Loading system for loading conveyor washer with washing items

Abstract

The invention relates to a loading system for loading a conveyor rinser with rinse items, comprising a conveyor belt, in which rinse items placed in a first region of the conveyor belt can be moved to or towards a second region of the conveyor belt opposite the first region. The conveying belt is provided with a synchronous channel, the synchronous channel is divided into a first section and a second section, and a turnover device is arranged in the area between the first section and the second section. The overturning device is configured to overturn the washing object picked up by the synchronizing channel and moving in an area between the first section and the second section of the synchronizing channel by 180 degrees, and then transfer the washing object to the second section of the synchronizing channel. A dirt collecting area is arranged below the area between the first section and the second section of the synchronous channel, and the dirt collecting area can contain dirt falling off from the washed object due to gravity when the washed object is turned over.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a loading system for loading wash objects into a conveyor dishwasher. In particular, the present invention relates to a loading system for automatically or at least semi - automatically loading different conveyor channels of at least one conveyor dishwasher. The present invention also relates to a corresponding conveyor dishwasher.

[0002] The conveyor dishwasher of the conveyor dishwasher assembly according to the present invention is in particular a commercial conveyor dishwasher and can be configured as a belt - conveyor dishwasher or a basket - conveyor dishwasher.

[0003] Conveyor dishwashers are used in the commercial sector. Different from household dishwashers in which the positions of the dishes to be cleaned are fixedly held during cleaning, in a conveyor dishwasher, the wash objects are conveyed through different treatment zones of the dishwasher.

[0004] In a conveyor dishwasher, wash objects (such as trays, dishes, basins, glasses, cutlery, and other utensils to be cleaned) are conveyed through a plurality of treatment zones, such as (multiple) pre - cleaning zones, (multiple) main - cleaning zones, (multiple) post - cleaning zones or pre - rinsing zones, (multiple) final - rinsing zones, and (multiple) drying zones. In order to convey the wash objects along the conveying direction through the conveyor dishwasher, a conveying device is used, which generally has at least one conveyor channel having compartments for receiving the wash objects. In a belt - conveyor dishwasher, these compartments can be formed on the conveyor channel of the conveying device by support fingers, and the conveyor channel defines a conveyor belt. In a rack - conveyor dishwasher, dish racks are used as the conveying device, and compartments for accommodating the wash objects to be processed can be formed therein. It is conceivable here that the dish racks are conveyed through the rack - conveyor dishwasher by means of a conveying device of the conveyor channel.

[0005] Generally, the wash objects to be cleaned are pre - sorted first and then placed on the conveyor belt. For example, from the document US 6,530,996B2, a rack - conveyor dishwasher is known in which the wash objects to be processed are pre - sorted in the dish racks and then conveyed to the corresponding treatment zones.

[0006] Conveyor dishwashers are especially used in large facilities such as canteens and cafeterias to clean a large number of soiled wash objects as cost - effectively as possible. With currently known types of conveyor dishwashers, hundreds of sets of tableware can be cleaned per hour. Studies have shown that on average, each set of tableware generally consists of a tray, a plate, one or two small dishes, a drinking glass, and a set of cutlery.

[0007] In almost all large kitchens such as corporate staff cafeterias or canteens, the rinsed items (dishes, drinking glasses, cutlery, etc.) used by diners are returned on trays. The cutlery sets are conveyed from the return station to the rinsing area. These cutlery sets are usually conveyed by means of a corresponding supply conveyor. Here, the cutlery sets are directly transported to the loading area of the conveyor rinsing machine by a conveyor belt from the return station to the rinsing area.

[0008] Subsequently, in the loading area or the entry area of the conveyor rinsing machine, the service staff usually manually picks up the rinsing items and sorts them into the conveyor belt of the conveyor rinsing machine.

[0009] For trays or tray-shaped objects, pre-sorting is usually carried out in the following way: The operator manually picks up the dish set and the cutlery set from the tray to be cleaned, and then stacks the trays in front of the conveying device or in the entry area (dirt side) of the conveyor rinsing machine. The trays in this stack of trays of the same type are from time to time placed into the conveyor belt of the conveyor rinsing machine and cleaned.

[0010] This process of the same type has the following advantages: The tray cannot cast a spray shadow on the smaller rinsing items stacked behind the tray. In addition, the stacking and unstacking workflows are greatly simplified by this process and are more efficient compared to mixing the rinsing items with the trays to be cleaned.

[0011] However, other rinsing items (such as plates, saucers or other dishes) cannot be cleaned during the period when the trays in this stack of trays of the same type are placed into the conveyor belt of the conveyor rinsing machine and cleaned, because the trays to be placed into the conveyor belt usually have to be placed across the conveying direction into the conveyor belt and thus occupy the entire available surface of the conveyor belt. Therefore, it takes a relatively large amount of time to clean the trays compared to other types of rinsing items.

[0012] In addition, the service staff of the conveyor rinsing machine located at the machine entrance has to introduce each tray into its workflow twice: The first time is to pick up the cutlery and dish items from the tray to be cleaned, and the second time is to actually place the tray onto the conveyor belt of the conveyor rinsing machine.

[0013] The man-hours consumed are particularly high in the described working process. Each rinsing item (dish item) of each cutlery set has to be manually picked up from the tray separately and placed into the conveyor belt of the rinsing machine.

[0014] In addition, each cutlery item of each cutlery set has to be manually removed from the tray and also supplied to the conveyor rinsing machine. Subsequently, the actual tray is processed as described above.

[0015] In the case of a machine throughput of thousands of dishes per hour, it is necessary to work as quickly and efficiently as possible, which increases the physical burden on the service staff.

[0016] Based on this problem raised, the basic object of the present invention is to provide a solution for a conveyor-type rinsing machine of the type described at the beginning, in which the entire cleaning process and rinsing process can be configured more efficiently, thereby especially shortening the working time of the rinsing staff and reducing the resource consumption of the rinsing machine components.

[0017] This object is achieved according to the present invention by the subject matter of independent patent claim 1, and advantageous improvements are given in the corresponding patent dependent claims.

[0018] Therefore, the present invention specifically relates to a loading system for loading rinsing objects into a conveyor-type rinsing machine. The loading system has a conveyor belt which is especially configured as a chute in order to supply rinsing objects supplied, for example, by a supply conveyor belt to the conveyor-type rinsing machine, especially to the conveying channel of the conveyor-type rinsing machine, via the conveyor belt.

[0019] For this purpose, the conveyor belt is especially implemented as a chute, but other designs can also be used for the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt is preferably inclined relative to the horizontal plane such that, for example, rinsing objects manually placed in the especially upper first region of the conveyor belt can preferably move to the second region of the conveyor belt which is opposite to the first region, especially the lower second region, or can move in the direction towards the second region only by gravity.

[0020] Here, the rinsing objects can be manually placed in the first region of the conveyor belt, but automated solutions with the aid of robots can also be envisaged here.

