52) of a commercial conveyor warewasher (1), with a conveying system (201) for conveying the washware (100, 101), in particular for feeding trays or tray-like washware (100), of cutlery and/or of other washware (101). The invention is characterized by an unloading station (202, 202?, 202?, 202??) for automatically unloading the washware (100, 101) from the conveying apparatus (200, 200?, 200?, 200??) transversely to the conveying direction of the conveying system (201), in which the trays (100), with or without cutlery (103) lying on them, can be oriented on edge and parallel to the transport direction of the conveying system (201), so as to be capable of being placed onto a conveyor belt (50) of the conveyor warewasher.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: PREMARK FEG L.L.C.Inventors: Harald Disch, Klaus Padtberg, Frank Zoller
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Patent number: 9700195Abstract: A conveyor dishwasher has at least one wash zone, at least one final rinse zone, and conveyor apparatus. In order to reduce the consumption of disinfection chemical and energy, but to nevertheless maintain a desired final rinse result, the final rinse liquid which is sprayed in the final rinse zone has a metered disinfection chemical, and at least one additional final rinse zone arranged downstream of the final rinse zone provided for spraying fresh water without a disinfection chemical onto the washware to be treated. The at least one additional final rinse zone has an associated collection device for collecting liquid which is sprayed in the additional final rinse zone. Furthermore, a liquid transfer system is provided, it being possible to supply the liquid which is collected in the collection device directly to the wash zone by means of said liquid transfer system.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2012Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: PREMARK FEG L.L.C.Inventors: Klaus Padtberg, Harald Disch
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Publication number: 20170065146Abstract: The present invention relates to a conveyor dishwasher—with at least one final rinse zone with at least one final rinse nozzle for spraying final rinse liquid onto washware, and wherein a metering device associated with the final rinse zone is provided for adding a disinfectant to the final rinse liquid in a metered manner. A sensor device is configured to detect the concentration of disinfectant in the final rinse liquid which is sprayed in the final rinse zone. Furthermore, a control device is configured to compare the value of the concentration of disinfectant which is detected by the sensor device with predefinable concentration values and, in the event of excessively high deviations of the concentration of disinfectant from the predefinable concentration values, to interrupt the dishwashing process or to output a warning signal to an operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Björn HIMMELSBACH, Frank ZOLLER, Harald DISCH, Klaus PADTBERG
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Publication number: 20150173585Abstract: A warewasher has at least one treatment system comprising a jet system (60, 61, 62, 63, 202) with at least one jet for spraying treatment liquid onto the items within at least one treatment zone (32, 33, 201), a fresh water system and a control device (10), wherein the fresh water system has at least one water feed (71), with at least one fresh water inlet (70) for the introduction of fresh water into the at least one treatment zone (32, 33, 201) as well as a controllable capacitive deionization unit (50), wherein the at least one cell (50a, 50b) is designed to be operated in a deionization mode and in at least one further operating mode, wherein the control device (10) is designed to change the operating mode of the at least one cell (50a, 50b) in accordance with at least one operating parameter of the warewasher.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Harald Disch, Dietrich Berner, Klaus Padtberg, Harry Braun
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Publication number: 20150083163Abstract: A dishwasher for crockery or utensils, which is designed as a box-type dishwasher or as a conveyor dishwasher, wherein the dishwasher (1) has at least one wash tank (12), for accommodating a treatment fluid (20), and at least one final-rinse system, for supplying a final-rinse fluid (42). In order for it to be possible for expensive wash chemicals to be dispensed with for the most part, the dishwasher (1) also has a treatment-fluid generator (100) with at least one electrolysis device (109), wherein the treatment-fluid generator (100) is, or can be, connected to the wash tank (12) and is designed to supply an alkaline solution in the wash tank (12) of the dishwasher (1) by electrolysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Klaus Padtberg, Harald Disch
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Publication number: 20140034088Abstract: A conveyor dishwasher has at least one wash zone, at least one final rinse zone, and conveyor apparatus. In order to reduce the consumption of disinfection chemical and energy, but to nevertheless maintain a desired final rinse result, the final rinse liquid which is sprayed in the final rinse zone has a metered disinfection chemical, and at least one additional final rinse zone arranged downstream of the final rinse zone provided for spraying fresh water without a disinfection chemical onto the washware to be treated. The at least one additional final rinse zone has an associated collection device for collecting liquid which is sprayed in the additional final rinse zone. Furthermore, a liquid transfer system is provided, it being possible to supply the liquid which is collected in the collection device directly to the wash zone by means of said liquid transfer system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: PREMARK FEG L.L.C.Inventors: Klaus Padtberg, Harald Disch
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Patent number: 8603259Abstract: A conveyor warewasher (1) which having at least one washing zone (6, 7, 8, 9), at least one rinsing zone (10) and at least one drying zone (26) and also a control device (36). In order to achieve an effective cleaning and drying of the washware, along with as low a consumption as possible of resources in terms of water, chemicals and, in particular, energy, there is provision for the control device (36) to be designed for selecting a previously defined or definable program sequence at least in the at least one drying zone (26) and for setting the process parameters associated with the selected program sequence automatically as a function of the conveying speed at which the washware is conveyed through the treatment zones (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 26) of the conveyor warewasher (1).Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.Inventors: Dietrich Berner, Harald Disch, Ralf Hubner, Klaus Padtberg
