Gary Allen Gerber

US Patent:

8215323, Jul 10, 2012

Filed:

Jul 24, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/374697

Inventors:

Steven H. Kramer - Osgood OH, US
Brian A. Brunswick - Tipp City OH, US
Gary A. Gerber - West Milton OH, US

Assignee:

Premark FEG L.L.C. - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

B08B 3/00

US Classification:

134137, 134 56 D, 134 57 D, 134 58 D, 134198

Abstract:

A conveyor-type warewash machine includes a housing through which racks of wares are passed along a conveyance path for cleaning. A rack drive system includes a rack engaging structure that moves back and forth in first and second directions. When moving in the first direction, the rack engaging structure moves an adjacent rack forward along the conveyance path. When moving in the second direction, the rack engaging structure leaves the adjacent rack substantially stationary. The drive system is configured to move the rack engaging structure in the first direction at a first average speed and to move the rack engaging structure in the second direction at a second average speed. The second average speed is faster than the first average speed so that the adjacent rack spends more time moving forward than being stationary. A seal assembly may be provided about a drive shaft of the drive system.

US Patent:

20150327748, Nov 19, 2015

Filed:

Apr 7, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/680098

Inventors:

Steven H. Kramer - Osgood OH, US
Nicholas T. Weiss - Huber Heights OH, US
Gary A. Gerber - Troy OH, US

International Classification:

A47L 15/42
B08B 3/14

Abstract:

A warewasher includes a scrap reducing arrangement located within a wash zone for capturing scrap debris falling downward toward a tank. The scrap reducing arrangement is configured to automatically deliver captured scrap debris away from the tank when liquid spraying within the wash zone ceases.