[0021] It is proposed for the conveyor belt of the loading system according to the present invention that the conveyor belt has at least one synchronization channel which extends in the longitudinal extension direction of the conveyor belt, wherein the at least one synchronization channel is divided into an especially upper first section and an especially lower second section. The first section of the synchronization channel is especially a part of the first region of the conveyor belt, while the second section of the synchronization channel is especially a part of the second region of the conveyor belt.

[0022] In the region between the first section and the second section of the synchronization channel, a turning device is arranged which connects the first section of the synchronization channel with the second section of the synchronization channel. The turning device is configured to turn the rinsing object picked up from the synchronization channel and moved in the region between the first section and the second section of the synchronization channel by 180°, and then transfer the rinsing object turned by 180° to the second section of the synchronization channel, so that the rinsing object rotated by 180° can be further moved to the second region of the conveyor belt.

[0023] According to the present invention, it is particularly proposed that a dirt collection area is provided below the area between the first section and the second section of the synchronization channel (i.e., also within the area where the turning device is arranged), and this dirt collection area can receive the dirt that falls from the rinsing object due to gravity when the rinsing object is turned over.

[0024] A series of advantages can be achieved through this solution.

[0025] The loading system according to the present invention particularly relates to a loading system, by means of which the manual operation steps of the conveying device for loading a conveyor-type rinsing machine can be further reduced, because rinsing objects such as plates and saucers can be sorted into the main conveyor belt of the conveyor-type rinsing machine at least semi-automatically. In this way, the manual work steps will be reduced, thereby reducing the workload that the operator needs to perform, because for the operator, the movement process for loading rinsing objects, especially plates and saucers, is particularly optimized, because there is no need to rotate the saucer 180° between removing the saucer from, for example, a tray and loading the saucer onto the conveyor belt of the loading system. The rotation of the saucer is achieved within the loading system, especially through the turning device.

[0026] In addition, since the rinsing objects can be synchronized into the conveyor belt by the loading system itself when using the loading system according to the present invention, it is not necessary to sort the rinsing objects into a dedicated conveyor belt compartment of the conveyor-type rinsing machine, especially a dedicated conveyor belt compartment of the main conveyor belt.

[0027] The cleaning effect of the conveyor-type rinsing machine can be particularly improved thereby, because all rinsing objects are ensured to be uniformly oriented on the conveyor belt of the conveyor-type rinsing machine in an easy-to-implement but still effective manner, especially at least semi-automatically, and preferably travel in a dedicated channel of the main conveyor belt of the conveyor-type rinsing machine sorted according to type.

[0028] As the process continues, the unloading process of the conveyor-type rinsing machine or the conveyor belt of the conveyor-type rinsing machine is also simplified thereby, because each type of rinsing object is conveyed on a defined conveying channel through the rinsing machine and thus reaches the unloading area of the conveyor-type rinsing machine in a pre-sorted manner.

[0029] The loading system of the present invention is significantly different from, for example, the loading systems known from documents KR 100977943B1 or KR 101487193B1. In these documents, a turning wheel is used to transport the rinsing objects to be cleaned and synchronously feed them into the main conveyor belt of the rinsing machine. Such a turning wheel known from the prior art, for example, has a certain front tooth part or corresponding supporting fingers, and the peripheral area of the rinsing object to be processed is moved between the two supporting fingers of the turning wheel or into the front tooth part, and then rotated by a certain angle through the rotation of the turning wheel.

[0030] The disadvantages of the turnover wheel, which are generally known in industrial rinsing, are particularly evident in the following aspects: when the (dirty) rinsing object rotates by means of such a turnover wheel, food residues or other dirt that may still be present in the rinsing object will fall due to gravity, soiling the mechanical mechanism or the turnover wheel and even soiling the second section of the synchronization channel.

[0031] Particularly for a turnover device designed as a turnover wheel, dirt (i.e., waste accumulated on or in the rinsing object) will not fall into the area between the first section and the second section of the synchronization channel due to its gravity, but actually fall into the area of the second section of the synchronization channel. This means that the section of the synchronization channel (i.e., the place for placing the rinsing object) is affected by dirt, and the consequence is that there is a risk that this dirt will also be supplied to the main conveyor belt of the conveyor rinsing machine along the synchronization channel.

[0032] In addition, a turnover wheel generally requires a relatively large installation space.

[0033] The present invention solves these problems, especially because the turnover device has a turnover compartment, in particular a turnover compartment that is open on one side and at least substantially in the form of a box-shaped drawer, instead of using a turnover wheel.

[0034] Since the turnover device is configured as a turnover compartment, it is ensured that when the rinsing object rotates 180°, dirt (i.e., waste accumulated on the rinsing object) falls into the area between the first section and the second section of the synchronization channel due to its gravity (especially not into the area of the second section of the synchronization channel), so as to achieve separation from the second section of the synchronization channel, thereby ensuring that the dirt falling from the rinsing object during rotation of the rinsing object is supplied to the main conveyor belt of the conveyor rinsing machine through the second section of the synchronization channel.

[0035] Therefore, it is particularly proposed according to the present invention that a dirt collection area is provided below the area between the first section and the second section of the synchronization channel of the loading system according to the present invention, and this dirt collection area can receive the dirt that falls from the rinsing object due to gravity when the rinsing object is turned over.

[0036] Advantageous improvements to the loading system according to the present invention are mentioned in the dependent claims.

[0037] Accordingly, according to a preferred implementation of the loading system of the present invention, it is proposed that the tipping device has a tipping compartment, in particular a tipping compartment which is open on one side and at least substantially in the form of a box-shaped drawer. Here, the tipping compartment can be changed between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the rinsing object picked up from the synchronization channel and moved in the region between the first section and the second section of the synchronization channel is at least partially or locally received by the tipping compartment. In the second position, compared with the first position of the tipping compartment, the tipping compartment with the rinsing object at least partially or locally received by the tipping compartment has been tipped by 180°.

[0038] Of course, in this regard, the tipping compartment does not necessarily have to be a closed tipping compartment. A corresponding grid or grating structure can also be envisaged.

[0039] According to an improvement of the present invention, it is proposed that the tipping compartment, which is in particular implemented in the form of a box-shaped drawer open on one side, is pivotally supported between a first position and a second position about an axis extending at least substantially horizontally relative to the first section and the second section of the synchronization channel.

[0040] According to an embodiment of the loading system of the present invention, it is proposed that the tipping compartment, which is in particular implemented in the form of a box-shaped drawer open on one side, has a bottom region which is below when the tipping compartment is in the first position and a front wall region which faces the second section of the synchronization channel when the tipping compartment is in the first position. Preferably, when the tipping compartment is in the first position and the rinsing object is at least partially or already received, the rinsing object hits the front wall region of the tipping compartment.

