US 11,786,100 B2
Dishwasher, in particular in the form of a counter module for a counter system
Harald Disch, Elzach (DE); Martin Schrempp, Biberach (DE); Adrian Boldt, Offenburg (DE); Axel Beck, Offenburg (DE); and Jeffrey R. Newcomer, Troy, OH (US)
Assigned to ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/238,672.
Prior Publication US 2022/0338706 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A47L 15/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/48 (2006.01); A47L 15/50 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/0065 (2013.01) [A47L 15/0021 (2013.01); A47L 15/0089 (2013.01); A47L 15/4278 (2013.01); A47L 15/486 (2013.01); A47L 15/50 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dishwasher for cleaning a washware item in the form of a drinking vessel, wherein the dishwasher is configured as a counter module of a counter system and comprises a housing with at least one treatment zone and having a placement opening for manually placing the washware item into the treatment zone and a removal opening for manually removing the washware item from the treatment zone, wherein the placement opening and the removal opening are disposed on opposite first and second sides of the housing,
wherein
at least one bracket is provided in the treatment zone for releasably securing and/or positioning the washware item placed onto a placement surface in the treatment zone;
wherein the at least one bracket comprises first and second spring-loaded bracket parts arranged at opposing internal sidewalls of the housing, the first and second spring-loaded brackets being perpendicular to the placement opening and between which a holding region is formed, the first and second spring-loaded bracket parts biased toward the holding region into respective inward positions and movable outward, against the bias, upon contact with the washware item during placement of the washware item into the treatment zone and onto the placement surface, wherein, when the first and second spring-loaded bracket parts are in the inward positions, a gap between the first and second bracket parts is aligned along and provides a clear path from the placement opening to the removal opening;
wherein each of the first and second spring-loaded bracket parts comprises:
a depression or groove facing the holding region, and
an angled entry surface that faces partly toward the placement opening and that angles outwardly and away from the depression or groove and the holding region so as to be configured to facilitate manual movement of the drinking vessel into the holding region by engaging with the entry surfaces to move the first and second spring-loaded bracket parts outwardly, against the bias, until the drinking vessel reaches the placement surface.