EP2076161B1 - Verfahren zum verteilen eines fluides in reinigungsautomaten - Google Patents

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EP2076161B1
EP2076161B1 EP07818743A EP07818743A EP2076161B1 EP 2076161 B1 EP2076161 B1 EP 2076161B1 EP 07818743 A EP07818743 A EP 07818743A EP 07818743 A EP07818743 A EP 07818743A EP 2076161 B1 EP2076161 B1 EP 2076161B1
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Stefan Scheringer
Michael Streb
Engelbert Ecker
Thomas Peukert
Bruno Gaus
Joachim Kupetz
Wendelin Hils
Denis Lehmann
Thomas RÖDERER
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
    • A47L15/14—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware with stationary crockery baskets and spraying devices within the cleaning chamber
    • A47L15/16—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware with stationary crockery baskets and spraying devices within the cleaning chamber with rigidly-mounted spraying devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
    • A47L15/24—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware with movement of the crockery baskets by conveyors
    • A47L15/241—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware with movement of the crockery baskets by conveyors the dishes moving in a horizontal plane
    • A47L15/245—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware with movement of the crockery baskets by conveyors the dishes moving in a horizontal plane the dishes being placed directly on the conveyors, i.e. not in dish racks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
    • A47L15/24—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware with movement of the crockery baskets by conveyors
    • A47L15/247—Details specific to conveyor-type machines, e.g. curtains
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
    • A47L15/24—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware with movement of the crockery baskets by conveyors
    • A47L15/241—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware with movement of the crockery baskets by conveyors the dishes moving in a horizontal plane

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  • the present invention relates to a method and a device for introducing a fluid into a cleaning machine, in particular a continuous dishwashing machine for cleaning items such as dishes, cutlery or the like.
  • DE 10 2004 049 392 A1 is a method for transporting items to be cleaned by a continuous dishwasher and a continuous dishwasher known.
  • a continuous-flow dishwasher comprises at least one washing zone, a final-rinse zone, wherein the items to be cleaned are cleaned in the washing zone and rinsed clear in the final-rinse zone.
  • Transport devices are provided with which the items to be cleaned are transported in the conveying direction with the process steps of optimum transport speed taking place in the respective zones.
  • DE 10 2004 049 392 A1 known continuous dishwasher comprises an inlet region, at least one washing zone, at least one rinse zone and a drying zone.
  • the continuous dishwasher comprises a discharge area, wherein seen in the conveying direction of the item to be cleaned, a plurality of transport devices are arranged.
  • the transport devices each individual drives are assigned, which are operated by a controller with transport speeds, which are adapted to the running in process zones processes to achieve optimal exposure times.
  • the continuous-flow dishwasher known from this document comprises a transport device for items to be washed by a plurality of treatment zones, through which the items to be washed are transported in the transport direction.
  • at least one of provided in the treatment zones spray systems relative to the transport direction of the Washware movable.
  • these are rinse-aid systems for applying fresh water to the cleaned items to be washed.
  • a fluid, in particular a final rinse liquid is applied by means of a spray device to the cleaned items to be washed.
  • a reduction in the amount of fresh water rinsing required per item of items to be washed can in principle be achieved by applying the final rinse liquid to the rinse aid liquid for a shorter period of time than the time interval predetermined by the speed of the transport direction, and a final rinse volume flow is only realized if items to be washed are actually in the area in which rinse aid is applied to the cleaned items to be washed.
  • the present invention has the object, in cleaning machines, especially dishwashers, to reduce the amount of final rinse fluid required-and / or to improve the effect of a fresh water rinse.
  • this object is achieved by a method or a device according to claims 1 and 10.
  • This ensures that when compared to conventional rinse fluid with unchanged effective transport speed of the material to be cleaned by the cleaning machine, in particular a continuous dishwasher, an increase in the sprayed over the dishes volume flow of rinse aid results and a device for spraying the rinse solution has several spray body ,
  • the spray body of the device for applying a fluid to the cleaned material preferably comprises a predetermined spaced apart along the transport direction mounted tubular spray body.
  • the spray bodies can either be in an im Essentially horizontally extending plane can be arranged one behind the other.
  • a plurality of tubular spray bodies can be arranged offset from one another in their spacing in the vertical direction within the apparatus, so that a substantially zigzag-shaped arrangement of tubular spray bodies results from the side.