[0041] Here, the wall region of the tipping compartment facing the second section of the synchronization channel does not necessarily have to be a continuously closed wall region. For example, it is also conceivable that the wall region consists only of struts, slats or strips.

[0042] The tipping compartment is pivotally supported in particular about an axis extending at least substantially horizontally such that when the tipping compartment is in the second position, the front wall region of the tipping compartment faces the first section of the synchronization channel.

[0043] When the tipping compartment is in the first position, the surface of the bottom region of the tipping compartment, the surface of the first section of the synchronization channel and the surface of the second section of the synchronization channel are preferably in the same plane, so that the rinsing object to be tipped can easily slide from the first section of the synchronization channel into the tipping compartment.

[0044] According to an implementation of the loading system according to the invention, it is proposed that a tipping compartment, which is in particular implemented in the form of a drawer that opens on one side and is at least substantially box-shaped, has at least one support device configured to prevent at least part or portion of the rinsing articles received in the tipping compartment from falling out of the tipping compartment when the tipping compartment is changed from a first position to a second position.

[0045] In this way, it is also possible to process very fragile rinsing articles (such as fine porcelain) using the loading system without the risk of damaging the rinsing articles, especially in the tipping device.

[0046] This also provides a distinct advantage compared to a tipping device designed as a tipping wheel. In the case where the tipping device is designed as a tipping wheel, when a certain tipping angle is reached, the rinsing articles previously received by the tipping wheel will fall out of the tipping wheel, which may cause damage to the rinsing articles.

[0047] The aforementioned support can be implemented in different ways. For example, it can be envisaged that at least one support device has a support body that can be moved into the tipping compartment laterally as required.

[0048] On the other hand, it can also be envisaged that the support device is equipped with a guiding device configured to prevent at least part or portion of the rinsing articles received in the tipping compartment from falling out of the tipping compartment when the tipping compartment is changed from a first position to a second position.

[0049] In this regard, it can be particularly envisaged that a tipping compartment, which is in particular implemented in the form of a drawer that opens on one side and is at least substantially box-shaped, has at least one guiding device, especially in the form of a guiding strip or a guide rail. The at least one guiding device is in particular implemented as an undercut structure, extends in the longitudinal extension direction of the conveyor belt, and extends parallel to the bottom region of the tipping compartment. When the tipping compartment is in the second position, the surface of the guiding device, the surface of the first section of the synchronization channel, and the surface of the second section of the synchronization channel are in the same plane.

[0050] This has the following distinct advantage: after the tipping compartment in which the rinsing articles are accommodated has been rotated by 180°, the rotated rinsing articles can be transported unhindered from the equally rotated tipping compartment into the second section of the synchronization channel.

[0051] According to an implementation of the loading system according to the invention, it is particularly proposed that the tipping device of the loading system has an actuator that operates in particular electrically, electromagnetically, pneumatically, or hydraulically, and is configured to change the tipping compartment from the first position to the second position (and vice versa) as required.

[0052] This applies in particular in that the tipping device has a sensor, in particular a sensor in the form of a presence detector or presence switch, which is configured to detect the state in which the rinsing object is at least partially or locally picked up by the tipping compartment. The sensor technology can also have an optically operating non-contact sensor, such as a grating or a light curtain. The actuator of the tipping device is connected to a control device, or the actuator of the tipping device has a corresponding control device, which is configured to control the actuator when the sensor detects that the rinsing object is at least partially or locally received by the tipping compartment, such that the actuator changes the tipping compartment from a first position to a second position.

[0053] This also applies in that the tipping compartment is pivotally supported about an axis which extends at least substantially horizontally and preferably perpendicular to the longitudinal extension direction of the conveyor belt, such that when the tipping compartment is in the first position and the rinsing object is at least partially or locally received or has been received by the tipping compartment, the tipping compartment moves in the direction from the first position to the second position independently or automatically.

[0054] In this regard, the sensor can be configured to detect the movement of the tipping compartment in the direction from the first position to the second position, in particular when the tipping compartment is in the first position and the rinsing object is at least partially or locally received or has been received by the tipping compartment.

[0055] Dirt which drops from the rinsing object due to gravity during rotation of the rinsing object can in particular be supplied to the dirt collection area through an opening defined by an edge area of the dirt collection area. Here, the edge area of the dirt collection area which defines the opening of the dirt collection area is arranged in a plane which is parallel and preferably extends parallel to the plane in which the surface of the bottom area of the tipping compartment is located when the tipping compartment is in the first position.

[0056] With this embodiment variant, the dirt collection area can be designed as enclosed as possible, such that dirt which drops from the rinsing object during rotation of the rinsing object is effectively prevented from reaching the area of the second section of the synchronizing channel. In this way, it is possible to prevent in particular effectively that dirt which drops from the rinsing object during tipping is transported through the second section of the synchronizing channel to the conveying means of the conveyor rinsing machine.

[0057] The tipping device is preferably activatable as required, wherein in the non-activated state of the tipping device, the rinsing object picked up by the synchronizing channel and moved in the area between the first section and the second section of the synchronizing channel is transferred to the second section of the synchronizing channel without rotating the rinsing object by 180°.

[0058] To achieve this, it is conceivable that, in particular, the front wall region of the tipping compartment, which is implemented in the form of a drawer that opens on one side and is at least substantially box-shaped, can be selectively moved out of or into the movement path of the rinsing object specified by the synchronization channel.

[0059] As described above, the conveyor belt can be implemented as a conveying chute such that the rinsing object placed in the first region of the synchronization channel can preferably be supplied to the second section of the synchronization channel solely by gravity. Alternatively, it is also conceivable that the conveyor belt is at least partially or locally implemented as a roller belt with a plurality of rollers extending perpendicular to the longitudinal extension direction of the conveyor belt and, in particular, rotatably supported.

[0060] Alternatively or additionally, the conveyor belt can have a conveying device by means of which the rinsing object placed in the first region of the conveyor belt or the rinsing object placed in the first section of the synchronization channel of the conveyor belt can be moved to the second region of the conveyor belt or in the direction towards the second region, or to the second section of the synchronization channel or in the direction towards the second section.

[0061] Preferably, the conveyor belt of the loading system is divided into a plurality of synchronization channels extending parallel to each other, where not every synchronization channel has to be equipped with a tipping device. In particular, only the following synchronization channels are provided with corresponding tipping devices: the associated type of rinsing object needs to be rotated by 180° when loaded into the main conveyor belt of the conveyor-type rinsing machine.

[0062] At least one synchronization channel of the conveyor belt, in particular each synchronization channel of the conveyor belt, is associated with a rinsing object of a specific size and / or dimension or a specific type of rinsing object.

[0063] Preferably, the at least one synchronization channel is associated with at least one cover element configured to at least partially or locally cover the associated synchronization channel from above such that the synchronization channel and the cover element form a tubular channel for receiving the corresponding rinsing object, where the cover element is preferably configured to be removable from the associated synchronization channel.

