Batch dishwasher with waste water heat recovery

US8176926B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Bruno Gaus · Offenburg, DE
• Joachim Kupetz · Berghaupten, DE
• Denis Lehmann · Ortenberg, DE
• Thomas Naeger · Offenburg, DE
• Thomas Peukert · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
• Vera Schneider · Offenburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 26, 2009
• Grant date: May 15, 2012
• Expiry date: May 28, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02B40/00
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

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.