  • a quantity of clear rinse fluid which is necessary for rinsing a certain amount of cleared product can, according to the solution proposed according to the invention, be introduced simultaneously either via all the individual tubular spray bodies.
  • the application of the rinse aid on the cleaned items, seen in the transport direction of the cleaned items, most furthest tubular spray body begins and realizes against the transport direction of the material to be cleaned application of rinse aid to the material to be cleaned becomes.
  • tubular spray body device comprising a plurality of tubular spray body device is opposite to the transport direction of the material to be cleaned through the treatment zones of a continuous dishwasher running entry of rinse aid, so that the application direction of the fluid from the preferably tubular spray bodies the inventively proposed device runs in opposite directions opposite to the transport direction of the cleaned material through the continuous dishwasher.
  • the tubular spray bodies of the device proposed according to the invention for introducing a rinse aid fluid are preferably applied alternately.
  • the duration of a spray cycle is limited and regulated in addition to other parameters depending on the transport speed, so that when a corresponding action on the individual, preferably tubular spray body of the proposed device according to the invention a clocked success applying rinse aid to the material to be cleaned can be achieved.
  • inventively proposed spray device comprising arranged in a substantially horizontally extending plane spray body which are spaced apart, z. B. entered a rinse aid in a rinse zone of a cleaning machine. Instead of a rinse fluid such. B. Rinse-aid liquid can also be applied to the cleaning product cleaned in preceding cleaning zones of the continuous-flow dishwasher within a clear rinse zone of the pump. Furthermore, the inventively proposed device for applying a fluid to cleaning material such. B. items to be used in cleaning zones of a cleaning machine, in particular a continuous dishwasher.
  • a final rinse liquid comprises at least two spaced-apart, preferably rohrfömig formed spray body. These can be arranged both in two substantially horizontally extending planes and lie only in one plane, as will be described in more detail below.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of the arrangement of the proposed device according to the invention for applying a rinse aid within a cleaning machine, in particular a fürlaufgeschirr Whyautomaten be found.
  • FIG. 1 shows a conveying device 10 indicated only schematically, which is preferably designed as a circulating conveyor belt and in the conveying direction 12 by a in FIG. 1 not shown cleaning machines, in particular a continuous dishwasher.
  • the conveyor 10 runs around a first deflection 18 and a second deflection 20, of which one is driven.
  • the conveyor 10 is preferably formed endless.
  • the conveyor 10, which moves in the conveying direction 12, comprises a number of compartments 14 for receiving items to be washed 16, which in the illustration according to FIG FIG. 1 only schematically indicated.
  • a fan 14 having endless trained conveyor 10 it is also possible to place the items to be washed 16 or to be cleaned in baskets that are simply placed on the top of a preferably endlessly designed conveyor and transported in this way by the cleaning machine.
  • the solution proposed according to the invention is also applicable to cleaning machines of this type, in particular continuous dishwashers, in which dishes 16 or baskets to be cleaned receive baskets by means of a Pawl transporter or the like are transported continuously or discontinuously in the conveying direction 12 through the various treatment zones of the cleaning machine.
  • the items to be washed 16 is tilted by a tilt angle 44 added.
  • the beginning of trays 14 loaded with items to be washed 16, which are transported in the conveying direction 12 on the preferably endless conveyor 10, is characterized by a start of batch 50 (see FIG. A), the end of the area of trays 14 occupied by items 16 on the shelf preferably endless conveyor 10 is denoted by reference numeral 52, ie a Batch B indicated.
  • the preferably endlessly designed conveyor 10 moves in the conveying direction 12 through the cleaning machine, in which in a first spray level 22 and in a second spray level 24, each spray body 26.1, 26.2 to Vietnamese 26.n are added.
  • the spray bodies 26.1, 26.2... 26n received in each of the two spray levels 22, 24 are preferably of tubular design and extend perpendicular to the drawing plane in the automatic cleaning machine, which is preferably a continuous-flow dishwasher.
  • the spray openings 30 and 48 are formed on the circumference of the preferably tubular spray bodies 26.1, 26.2 ... 26.n as, for example, bores, e.g. executed as laser bores.
  • a curtain of rinse fluid 32 on the z. B. cleared dishwashing items 16 are applied, which is transported in the conveying direction 12 by the cleaning machine.