[0064] To ensure the particularly trouble-free operation of the loading system, the loading system has a synchronization device for synchronizing the movement of the rinsing object received in one synchronization channel from the first region of the conveyor belt to the second region or its synchronization from the first section of the synchronization channel to the second section of the synchronization channel. Here, the synchronization channel is divided into a plurality of sections, where the synchronization device is configured to correspondingly control the transfer of the rinsing object from the first section to the adjacent second section.

[0065] In order to implement such a synchronization device, it is conceivable that, in order to divide the synchronization channel into a plurality of intervals, the synchronization device has corresponding blocking elements, each of which defines the end of each interval of the synchronization channel, and these blocking elements can be moved into and out of the synchronization channel to prevent or release the transfer of the rinsing object from the first interval of the synchronization channel to the adjacent second interval of the synchronization channel.

[0066] Herein, the synchronization device is particularly configured to control each of the blocking elements associated with the intervals of the synchronization channel such that the blocking elements are simultaneously moved into or out of the synchronization channel, so that the transfer of the rinsing object from the first interval of the synchronization channel to the adjacent second interval is released only when there is no rinsing object in the second interval or when the rinsing object moves from the second interval to the third interval adjacent to the second interval or in the direction towards the main conveyor belt of the conveyor rinsing machine.

[0067] The time-based control of the blocking elements is preferably carried out synchronously with the conveying speed of the main conveyor belt of the conveyor rinsing machine. In this way, in particular, sensor technology can be dispensed with, which is configured to detect the corresponding compartments for receiving the rinsing objects to be synchronized.

[0068] Regarding the dirt collection area of the loading system, it is advantageously proposed that the dirt collection area is connected via a dirt dropping pipe to a dirt collection area provided near the entry area or loading area of the conveyor rinsing machine associated with the loading system, wherein the dirt dropping pipe is preferably configured such that the dirt collected in the dirt collection area of the loading system enters or can enter the dirt collection area of the entry area or loading area of the conveyor rinsing machine due to gravity through the dirt dropping pipe.

[0069] The dirt dropping pipe can in particular be implemented as a dirt dropping channel or a dirt dropping chute.

[0070] Further advantageously, the dirt collection area is connected via a dirt dropping pipe to the existing sieve drawer (including the dirt collection area) of the recessed inlet of the conveyor rinsing machine. This provides a larger volume for receiving the dirt that falls during the 180° rotation. The sieve drawer can be emptied manually as required or connected to an automatic wet waste cleaning system. This allows for uninterrupted operation for as long as possible without emptying the dirt collection area.

[0071] The invention further relates to a component for at least semi-automatically cleaning rinsing objects, wherein the component has a supply system, in particular a supply system in the form of a supply conveyor, for supplying the rinsing objects to be cleaned. Furthermore, the component includes a conveyor rinsing machine having at least one conveying device (main conveyor belt), in particular a conveying device in the form of a conveyor belt, for supplying the rinsing objects to be cleaned to at least one treatment area of the conveyor rinsing machine.

[0072] In order to transfer the rinsing objects to be cleaned from the supply system to the conveying device of the conveyor rinsing machine, the above-described loading system of the type according to the invention is used in the component according to the invention.

[0073] It is proposed in implementing the component according to the invention that, at least in the area between the supply system and the loading system, the supply system supplies the rinsing objects to be cleaned substantially perpendicular to the extension direction of the conveyor belt of the loading system, and wherein the extension direction of the conveyor belt of the loading system is at least substantially consistent with the extension direction of the conveying device of the conveyor rinsing machine at least in the loading area of the conveyor rinsing machine.

[0074] The invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the drawings.

[0075] In the drawings:

[0076] Figure 1 An exemplary embodiment of a component for at least semi-automatically cleaning rinsing objects according to the invention is schematically shown in an isometric view, wherein the supply system, the loading system and the loading area of the conveyor rinsing machine of the component are shown in Figure 1 ;

[0077] Figure 2 An exemplary embodiment of the component according to the invention is schematically shown in a side view Figure 1 ;

[0078] Figure 3 An exemplary embodiment of the component according to the invention is schematically shown in a top view Figure 1 ;

[0079] Figure 4 An exemplary embodiment of the loading system for the component according to Figure 1 is schematically shown in an isometric view, and the synchronization channel of the loading system is provided with a corresponding cover;

[0080] Figure 5 An exemplary embodiment of the loading system according to Figure 4 is schematically shown in a top view;

[0081] Figure 6Schematically and in an isometric view, there is shown a loading system according to Figure 4 but without the cover of the synchronization channel;

[0082] Figure 7 Schematically and in a top view, there is shown a loading system according to Figure 6 ;

[0083] Figure 8A Schematically and in a partially cut-away side view, there is shown a loading system according to Figure 4 ;

[0084] Figure 8B Schematically and in a partially cut-away side view, there is shown a loading system according to Figure 8A ; but wherein the tipping device of the loading system has changed from its first position shown in Figure 8A to an intermediate position between the first position and the second position rotated by 180° shown in Figure 8C ; and

[0085] Figure 8C Schematically and in a partially cut-away side view, there is shown a loading system according to Figure 8B ; but wherein, compared to the first position according to Figure 8A , the tipping device is now in the second position rotated by 180°.

[0086] In Figure 1 , there is schematically shown in an isometric view a component 1 for at least semi-automatically cleaning a rinsing object 100, which component 1 has a supply system 2 in the form of a supply conveyor belt, through which supply system the rinsing object 100 to be cleaned is supplied to a loading system 10.

[0087] Figure 2 Schematically and in a side view, there is shown an exemplary embodiment of the component of the present invention according to Figure 1 , and Figure 3 Schematically and in a top view, there is shown an exemplary embodiment of the component of the present invention according to Figure 1 .

[0088] In particular, it is conceivable that a tableware set consisting of a tray and a rinsing object 100 to be cleaned received correspondingly on the tray is supplied to, in particular, the upper first area 12 of the loading system 10 via the supply system 2 or the supply conveyor belt.

[0089] Cutlery sets with items 100 to be cleaned can be placed directly onto the supply conveyor by diners or washers. The supply conveyor or supply system 2 then transports these cutlery sets to the entry or loading area of the conveyor-type washers 3. There, the cutlery sets and dishes are manually removed from trays, for example, and then manually sorted into corresponding synchronous channels 14, 15 of the loading system 10.

[0090] In the assembly 1 according to the invention Figure 1 In the embodiment shown, the emptied trays are then fed via the supply system 2 to the automatic tray synchronization system 5. There, the trays are arranged in an upright position when they are fed and then placed in the corresponding tray channels of the processing machine 3. This process is preferably fully automatic.

