Dishwasher

Abstract

A dishwasher (1) in the form of an industrial dishwasher which is designed in the form of a box-type dishwasher, configured in the form of a hood-type dishwasher and has a treatment chamber (5) with at least one wash system designed in the form of a recirculation system. In order to make it possible to optimise the actual potential capacity of the dishwasher, to be precise while at the same time easing the burden on the operating staff, the dishwasher (1) is assigned a loading/unloading apparatus (4, 4) for preferably optionally automatically loading the treatment chamber (5) with washware (9) and/or for preferably optionally automatically unloading washware (9) from the treatment chamber (5).

1 . A dishwasher ( 1 ) in the form of an industrial dishwasher which is designed in the form of a box-type dishwasher, configured in the form of a hood-type dishwasher and has a treatment chamber ( 5 ) with at least one wash system designed in the form of a recirculation system, wherein the dishwasher ( 1 ) is assigned a loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) for automatically loading the treatment chamber ( 5 ) with washware ( 9 ) and/or for automatically unloading washware ( 9 ) from the treatment chamber ( 5 ). 
     
     
         2 . The dishwasher ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein, on its entry side, the dishwasher ( 1 ) is assigned an entry region ( 2 ′) which, at least in certain regions, is formed by an entry table ( 2 ), wherein the loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) is designed to load the treatment chamber ( 5 ) with washware ( 9 ), automatically, from the entry region ( 2 ′).   
     
     
         3 . The dishwasher ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 1  or  2 ,
 wherein, on its exit side, the dishwasher ( 1 ) is assigned an exit region ( 3 ′) which, at least in certain regions, is formed by an exit table ( 3 ), wherein the loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) is designed to unload washware ( 9 ) from the treatment chamber ( 5 ), automatically, onto the exit region ( 3 ′). 
 
     
     
         4 . The dishwasher ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the treatment chamber ( 5 ) is designed for a rack ( 8 ), in which at least some of the washware ( 9 ) to be treated in the treatment chamber ( 5 ) is, or can be accommodated, to be accommodated such that the lower region of the rack, over which the washware ( 9 ) rests, is located in a previously defined or definable horizontal wash plane, which is aligned with a table plane at least of an entry or exit table ( 2 ,  3 ), which forms, at least in certain regions, an entry or exit region ( 2 ′,  3 ′) of the dishwasher ( 1 ).   
     
     
         5 . The dishwasher ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) has at least one transporting arrangement for transporting washware ( 9 ) from an entry region ( 2 ′) of the dishwasher ( 1 ) into the treatment chamber ( 5 ) and/or for transporting washware ( 9 ) from the treatment chamber ( 5 ) to an exit region ( 3 ′) of the dishwasher ( 1 ).   
     
     
         6 . The dishwasher ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the dishwasher ( 1 ) has at least one opening which can be closed via a door ( 7 ), wherein the door is in the form of a hood ( 6 ), movable relative to the treatment chamber ( 5 ) and through which the treatment chamber ( 5 ) can be loaded with washware ( 9 ) and/or through which washware ( 9 ) can be unloaded from the treatment chamber ( 5 ), wherein the dishwasher ( 1 ) also has a kinematics unit which is assigned to the door ( 7 ), and via which the door ( 7 ) can be moved automatically relative to the treatment chamber ( 5 ).   
     
     
         7 . The dishwasher ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 6 ,
 wherein the kinematics unit, which is assigned to the door ( 7 ), in particular hood ( 6 ), has a drive which is coupled to a program-control device of the dishwasher ( 1 ) such that the door ( 7 ), in particular hood ( 6 ) is opened automatically at the end, or following completion, of a wash or rinse cycle of the dishwasher ( 1 ), and/or such that the door ( 7 ), in particular hood ( 6 ) is closed automatically at the beginning, or before the beginning, of a wash or rinse cycle.   
     
     
         8 . The dishwasher ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 6  or  7 ,
 wherein the dishwasher ( 1 ) has a control device which is designed to activate a drive of the loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) automatically once the door ( 7 ) has been transferred into its open position, wherein the control device is designed to activate the drive of the loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) for a previously defined or definable period of time, wherein the period of time is selected such that the treatment chamber ( 5 ) can be fully loaded and/or unloaded. 
 
