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20090101174 | DISHWASHER HAVING IMPROVED HEAT RECOVERY - A cleaning appliance for cleaning of cleaning stock is provided, which is set up in order to act with at least one cleaning fluid upon the cleaning stock in at least one cleaning chamber. The cleaning appliance has at least one fluid tank for storing the cleaning fluid. Furthermore, the cleaning appliance has a suction-extraction device for the suction-extraction of moist air from the cleaning chamber and also has at least one heat recovery device. The heat recovery device is set up in order to extract heat from the moist air. The heat recovery device has at least one Peltier element, which has a heat-absorption side and a waste-heat side. The waste-heat side is in thermal contact with a fluid heating device. The fluid heating device is, in turn, in contact with a first cooling fluid and is set up in order to heat this first cooling fluid. The cleaning appliance is set up, furthermore, in order to use the first cooling fluid for a cleaning process. | 04-23-2009 |
20090242005 | BATCH DISHWASHER WITH WASTE WATER HEAT RECOVERY - 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. | 10-01-2009 |
20090250085 | HEAT RECOVERY DEVICE WITH SELF-CLEANING - 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. | 10-08-2009 |
20100071725 | DISHWASHER WITH LOW-TEMPERATURE FINAL WASHING - 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. | 03-25-2010 |
20100139690 | CLEANING APPLIANCE COMPRISING A MICROWAVE DRYING SYSTEM - 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. | 06-10-2010 |
20100263687 | CLEANING METHOD WITH IMPROVED LONG-TERM HYGIENE EFFECT - 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. | 10-21-2010 |
20150272420 | DISHWASHER WITH LOW-TEMPERATURE FINAL WASHING - 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. | 10-01-2015 |
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20080257391 | PASS-THROUGH DISHWASHER WITH CONTROLLED DRYING - 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. | 10-23-2008 |
20080283096 | DISINFECTION CONTROL BY TARGET PATHOGEN SELECTION - A method for operating a cleaning device or a cleaning system is proposed. In this case, the cleaning device is set up for carrying out a process for cleaning an article with a germicidal action. The method includes the following steps: information on a target germ with which the article could be contaminated is received; at least one process parameter of the cleaning process is selected according to the target germ in such a way that the target germ is killed with a high degree of probability during the cleaning process; and the cleaning process is carried out with the process parameter. | 11-20-2008 |
20080283099 | ENERGY-OPTIMIZED CLEANING MACHINE - A cleaning machine is provided, in particular a single-chamber dishwashing machine, that includes a washing chamber for accommodating items to be cleaned or washed. At least one wash arm with a number of spray nozzles is located in the washing chamber. A waste-water line into which waste water is pumped runs from the washing chamber. Exhaust air from the washing chamber is conducted into the waste-water line via an exhaust-air line, with the washing chamber being bounded by at least one wall which stores a heat-exchanger fluid or through which heat-exchanger fluid flows. | 11-20-2008 |
20090120465 | DISHWASHER WITH A LATENT HEAT ACCUMULATOR - 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. The cleaning appliance is also designed to feed the first cooling fluid to the latent heat accumulator by means of the heat accumulator path in at least one standby mode. | 05-14-2009 |
20100065088 | METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING A FLUID IN AN AUTOMATIC CLEANING MACHINE - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for applying a fluid ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100132735 | CLEANING APPLIANCE WITH SYSTEM FOR GERM REDUCTION USING MICROWAVES - 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. | 06-03-2010 |
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20130074882 | DEVICE FOR CLEANING RESPIRATORS - 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. | 03-28-2013 |
20130319460 | CLEANING APPARATUS FOR CLEANING ARTICLES - A cleaning apparatus for cleaning articles is proposed. The cleaning apparatus comprises at least one cleaning chamber for receiving the articles. The cleaning apparatus comprises, in the cleaning chamber, at least one fluid source for subjecting the articles to the action of at least one cleaning fluid. The cleaning apparatus furthermore comprises at least one plasma source, which is designed to ignite at least one plasma in at least one gas and to generate at least one reactive gas. The cleaning apparatus is designed to bring the reactive gas into contact with the articles, at least in part. | 12-05-2013 |
20140096798 | CLEANING DEVICE HAVING AN ENERGY STORE - 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. | 04-10-2014 |
20140190519 | CLEANING AND DISINFECTING APPARATUS FOR TREATING CONTAINERS FOR HUMAN EXCRETIONS - A cleaning and disinfecting apparatus for treating at least one container for human excretions. The cleaning and disinfecting apparatus comprises at least one cleaning chamber with at least one fluid device for applying at least one cleaning fluid to the container. The cleaning and disinfecting apparatus is configured to carry out at least one cleaning program, wherein, in the cleaning program, the container is emptied and the cleaning fluid is applied thereto. The cleaning and disinfecting apparatus furthermore has at least one image detector. The image detector is configured to identify at least one property of the container. The cleaning and disinfecting apparatus is configured to influence the cleaning program in accordance with the identified property. | 07-10-2014 |