[0091] like Figures 1 to 3 As shown, the supply system 2 or the supply conveyor is guided past the front of the inlet area of the conveyor-type processor 3. A semi-automatic loading system 10 is located at the level of the inlet area of the conveyor-type processor 3. For example, the plates and small dishes from the cutlery sets fed into this semi-automatic loading system are placed into specially provided synchronous channels 14, 15 of the loading system 10. Here, the operator stands in front of the loading station and looks in the direction of the conveyor-type processor 3.

[0092] Depending on the required flushing volume, it is also conceivable to use a Figures 1 to 3 The conveyor washer 3 with the wider main conveyor 4 shown makes it possible to add one or more additional simultaneous lanes at the loading system 10, which can be loaded by the same operator from the first loading position, or, if capacity needs increase, by a second operator standing directly next to another loading station.

[0093] As in Figures 2 to 7 As shown in Figures 1 to 3 The loading system 10 used in the illustrated arrangement 1 comprises a conveyor belt 11, in particular embodied as a slide, which is inclined or can be inclined relative to the horizontal plane, so that the wash objects 100 placed in a first area 12 above the conveyor belt 11 can be moved, preferably solely by gravity, to a second area 13 of the conveyor belt 11 lying opposite the first area 12, in particular below, or can be moved in the direction of this second area.

[0094] exist Figures 2 to 7 In the loading system 10 shown, the conveying path 11 is divided into two synchronous channels 14, 15 extending parallel to each other, each of which extends in the longitudinal extension direction of the conveying path 11. Figures 2 to 7In the illustrated embodiment, it is proposed to assign the rinsing articles of the first rinsing article type to the first synchronization channel 14 and the rinsing articles of the second rinsing article type to the second synchronization channel 15. The first rinsing article type particularly relates to saucers, while the second rinsing article type relates to plates or saucers.

[0095] The first rinsing article type (here saucers) is preferably rotated by 180° in order to be effectively cleaned in the conveyor rinsing machine 3, whereby it can be synchronously fed into the main conveyor belt of the conveyor rinsing machine 3 in an ideally positioned manner.

[0096] For this purpose, in the Figures 2 to 7 illustrated embodiment of the loading system 10 according to the invention, it is proposed that the first synchronization channel 14 is divided into an upper first section 16 and a lower second section 17, wherein in the region between the first section and the second section 16, 17 of the first synchronization channel 14, a turning device is arranged which connects the first section 16 of the first synchronization channel 14 to the second section 17 of the first synchronization channel 14.

[0097] In the Figures 2 to 7 illustrated embodiment of the loading system 10 according to the invention, it is also proposed that each synchronization channel 14, 15 of the conveying path 11 is assigned a rinsing article of a specific size and / or dimension or a specific type of rinsing article.

[0098] Preferably, the synchronization channels 14, 15 are associated with at least one cover member 27 which is configured to at least partially or locally cover the associated synchronization channels 14, 15 from above, such that the synchronization channels 14, 15 and the cover member 27 form a tubular channel for receiving the corresponding rinsing article 100, wherein the cover member 27 is preferably configured to be removable from the associated synchronization channels 14, 15.

[0099] As can be seen in particular from the Figures 8A to 8C illustrations, the turning device is configured to turn the rinsing article 100 picked up by the first synchronization channel 14 and moved in the region between the first section and the second section 16, 17 of the first synchronization channel 14 by 180°, and then transfer the rinsing article 100 turned by 180° to the second section 17 of the first synchronization channel 14.

[0100] It is particularly proposed here that a dirt collection area 19 is provided below the region between the first section and the second section 16, 17 of the first synchronization channel 14, in which dirt that falls from the rinsing article 100 due to gravity during the turning of the rinsing article 100 can be received.

[0101] In the loading system 10 shown in the drawings, the tipping device is embodied as a tipping compartment 18, in particular a tipping compartment which is open on one side and at least substantially in the form of a box-shaped drawer.

[0102] As Figures 8A to 8C shown, the tipping compartment 18 can be pivoted between a first position and a second position. In this first position, the rinsing object 100 picked up by the first synchronizing channel 14 and moved in the region between the first section and the second section 16, 17 of the first synchronizing channel 14 is at least partially or partly received by the tipping compartment 18 (see Figure 8A ). In this second position, the tipping compartment 18 with the rinsing object 100 at least partially or partly received by the tipping compartment 18 is pivoted through 180° compared to the first position of the tipping compartment (see Figure 8C ).

[0103] From Figure 8A the illustration in Figure 8A it can be seen that the tipping compartment 18 has a bottom region 20 which is located below when the tipping compartment 18 is in the first position and a front wall region 21 which faces the second section of the first synchronizing channel 14 when the tipping compartment 18 is in the first position. Here, when the rinsing object 100 is at least partially or partly received or has been received when the tipping compartment 18 is in the first position (see

[0104] ), the rinsing object 100 preferably strikes the front wall region 21 of the tipping compartment 18. Figure 8A the illustration in

[0105] Furthermore, from Figure 8A 、 Figure 8B and Figure 8C it can be seen in combination that the tipping compartment 18 of the loading system 10 is pivotally supported between the first position and the second position about an axis which extends at least substantially horizontally relative to the first section and the second section 16, 17 of the first synchronizing channel 14.

[0106] From Figure 8C the view in

[0107] it can be seen that the tipping compartment 18 is pivotally supported about an axis which extends at least substantially horizontally such that when the tipping compartment 18 is in the second position, the front wall region 21 of the tipping compartment 18 faces the first section 16 of the first synchronizing channel 14. Figure 8A ) to the second position (seeFigure 8C ) prevent the rinsing object 100 received at least partially or locally in the tipping compartment 18 from falling out of the tipping compartment 18.

[0108] Although it is conceivable in principle to configure the support device 22 as a support that can be moved into the tipping compartment 18, in the embodiment shown in the drawings of the loading system 10 according to the present invention, it is proposed that the support device 22 is realized by a guiding device 23.

[0109] Specifically, the tipping compartment 18 has a guiding device 23 that extends in the longitudinal extension direction of the conveyor belt 11 and extends parallel to the bottom region 20 of the tipping compartment 18, in particular a guiding device in the form of a guiding strip or a guide rail.

[0110] In this regard, it is of course also conceivable that at least one guiding device 23 is implemented as an undercut structure.

[0111] As can be seen from the illustration in Figure 8C , when the tipping compartment 18 is in the second position, the surface of the guiding device 23, the surface of the first section 16 of the first synchronization channel 14, and the surface of the second section 17 of the first synchronization channel 14 are located in the same plane.

[0112] And as can be seen from the view in Figure 8B , at least one guiding device 23 is also designed to prevent the rinsing object 100 received at least partially or locally in the tipping compartment 18 from falling out of the tipping compartment 18 when the tipping compartment 18 is changed from the first position (see Figure 8A ) to the second position (see Figure 8C ).