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Publication number: 20130319828Abstract: The invention relates to a conveying apparatus (200, 200?, 200?, 200??) for feeding washware (100, 101) to at least one conveyor belt (50, 51, 52) of a commercial conveyor warewasher (1), with a conveying system (201) for conveying the washware (100, 101), in particular for feeding trays or tray-like washware (100), of cutlery and/or of other washware (101). The invention is characterized by an unloading station (202, 202?, 202?, 202??) for automatically unloading the washware (100, 101) from the conveying apparatus (200, 200?, 200?, 200??) transversely to the conveying direction of the conveying system (201), in which the trays (100), with or without cutlery (103) lying on them, can be oriented on edge and parallel to the transport direction of the conveying system (201), so as to be capable of being placed onto a conveyor belt (50) of the conveyor warewasher.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: PREMARK FEG L.L.C.Inventors: Harald Disch, Klaus Padtberg, Frank Zoller
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Publication number: 20130247940Abstract: A loading apparatus (50; 50?) for a conveyor dishwasher (1), wherein the loading apparatus (50; 50?) has at least one stacking magazine (51;51?) by means of which washware (100) which is to be cleaned is received in a stackwise manner. The at least one stacking magazine (51; 51?) has a separating arrangement by means of which the items of washware (101) received in the stacking magazine (51; 51?) are discharged one by one. The loading apparatus (50; 50?) also has a conveying arrangement (55; 55?) by means of which the items of washware (101?) discharged one by one by the separating arrangement are fed to a transporting belt (62) of the conveyor dishwasher (1). The separating arrangement moves the items of washware (101) in the vertical direction and discharges a respectively lowermost item of washware (101) out of the stacking magazine (11, 11?).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2011Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: PREMARK FEG L.L.C.Inventors: Klaus Padtberg, Dietrich Berner, Harald Disch
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Publication number: 20130240001Abstract: A conveyor dishwasher (1) having at least one wash zone (10, 11.1, 11.2, 12) and at least one final rinse zone (13) and also having a conveyor apparatus (2) for conveying washware (100, 101, 102, 103) through the at least one wash zone (10, 11.1, 11.2, 12) and the at least one final rinse zone (13). In order to make the entire washing and rinsing process more efficient, provision is made for the conveyor apparatus (2) to have a first conveyor belt (50) for trays or tray-like washware (100) and a second conveyor belt (51), which runs parallel to the first conveyor belt (50), for other washware (101, 102, 103), with the first conveyor belt (50) having a width which is reduced in comparison to the second conveyor belt (51) in such a way that a tray or a tray-like item (100) of washware can be held by the first conveyor belt (50) only when it is in a state in which it is placed on edge and is oriented parallel to the conveying direction (T).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: PREMARK FEG L.L.C.Inventors: Klaus Padtberg, Harald Disch, Frank Zoller
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Patent number: 8342194Abstract: Conveyor ware washer comprising a water treatment device (70) for treating sprayed wash liquid in such manner that the treated liquid is of potable quality of water from the microbiological point of view and hence can be used as final rinse liquid or as part of a final rinse liquid.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2006Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.Inventors: Dietrich Berner, Klaus Padtberg
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Publication number: 20120298146Abstract: A conveyor-type warewash machine includes a conveyor mechanism for moving wares through a plurality of spray zones including at least one spray zone having spray nozzles for spraying recirculated liquid from a collection tank in the spray zone and a downstream final rinse zone with spray nozzles for spraying final rinse liquid. A sensor arrangement is located for monitoring condition of liquid of the collection tank. A control is operatively connected with the sensor arrangement and configured to vary flow rate of final rinse liquid sprayed from the final rinse nozzles based upon condition of liquid as indicated by the sensor arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Klaus Padtberg, Harald Disch
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Patent number: 8042557Abstract: Multitank conveyor-type dishwasher (2) for washing items (10) to be washed, comprising at least two wash zones (6, 8) which are arranged in succession in the conveying direction (4); a liquid forward-flow apparatus (26) between in each case two successive wash zones (6, 8) for transferring liquid between these wash zones (6, 8) in a forward-flow direction (28) counter to the conveying direction (4); characterized in that a liquid recirculation apparatus (60) is provided for transferring sprayed liquid of a front wash zone (8), as seen in the conveying direction (4), into a rear wash zone (6) which is arranged downstream of the front wash zone (8), as seen in the conveying direction (4), counter to the forward-flow direction (28).Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.Inventors: Dietrich Berner, Klaus Padtberg, Harald Disch
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Publication number: 20110114132Abstract: A ware washer, which is designed as a programmable machine or as a conveyor ware washer, has at least one pump, at least one line system connected to the pump, and at least one nozzle system connected to the line system and having at least one nozzle, a liquid being supplied at least intermittently to the at least one nozzle via the line system. A sensor device connected to a control device is provided for detecting a profile of the volumetric flow rate of the liquid in the line system and for comparing the detected flow rate profile with a predetermined flow rate profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2009Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: Premark FEG L.L.C.Inventors: Klaus Padtberg, Frank A. Bondarowicz, Alan J. Varacins, Harald Disch
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Patent number: 7938913Abstract: A conveyor dishwasher includes a storage tank for holding sprayed final rinse liquid and a controllable liquid transfer device for transferring liquid from the storage tank to at least one wash zone as a function of a liquid demand in at least one of the wash zones.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2006Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.Inventors: Dietrich Berner, Klaus Padtberg, Harald Disch, Jürgen Litterst
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Publication number: 20110094544Abstract: A warewash machine includes a tank for holding liquid to be sprayed on items in a spray chamber and a recirculation line for delivering liquid from the tank to nozzles for spraying. A sensor arrangement is provided for monitoring condition of tank liquid, the sensor arrangement including an light emitter and a light receiver. A control is provided for energizing the light emitter and monitoring output of the light receiver, wherein the control is configured to vary the energization level of the light emitter during sensing to extend a useful range of measurement the sensor arrangement. The sensor arrangement may be located in line with or in parallel with a drain line of the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2009Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: Premark FEG L.L.C.Inventors: Joseph E. Fabin, Klaus Padtberg, Alan J. Varacins, Frank A. Bondarowicz