ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,920, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Conveyor warewasher and method for operating a conveyor warewasher" was invented by Harald Disch (Elzach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyor warewasher for cleaning washware includes at least one washing zone at least one rinsing zone and a conveyor apparatus for conveying the washware therethrough. A camera system is arranged above or below or to the side of the conveyor apparatus and is configured to capture at least one image of an area of the conveyor apparatus. An evaluation device is configured to evaluate and determine on the bas...