[0113] As shown in Figures 2 to 7 , the tipping device has an actuator 24 that is configured to change the tipping compartment 18 from the first position to the second position (and vice versa) as required. The actuator 24 particularly relates to an electric actuator 24, but it is also conceivable in this regard to have an actuator that operates electromagnetically, pneumatically, or hydraulically.

[0114] Although not explicitly shown in Figures 2 to 7 , the tipping device also has a sensor system, for example, a sensor system in the form of a presence detector or a presence counter, which is configured to detect the state when the rinsing object 100 is received at least partially or locally in the tipping compartment 18. Here, the actuator 24 of the loading system 10 or the actuator 24 of the tipping device has a control device that is designed to control the actuator 24 when it is detected that the rinsing object 100 is received at least partially or locally in the tipping compartment 18, such that the actuator 24 changes the tipping compartment 18 to the second position.

[0115] In particular, in this regard, it can be envisaged that the tipping compartment 18 is pivotally supported about an axis which extends at least substantially horizontally and preferably perpendicular to the longitudinal extension direction of the conveyor belt 11, such that when starting from the first position of the tipping compartment 18, the rinsing object 100 is at least partially or partly received or has been received by the tipping compartment 18, the tipping compartment 18 moves independently or automatically in the direction from the first position to the second position.

[0116] Here, the aforementioned sensor system is configured to detect the movement of the tipping compartment 18 from the first position to the second position, so that this movement can be used as a trigger condition which can be detected by the sensor and used to activate the actuator.

[0117] It can also be seen from Figures 2 to 7 the illustration that dirt which falls off the rinsing object 100 due to gravity when the rinsing object 100 rotates can be supplied to the dirt collection area 19 through an opening 25 defined by the edge area of the dirt collection area 19. Here, in the Figure 2 design variant shown in the loading system 10 according to the invention, it is proposed that the edge area of the dirt collection area 19 which defines the opening 25 of the dirt collection area 19 lies in a plane which is spaced apart from and preferably parallel to the plane in which the surface of the bottom area 20 of the tipping compartment 18 lies when the tipping compartment 18 is in the first position (see Figure 8A ).

[0118] As Figure 2 shown, the dirt collection area 19 is connected to a dirt collection area 29 through a dirt dropping pipe 28, and this dirt collection area is arranged near the entry area or loading area of the conveyor rinsing machine 3 associated with the loading system 10, wherein the dirt dropping pipe 28 is preferably designed such that the dirt collected in the dirt collection area 19 of the loading system 10 enters or can enter the dirt collection area 29 due to gravity through the dirt dropping pipe 28, and this dirt collection area 29 is located in the entry area or loading area of the conveyor rinsing machine 3.

[0119] The loading system 10 according to the exemplary embodiment shown in the drawings further has a synchronizing device which is used to synchronously move the rinsing objects 100 received in the synchronizing channels 14, 15 from the first area 12 of the conveying path 11 to the second area 13 of the conveying path 11. The synchronizing channels 14, 15 are divided into a plurality of sections here, and the synchronizing device is configured to control the transfer of the rinsing objects 100 from the first section to the adjacent second section.

[0120] In order to divide the synchronization channels 14, 15 into a number of intervals, the synchronization device has blocking elements 26, each of which defines the end of each interval. These blocking elements can be moved into and out of the synchronization channels 14, 15 to prevent or release the transfer of the rinsing object 100 from the first interval to the second interval.

[0121] Here, the synchronization device is configured to control the respective blocking elements 26 associated with the respective intervals of the synchronization channels 14, 15 such that the blocking elements 26 are moved into and out of the synchronization channels 14, 15 simultaneously, so that the transfer of the rinsing object 100 from the first interval to the second interval is released only when there is no longer a rinsing object 100 in the second interval or when the rinsing object 100 has moved from the second interval to a third interval adjacent to the second interval.

[0122] In summary, it should be noted that the object of the present invention is to further reduce the manual operation steps such that, for example, plates and saucers can be semi-automatically sorted into the main conveyor belt in such a way that:

[0123] - The manual work steps are reduced, thereby reducing the workload of the operator, since the movement process of the operator loading the plates and saucers is optimized by:

[0124] o Eliminating the 90° rotation of the upper body between the tray supply conveyor belt and the conveyor belt of the rinsing object rinsing machine - simply lifting the plates and saucers from the tray and placing them into the loading opening on the front side of the loading system 10, i.e., a significantly shorter and more ergonomic movement;

[0125] o The saucer does not need to be rotated 180° between removing it from the tray and loading it onto the conveyor belt - the rotation of the saucer occurs within the loading system 10;

[0126] o There is no need to sort the rinsing objects into a dedicated conveyor belt compartment - the rinsing objects are synchronously fed into the conveyor belt by the loading system 10;

[0127] - The cleaning effect of the conveyor-type rinsing machine 3 is improved because all rinsing objects are uniformly oriented on the conveyor belt and each type of rinsing object travels through the rinsing machine within a dedicated track;

[0128] - The unloading process is simplified because each type of rinsing object is conveyed through the rinsing machine on a defined path and is thus pre-sorted when it reaches the unloading area of the rinsing machine.

[0129] Therefore, the present invention particularly relates to the following aspects:

[0130] [[ID=6 :

[0131] A belt - type conveying tableware rinsing machine is equipped with a loading unit for synchronously feeding at least one rinsing object 100 into the conveyor belt of the belt - type conveying rinsing machine. The loading unit ensures the automatic and synchronous feeding of the rinsing object into the conveyor belt in a specific orientation of the rinsing object by combining a chute, a driven conveyor or the like with a flipping unit.

[0132] ​ :

[0133] For the machine according to the first aspect, it is characterized in that the rinsing object preferably slides by gravity to a subsequent synchronous position due to the inclination of the synchronous channel and finally slides from there into the conveyor belt of the rinsing machine. Alternatively, it can also be fed to a downstream synchronous position by an additional drive (such as a conveyor belt, etc.).

[0134] ​ :

[0135] For the machine according to the first aspect, it is characterized in that, according to the type of rinsing object, the loading unit further has a flipping unit so that it can rotate rinsing objects such as small dishes (in order to achieve good cleaning effect, the opening 25 of the rinsing object must face down for cleaning), so that the rinsing object can be placed into the loading unit with the opening 25 facing up, and then can be synchronously fed into the belt - type conveying rinsing machine with the opening 25 facing down from the loading unit. An alternative embodiment proposes that the flipping unit is always a part of the synchronous channel 14, but the flipping unit actually flips the rinsing object only when needed (i.e., according to the type of rinsing object placed), and remains disabled when not needed.

[0136] ​ :

[0137] For the machine according to the first and third aspects, it is characterized in that the flipping unit moves, for example, by electric, pneumatic, magnetic or other drives, or alternatively, a rotational movement is induced by gravity, for example, implemented by means of an eccentric rotating shaft, so that a rotational movement is directly induced by gravity when the rinsing object slides into the flipping unit.

