US 11,944,252 B2
Cleaning system and method for cleaning items to be cleaned
Bruno Gaus, Offenburg (DE)
Assigned to MEIKO Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, Offenburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/250,671
Filed by MEIKO Maschinenbau Gmbh & Co. KG, Offenburg (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/072155
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/038893, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018214167.3 (DE), filed on Aug. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0267431 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A47L 15/24 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/241 (2013.01) [A47L 2401/04 (2013.01); A47L 2501/36 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning system for cleaning items to be cleaned, comprising
a) at least one cleaning apparatus, having at least one at least partially closed cleaning chamber with at least one loading apparatus for loading the items to be cleaned with at least one cleaning liquid; and
b) at least one transport system for the automatic transport of the items to be cleaned, the transport system comprising:
a. at least one first conveying apparatus for the delivery of dirty items to be cleaned;
b. at least one second conveying apparatus for the transport of the dirty items to be cleaned to the cleaning apparatus;
c. at least one transfer apparatus for the transfer of at least one part of the dirty items to be cleaned from the first conveying apparatus onto the second conveying apparatus; and
d. at least one buffer store for the buffer storage of at least one part of the dirty items to be cleaned,
the transport system being set up to selectively transfer the dirty items to be cleaned from the first conveying apparatus directly onto the second conveying apparatus by means of the transfer apparatus, or to buffer store them in the buffer store and to subsequently transfer them onto the second conveying apparatus by means of the transfer, apparatus.