US 11,849,897 B2
Cleaning system and method for cleaning articles to be cleaned
Bruno Gaus, Offenburg (DE); and Joachim Kupetz, Berghaupten (DE)
Assigned to MEIKO MASCHINENBAU GMBH & CO. KG, Offenburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/288,233
Filed by MEIKO Maschinenbau Gmbh & Co. KG, Offenburg (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/079059
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/084071, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018218193.4 (DE), filed on Oct. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346623 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A47L 15/24 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/242 (2013.01) [A47L 15/245 (2013.01); A47L 15/247 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning system for cleaning articles to be cleaned, comprising:
a) at least one cleaning device, comprising at least one cleaning chamber and at least one application device for applying at least one cleaning fluid to the articles to be cleaned in the cleaning chamber; and
b) at least one transport system, comprising a plurality of transport segments for receiving the articles to be cleaned, wherein the transport segments are guided such that they can be transported through the cleaning chamber in circulation in a transport direction, wherein the transport system furthermore comprises at least one transport device for driving the transport segments,
wherein the at least one transport device comprises at least one first transport device and at least one second transport device, wherein the cleaning system is configured such that the transport segments are each automatically coupled to the first transport device in at least one predefined or predefinable portion of a travel length of a circuit of the transport devices, and automatically coupled to the second transport device in at least one further predefined or predefinable portion of the travel length of the circuit of the transport devices.