[0138] ​ :

[0139] For the machine according to the first aspect, it is characterized in that each synchronous channel has one or more rinsing - object positions, so that a new rinsing object can be placed in the placing position only when the previously placed rinsing object is transferred from the upper placing position to its lower position.

[0140] ​ :

[0141] The machine according to the first aspect is characterized in that the loading unit is designed to be loaded manually by the machine operator or, alternatively, automatically by an upstream robot, a gripper arm or the like, which automatically transfers the rinsing material from the tray to the respective insertion position.

[0142] ​ :

[0143] The machine according to the first and second aspects is characterized in that below the tipping device there is a dirt collection device which captures food residues that fall out due to gravity during rotation and selectively discharges them into a sieve drawer.

[0144] ​ :

[0145] The machine according to the first aspect is characterized in that the loading device has a cover which covers one or more synchronization channels, and the cover is designed such that there is a horizontal plane above the insertion opening which can be used as a storage place / buffer zone for the rinsing material which, due to its shape or size, cannot normally be inserted into one of the openings, or which theoretically could be inserted but cannot be immediately inserted when removed from the tray because the insertion position is still occupied by a previously inserted rinsing material 100 at this time.

[0146] ​ :

[0147] The machine according to the first aspect is characterized in that the loading opening is equipped with visual signals (such as red and green illumination) in order to show the operator the current loading state of the insertion opening (for example, red = insertion position occupied, green = insertion position free).

[0148] ​ :

[0149] The machine according to the first aspect is characterized in that the loading unit can optionally be equipped with more synchronization channels for more types of rinsing material (such as for glasses and / or cutlery) in order to also synchronously feed this rinsing material into the conveyor belt of the belt rinsing machine according to the same principle.

[0150] The invention is not limited to the embodiments shown in the drawings but results from an overview of all the features disclosed herein.

[0151] List of reference signs

[0152] 1 Assembly

[0153] 2 Supply system

[0154] 3 Belt rinsing machine

[0155] 4 Conveyor device of the conveyor-type rinsing machine / Main conveyor belt

[0156] 5 Tray stacking device

[0157] 10 Loading system

[0158] 11 Conveyor belt

[0159] 12 First area of the conveyor belt

[0160] 13 Second area of the conveyor belt

[0161] 14 First synchronization channel

[0162] 15 Second synchronization channel

[0163] 16 First section of the first synchronization channel

[0164] 17 Second section of the first synchronization channel

[0165] 18 Inverting device / Inverting compartment

[0166] 19 Dirt collection area

[0167] 20 Bottom area of the inverting compartment

[0168] 21 Front wall area of the inverting compartment

[0169] 22 Support device

[0170] 23 Guide device

[0171] 24 Actuator

[0172] 25 Opening of the dirt collection area

[0173] 26 Blocking element

[0174] 27 Cover

[0175] 28 Dirt dropping pipe

[0176] 29 Dirt collection area

[0177] 100 Rinsing object

Claims

1. A loading system (10) for loading rinsing objects (100) into at least one conveyor-type rinsing machine (3), wherein the loading system (10) comprises: - A conveyor belt (11), in particular a conveyor belt configured as a chute, which is in particular inclined or tiltable relative to the horizontal plane such that the rinsing objects (100) placed in the first region (12), in particular the upper region, of the conveyor belt (11) can preferably move to the second region (13), in particular the lower region, of the conveyor belt (11) which is opposite to the first region (12) or can move in the direction towards the second region solely by gravity. Wherein the conveyor belt (11) has at least one synchronization channel (14, 15) which extends in the longitudinal extension direction of the conveyor belt (11), wherein the at least one synchronization channel (14, 15) is divided into a first section (16), in particular the upper section, and a second section (17), in particular the lower section, and a turning device which connects the first section (16) of the synchronization channel (14, 15) to the second section (17) of the synchronization channel (14, 15) is arranged in the region between the first section and the second section (16, 17) of the synchronization channel (14, 15), the turning device being configured to turn the rinsing object (100) picked up by the synchronization channel (14, 15) and moved in the region between the first section and the second section (16, 17) of the synchronization channel (14, 15) by 180° as required, and then transfer the rinsing object (100) turned by 180° to the second section (17) of the synchronization channel (14, 15), and a dirt collection region (19) is provided below the region between the first section and the second section (16, 17) of the synchronization channel (14, 15), and dirt which drops from the rinsing object (100) due to gravity during the turning of the rinsing object (100) can be received in the dirt collection region.

2. The loading system (10) according to claim 1, Wherein the turning device has a turning compartment (18), in particular a turning compartment in the form of a box-shaped drawer which is open on one side and at least substantially so, and the turning compartment can be changed between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the rinsing object (100) picked up by the synchronization channel (14, 15) and moved in the region between the first section and the second section (16, 17) of the synchronization channel (14, 15) is at least partially or locally received by the turning compartment (18), and in the second position, the turning compartment (18) with the rinsing object (100) at least partially or locally received by the turning compartment (18) has been turned by 180° compared to the first position of the turning compartment (18).

3. The loading system (10) according to claim 2, In particular, the swivel compartment (18) configured to be of a type with one side open and at least substantially box-shaped drawer can be pivotally supported between the first position and the second position relative to the first section and the second section of the synchronous channels (14, 15) about an axis extending at least substantially horizontally.

4. The loading system (10) according to claim 2 or 3, In particular, the swivel compartment (18) configured to be of a type with one side open and at least substantially box-shaped drawer has a bottom region (20) located below when the swivel compartment (18) is in the first position and a front side region, in particular a wall region (21), facing the second section (17) of the synchronous channels (14, 15) when the swivel compartment (18) is in the first position. When the swivel compartment (18) is in the first position and the rinsing object (100) is at least partially or partly received or has been received, the rinsing object (100) preferably touches the front side region, in particular the wall region (21) of the swivel compartment (18).

5. The loading system (10) according to claim 3 and 4, Wherein the swivel compartment (18) can be pivotally mounted about the axis extending at least substantially horizontally such that when the swivel compartment (18) is in the second position, the front side region, in particular the wall region (21) of the swivel compartment (18) faces the first section (16) of the synchronous channels (14, 15).

6. The loading system (10) according to claim 4 or 5, Wherein when the swivel compartment (18) is in the first position, the surfaces of the bottom region (20), the first section (16) of the synchronous channels (14, 15) and the second section (17) of the synchronous channels (14, 15) are in the same plane.

7. The loading system (10) according to any one of claims 2 to 6, In particular, the swivel compartment (18) configured to be of a type with one side open and at least substantially box-shaped drawer has at least one support device (22), and the support device is configured to prevent the rinsing object (100) that has been at least partially or partly received by the swivel compartment (18) from falling out of the swivel compartment (18) when the swivel compartment (18) changes from the first position to the second position.

8. The loading system (10) according to claim 7, Wherein the at least one support device (22) has a support body which can be inserted into the swivel compartment (18) laterally as required.