     
     
         9 . The dishwasher ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 6 ,
 wherein the kinematics unit and the loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) each have a drive which can be is activated via a control device such that the drive of the kinematics unit is activated as required or automatically following completion, or at the end, of a wash or rinse cycle of the dishwasher ( 1 ), in order to transfer the door ( 7 ) into an open position, and that a drive of the loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) is activated as required or automatically following completion, or at the end, of a wash or rinse cycle of the dishwasher ( 1 ), in order to unload washware ( 9 ) from the treatment chamber ( 5 ) and/or to load the treatment chamber ( 5 ) with washware ( 9 ).   
     
     
         10 . The dishwasher ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) has at least one drive which is coupled to a program-control device of the dishwasher ( 1 ) such that washware ( 9 ) is transported from the treatment chamber ( 5 ) to an exit region ( 3 ′) of the dishwasher ( 1 ) automatically following completion, or at the end, of a wash or rinse cycle of the dishwasher ( 1 ), and/or such that washware ( 9 ) is transported from an entry region ( 2 ′) of the dishwasher ( 1 ) into the treatment chamber ( 5 ) automatically following completion, or at the end, of a wash or rinse cycle of the dishwasher ( 1 ).   
     
     
         11 . The dishwasher ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein there is also a sensor system provided which is designed to sense the presence of washware ( 9 ), and/or the quantity of washware ( 9 ) present, in the entry region ( 2 ′) of the dishwasher ( 1 ), and in particular in a previously defined or definable region of the entry region ( 2 ′), and to activate the loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) automatically in dependence on the sensing result; and/or   wherein there is also a sensor system provided which is designed to sense the presence of washware ( 9 ), and/or the quantity of washware ( 9 ) present, in the exit region ( 3 ′) of the dishwasher ( 1 ) and to activate the loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) automatically in dependence on the sensing result.   
     
     
         12 . The dishwasher ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) has a loading system ( 4 ) for automatically loading the treatment chamber ( 5 ) with washware ( 9 ) and also has an unloading system ( 4 ′), configured separately from the loading system ( 4 ), for automatically unloading washware ( 9 ) from the treatment chamber ( 5 ), and   wherein the loading system ( 4 ) and the unloading system ( 4 ′) are configured separately from one another such that they can be actuated independently of one another by means of a control device or manually.   
     
     
         13 . The dishwasher ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the treatment chamber ( 5 ) has a first treatment zone ( 5   a ) and at least one further, second treatment zone ( 5   b ), wherein items of washware ( 9 ) can be treated independently of one another and, at least intermittently, at the same time in the first and in the at least one second treatment zone ( 5   a ,  5   b ), and   wherein the loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) is designed to load items of washware ( 9 ) into the treatment zones ( 5   a ,  5   b ) of the treatment chamber ( 5 ) automatically and independently of one another and/or to unload items of washware ( 9 ), automatically, independently from one another from the treatment zones ( 5   a ,  5   b ) of the treatment chamber ( 5 ).   
     
     
         14 . The dishwasher ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) has a transporting arrangement in the form of a driven roller conveyor, wherein the transporting arrangement makes it possible for a rack ( 8 ) to move in translatory fashion from an entry table ( 2 ) into the dishwasher ( 1 ) and/or from the dishwasher ( 1 ) onto an exit table ( 3 ).   
     
     
         15 . The dishwasher ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) is also designed to load washware, automatically, onto, and/or to unload washware, automatically, from, a functional unit provided upstream or downstream of the dishwasher ( 1 ).   
     
     
         16 . A hood-type dishwasher, comprising:
 a treatment chamber ( 5 ) with at least one wash system in the form of a recirculation system; and   a loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) for automatically loading the treatment chamber ( 5 ) with washware ( 9 ) and/or for automatically unloading washware ( 9 ) from the treatment chamber ( 5 );   wherein, on an entry side of the dishwasher ( 1 ), an entry region ( 2 ′) is, at least in certain regions, formed by an entry table ( 2 ), wherein the loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) is configured to load the treatment chamber ( 5 ) with washware ( 9 ), automatically, from the entry region ( 2 ′);   wherein, on an exit side of the dishwasher ( 1 ), an exit region ( 3 ′) is, at least in certain regions, formed by an exit table ( 3 ), wherein the loading/unloading apparatus ( 4 ,  4 ′) is configured to unload washware ( 9 ) from the treatment chamber ( 5 ), automatically, onto the exit region ( 3 ′).