EP1707100A2 - Lave-vaisselle à convoyeur et tube de pulvérisation associé - Google Patents

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EP1707100A2
EP1707100A2 EP06001167A EP06001167A EP1707100A2 EP 1707100 A2 EP1707100 A2 EP 1707100A2 EP 06001167 A EP06001167 A EP 06001167A EP 06001167 A EP06001167 A EP 06001167A EP 1707100 A2 EP1707100 A2 EP 1707100A2
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Gerhard Frei
Harald Disch
Werner Neumaier
Jürgen Litterst
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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
    • A47L15/24—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
    • 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
    • A47L15/42—Details
    • A47L15/4278—Nozzles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/14—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening
    • B05B1/20—Perforated pipes or troughs, e.g. spray booms; Outlet elements therefor

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  • the invention relates to a spray tube for transport dishwashers according to the preamble of claim 1 and a transport dishwasher, which has at least one such spray tube in at least one spray zone.
  • Dispensing dishwashers having spray tubes for spraying cleaning fluid in a cleaning spray zone and for spraying rinse fluid in a rinse spray zone are known in the art.
  • Conveyor ware washers may be rack conveyor ware washers or flight-type goods washers.
  • the spray pipes can be stationary or movable, for example rotatable, positioned.
  • a liquid supply to another part length of the spray tube is possible.
  • the invention aims to achieve a more uniform distribution of liquid before or at the latest when the sprays strike the sprayed material.
  • the spray tube 2 shown in Fig. 1 according to the invention of a transport dishwasher for spraying dishes (plates, trays, dishes, cups, glasses, etc.) with liquid contains a plurality of nozzles 4, 6, 8, 10, which are arranged one after the other in the tube longitudinal direction are.
  • the spray tube 2 has an inlet 12, from which liquid can flow in the tube longitudinal direction to the nozzles 4, 6, 8 and 10, and a closed tube end 13. This direction from the inlet 12 to the nozzles 4, 6, 8 and 10 is hereinafter designated as liquid supply direction 24.
  • the nozzle opening 5 of at least the nozzle 12 closest to the inlet 12, preferably of two or more consecutive to the inlet 12 Next nozzles, has an outlet direction 14, which is inclined obliquely opposite to the liquid supply direction seen from the inlet 12 to the nozzles 4, 6, 8, 10 at an inclination angle ⁇ , eg ⁇ 1, ⁇ 2, ⁇ 3.
  • the angle ⁇ is defined between the outlet direction 14 of the nozzle opening 5 and a theoretical transverse plane 22 which extends at right angles to the liquid feed direction 24.
  • the first three nozzle openings 5, 7 and 9 following the inlet 12 have an outlet direction 14, 16 and 18, respectively, which is inclined obliquely opposite the liquid supply direction 24 at an angle ⁇ 1 or ⁇ 2 or ⁇ 3.
  • These three inclined nozzle openings may all have a same inclination angle, but the inclination angle according to the preferred embodiment of the invention in the liquid supply direction 24 decreases from nozzle to nozzle, so that the inclination angle ⁇ 1 of the first nozzle opening 5 is greatest, for example between 8 ° and 16 ° is; the inclination angle ⁇ 2 of the second nozzle opening 7 is smaller and is preferably between 3 ° and 10 °; and the inclination angle ⁇ 3 of the third nozzle opening 9 is again smaller and is for example between 0 ° and 5 °.
  • the nozzle openings following in the liquid feed direction preferably all have an outlet direction 20 at right angles to the liquid feed direction 24, so that here the angle of inclination ⁇ 4 lies at 0 °.
  • the liquid feed direction 24 extends parallel to the axial pipe center line 26 of the spray tube 2.
  • the spray tube can have over its entire length a constant inner cross section or a changing inner cross section.
  • the spray tube 2 may have a circular tube cross-section or a cross-sectional shape deviating from the circular shape.
  • the nozzle openings 5, 7, 9 and 11 may each have a circular opening cross-section or an opening cross-section deviating from the circular shape, for example a slot.
  • the nozzle openings of the nozzles 4, 6, 8 and 10 may be in the spray tube 2 used nozzle elements with nozzle openings formed in them or according to Fig. 1 in the spray tube 2 holes formed.
  • the nozzles 4, 6, 8, 10 and thus also their nozzle openings 5, 7, 9 and 11 are preferably arranged in depressions 30 of the outer surface of the spray tube 2.
  • the nozzle openings 11 of the nozzles 10, which are arranged perpendicular to the liquid supply direction 24, are preferably at the lowest point of the recess 30.
  • the recesses 30 are preferably concave, round or valley-like bulges in the pipe wall.
  • the opening area of the nozzle opening 5, 7, 9, 11 of the nozzle or of several nozzles 4, 6, 8, 10 is closer to the inlet 12 is or is greater than that at or at the inlet 12 farther away from the nozzle or nozzles.