9. The loading system (10) according to any one of claims 2 to 8, In particular, the tipping compartment (18) configured to be opened on one side and at least substantially in the form of a box-shaped drawer has at least one guide device (23), in particular in the form of a guide bar or a guide rail, which is in particular configured as an undercut structure, extends in the longitudinal extension direction of the conveyor belt (11), and extends parallel to the bottom region (20) of the tipping compartment (18), wherein, When the swivel compartment (18) is in the second position, the surfaces of the guiding device (23), the first section (16) of the synchronous channels (14, 15) and the second section (17) of the synchronous channels (14, 15) are in the same plane.

10. The loading system (10) according to claim 9, wherein the at least one guiding device (23) is configured to prevent the rinsing object (100) that has been at least partially or locally received by the tipping compartment (18) from falling out of the tipping compartment (18) when the tipping compartment (18) changes from the first position to the second position.

11. The loading system (10) according to any one of claims 2 to 10, wherein the tipping device has an actuator (24) that operates especially in an electric, electromagnetic, pneumatic or hydraulic manner, and the actuator is configured to change the tipping compartment (18) from the first position to the second position as required, and vice versa.

12. The loading system (10) according to claim 11, wherein the tipping device has a sensor system, especially a sensor system in the form of a presence detector or a presence counter, the sensor system is configured to detect the state in which the rinsing object (100) is at least partially or locally received by the tipping compartment (18), and wherein the actuator (24) is associated with a control device that is configured to drive the actuator (24) when it is detected that the rinsing object (100) has been at least partially or locally received by the tipping compartment (18), such that the actuator (24) changes the tipping compartment (18) to the second position.

13. The loading system (10) according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the tipping compartment (18) is pivotally mounted about an axis that extends at least substantially horizontally and preferably extends perpendicular to the longitudinal extension direction of the conveyor belt (11), such that when the tipping compartment (18) is in the first position and the rinsing object (100) is at least partially or locally received or has been received by the tipping compartment (18), the tipping compartment (18) moves independently or automatically in the direction from the first position to the second position.

14. The loading system (10) according to claims 12 and 13, wherein the sensor system is configured to detect the movement of the tipping compartment (18) in the direction from the first position to the second position, especially when the tipping compartment (18) is in the first position and the rinsing object (100) is at least partially or locally received or has been received by the tipping compartment (18).

15. The loading system (10) according to any one of claims 2 to 14, Wherein dirt that falls off the rinsing object (100) due to gravity when the rinsing object (100) is turned over can be supplied or can be supplied to the dirt collection area (19) through an opening (25) defined by an edge area of the dirt collection area (19), wherein the edge area of the dirt collection area (19) that defines the opening (25) of the dirt collection area (19) lies in a plane that is spaced apart from and preferably parallel to the plane of the surface of the bottom area (20) of the turning compartment (18) when the turning compartment (18) is in the first position.

16. The loading system (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the turning device can be activated as needed, and wherein, in a state where the turning device is not activated, the rinsing object (100) picked up by the synchronous channels (14, 15) and moving in the area between the first section and the second section (16, 17) of the synchronous channels (14, 15) is transferred to the second section (17) of the synchronous channels (14, 15) without turning the rinsing object (100) by 180°.

17. The loading system (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein the conveyor belt (11) is at least partially or locally configured as a roller belt having a plurality of rollers extending perpendicular to the longitudinal extension direction of the conveyor belt (11) and being rotatably supported in particular.

18. The loading system (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein the conveyor belt (11) has a conveying device by which the rinsing object (100) placed in the first area of the conveyor belt (11) can be moved to or in the direction of the second area of the conveyor belt (11).

19. The loading system (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 18, wherein the conveyor belt (11) is divided into a plurality of synchronous channels (14, 15) extending parallel to each other, and not every synchronous channel (14, 15) is provided with a turning device.

20. The loading system (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 19, wherein at least one of the synchronous channels (14, 15) is associated with at least one cover member (27) configured to at least partially or locally cover the associated synchronous channel (14, 15) from above such that the synchronous channel (14, 15) and the cover member form a tubular channel for accommodating a corresponding rinsing object, and wherein the cover member (27) is preferably configured to be removable from the associated synchronous channel (14, 15).

21. The loading system (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 20, The loading system (10) has a synchronizing device for synchronously moving the rinsing objects (100) received in the synchronizing channels (14, 15) from the first region of the conveyor belt (11) to the second region of the conveyor belt (11), wherein the synchronizing channels (14, 15) are divided into a plurality of sections, and wherein the synchronizing device is configured to control the transfer of the rinsing object (100) from the first section relative to an adjacent second rinsing object (100).

22. The loading system (10) according to claim 21, Among them, To divide the synchronizing channels (14, 15) into a plurality of said sections, the synchronizing device has blocking elements (26), each of which defines the end of each section, and the blocking elements can be moved into and out of the synchronizing channels (14, 15) to block and release the transfer of the rinsing object (100) from the first section to the adjacent second section.

23. The loading system (10) according to claim 21 or 22, Wherein the synchronizing device is configured to drive each of the blocking elements (26) associated with the sections of the synchronizing channels (14, 15) such that the blocking elements (26) are simultaneously moved into or out of the synchronizing channels (14, 15), so that the transfer of the rinsing object (100) from the first section to the second section is released only when there is no longer a rinsing object (100) in the second section or when the rinsing object moves from the second section to a third section adjacent to the second section.

24. The loading system (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 23, Wherein the dirt collection area (19) is connected by a dirt dropping pipe (28) to a dirt collection area (29) provided near the entry area or loading area of the conveyor rinsing machine (3) associated with the loading system (10), and wherein the dirt dropping pipe (28) is preferably configured such that the dirt collected in the dirt collection area (19) of the loading system (10) enters or can enter the dirt collection area (29) at the entry area or the loading area of the conveyor rinsing machine (3) by gravity through the dirt dropping pipe (28).

25. A component (1) for at least semi-automatically cleaning rinsing objects (100), wherein the component (1) comprises: - a supply system (2), in particular a supply system in the form of a supply conveyor belt, for supplying the rinsing objects (100) to be cleaned; - a conveyor rinsing machine (3) having at least one conveying device (4), in particular in the form of a conveyor belt, for supplying the rinsing objects (100) to be cleaned to at least one treatment area of the conveyor rinsing machine (3); and - a loading system (10) according to any one of claims 1 to 24.

26. The component (1) according to claim 25, In at least the region between the supply system (2) and the loading system (10), the supply system (2) supplies the rinsing objects (100) to be cleaned substantially perpendicular to the extending direction of the conveyor belt (11) of the loading system (10), and the extending direction of the conveyor belt (11) of the loading system (10) is at least substantially consistent with the extending direction of the conveying device (4) of the conveyor rinsing machine (3) at least in the loading region of the conveyor rinsing machine (3).

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