  • the rinse aid 32 from the spray openings 30 and 48 of the preferably tubular spray body 26.1, 26.2 ... 26.4 exits, is limited by sprays of rinse fluid 32, which extend at an exit angle 34.
  • Reference numeral 36 marks the extent of the respective spray levels 22 and 24 in the horizontal direction parallel to the conveying direction 12 of the conveyor 10th
  • rinsing liquid 32 arranged in the first spraying level 22 are applied as downwardly directed spraying jets 42 to the washware 16 to be cleared, and arranged over the spraying level 24, preferably tubular trained spraying 26.1, 26.2 ... 26.n upwardly directed spray jets 40 in a rinse zone, or the transporting through this in the conveying direction 12 rackzupggende dishes 16 are applied.
  • FIG. 1 reproduced schematic representation of the invention proposed spraying device shows that the individual, preferably tubular spray body 26.1, 26.2, ... 26.n are arranged in a division 46, ie, they have a distance to each other.
  • the first and the second spray levels 22 and 24, respectively, according to the schematic illustration in FIG FIG. 1 run parallel to the conveying direction 12 of the preferably endlessly designed conveyor 10.
  • FIG. 1 indicated to arrange the spray body 26.1, 26.2, ... 26.n in the spray levels 22 and 24 in a tilt / tilt angle 38, for example, to take account of particular space conditions within a cleaning machine invoice.
  • a rinse fluid 32 which is the surface of z. B. Klarschwülendem wash ware 16, which has a rinse zone of a cleaning machine such. passes through a continuous dishwasher.
  • FIGS. 1 and 1.1 can be removed, therefore, there is the possibility of inventively proposed spray device for applying a fluid such.
  • B. a dishwasher or the spray levels 22, 24 form so that an alternating arrangement of individual, preferably tubular spray body 26.1, 26.2, 26.3, ... 26.n, ie an arrangement of the same results in a vertical distance 54 to each other.
  • the described three variants are possible with regard to the characteristics of the spray device proposed according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows an example of a loading scheme, with which the individual, preferably tubular spray body with a rinse fluid - to be mentioned - to be mentioned, for example, which serves for rinsing the items to be washed 16, for example.
  • FIG. 2 can be taken that for preferably tubular spray body 26.1, 26.2, 26.3, ... 26.n in a first spray level 22 and / or a second spray level 24, as shown in the FIGS. 1 and 1.1 are arranged over the time axis wetting phases and wetting pauses facing each other.
  • FIG. 2 The representation according to FIG. 2
  • a start of spraying 60 takes place when the start of the batch 50 is compared to FIG FIG. 1 at position X A , see illustration according to FIG. 1 located.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the first, preferably tubular spray body 26.1
  • the rinsing fluid 32 required for rinsing a certain amount of items to be rinsed 16 for example, starting from the spraying body furthest in the transport direction 12, ie the first Spray body 26.1 applied against the conveying direction 12.
  • a spray pause 68 takes place on the first preferably tubular spray body 26. 1, which is denoted by reference numeral 68 in FIG FIG. 2 indicated.
  • a second wetting phase 66 also on the second spray body 26.2 and so on.
  • the z. B. corresponds to the duration of a first wetting phase 64, there is a start of spraying 70 on the second, preferably tubular spray body 26.2.
  • the spray start 70 on the second, preferably tubular spray body 26.2 coincides with the spray end 62 of the first, likewise preferably tubular spray body 26.1 in time.
  • the duration of the first wetting phase 74 on the second, preferably tubular spray body 26.2 corresponds to the duration of the first wetting phase 64.
  • a spray end 72 takes place, followed by a spray break 78 connects before a second wetting phase 76 of the second, preferably tubular spray body 26.2 begins.
  • a spray end 72 takes place, followed by a spray break 78 connects before a second wetting phase 76 of the second, preferably tubular spray body 26.2 begins.
  • a spray end 72 takes place, followed by a spray break 78 connects before a second wetting phase 76 of the second, preferably tubular spray body 26.2 begins.
  • the inventively proposed devices for applying a fluid 32 to items to be washed or another item to be cleaned 16, which is conveyed continuously or discontinuously by a cleaning machine, also in the in Figure 1.1 shown zigzag arrangement 56 are formed.

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