  • the first nozzle 4 has the largest opening cross section
  • the second nozzle 6 has a second largest smaller opening cross section
  • the third nozzle 8 has a third largest or smaller opening cross section, etc.
  • a group of two or more nozzles, which is closer to the inlet 12 have a larger opening cross-section than the following in the liquid supply direction 24 nozzle or following group of nozzles.
  • the principle is to have starting from the inlet 12 gradually smaller opening cross-sections of the nozzles, at least in the initial section of the nozzle row.
  • Fig. 2 shows a spray pipe 42 according to the invention, in which the nozzle openings 5 ', 7', 9 ', 11' of the nozzles 4 ', 6', 8 ', 10' are elongated holes, which in the central region 44 of its longitudinal extension on both sides preferably the same size lacing where the nozzle opening has a smaller width than in each of the two adjacent end portions 46 and 48.
  • the elongated holes 5 ', 7', 9 ', 11' of the nozzles 4 ', 6', 8 ', 10' each have a length 50, a width 52 in the end regions and a constriction width 56 in the central slot area.
  • the slot of the first nozzle opening 5 ' for example, a length of 12 mm, a width in the end portions 52 of 4 mm, and a Einschnürungsweite 56, for example, 3 mm.
  • the second slot 7 'in the liquid feed direction 24 has, for example, an elongated hole length 50 of 12 mm, a hole width in the end regions 52 of 4 mm and a constriction width in the central region 56 of 2.5 mm.
  • the third slot 9 'of the third nozzles 8' in the liquid feed direction 24 has, for example, a slot length 50 of 10 mm, a slot width in the two end areas 52 of 4 mm each and a constriction width in the central area 56 of, for example, 2.5 mm.
  • the following slot of the nozzle opening 11 'of the nozzle 10' has the same dimensions as the previous nozzle opening 9 '.
  • the following slots of nozzle openings for example, have a slot length 50 of 10 mm, a slot width in the end portions 52 of 4 mm, and a constriction width in the central region 56 of, for example, 2 mm.
  • Fig. 3 shows a further preferred embodiment of a nozzle tube 57 of the invention, according to which the longitudinal axis 58 of the elongated holes of Fig. 2 seen in tube side view relative to the axial tube center line 26 does not include an angle of 90 ° as in Fig. 2, but a smaller angle ⁇ , for example, in the range between 85 ° and 50 °, more preferably between 65 ° and 75 °.
  • the spray fan sprayed from them rotates about 90 ° relative to the slot axis 58 about the spray beam centerline.
  • Fig. 4 shows schematically in longitudinal section a conveyor dishwasher according to the invention, in which a group of a plurality of upper spray tubes 2 or 42 or 57 according to the invention are arranged with their nozzles directed downwards and a lower group of spray tubes 2 or 42 or 57 after Invention are arranged with their nozzles directed upwards.
  • the items to be washed 60 are transported by a transport device 62 in the transport direction 64 through the conveyor dishwasher 59.
  • At the front and rear end of the spray zone 66, in which the spray tubes 2 and 42 and 57 are located, are curtains 68 and 70, z. B. in the form of rubber cloths or cloth cloth, arranged to limit the climate in the spray zone 66.
  • the spray zone 66 shown may be a rotatessprühzone for cleaning items to be washed or a rinse zone for rinsing dishes.
  • nozzles 4 to 10 and the nozzle openings 6 to 11 and the above-described nozzles 4 'to 10' and their nozzle openings 5 'to 11' are respectively summarized by the reference numeral 72 for ease of illustration.
  • the spray pipes 2 are arranged transversely to the transport direction 64 of the washware 60 in a spray zone 66.
  • the nozzle openings 72 are directed obliquely forward in the transport direction 64, unlike the vertical direction 76, as schematically illustrated by an arrow 78.
  • the nozzle openings 72 deviate from the vertical direction 76 are directed counter to the transport direction 64 obliquely backwards, as schematically represented by an arrow 80.
  • Fig. 4 shows an embodiment in which the Nozzle openings 72 of the intermediate spray pipes 2 (or 42 or 57) arranged between the outer upper flush pipes are aligned in the vertical direction 76.
  • the spray pipes 2 (or 42 or 57) of the lower spray pipes may all be vertically aligned as shown in FIG. 4 or their first spray pipe and last spray pipe may be slightly rotated corresponding to the upper spray pipe group so that their nozzle openings 72 are inclined toward the vertical direction 76 in the direction of FIG Center of the spray zone 66 are directed, similar to the arrows 78 and 80 of the front and rear upper spray tubes.
  • Fig. 5 shows schematically an end view of the transporting dishwashing machine of Fig. 4, in which liquid is conveyed from a tank 82 by means of a pump 84 to the spraying tubes 2 (or 42 or 57).

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