The invention relates to a conveying apparatus (200, 200, 200, 200) for feeding washware (100, 101) to at least one conveyor belt (50, 51, 52) of a commercial conveyor warewasher (1), with a conveying system (201) for conveying the washware (100, 101), in particular for feeding trays or tray-like washware (100), of cutlery and/or of other washware (101). The invention is characterized by an unloading station (202, 202, 202, 202) for automatically unloading the washware (100, 101) from the conveying apparatus (200, 200, 200, 200) transversely to the conveying direction of the conveying system (201), in which the trays (100), with or without cutlery (103) lying on them, can be oriented on edge and parallel to the transport direction of the conveying system (201), so as to be capable of being placed onto a conveyor belt (50) of the conveyor warewasher. The invention relates, furthermore, to a flight-type warewasher (1) and to a combination of this warewasher (1) and of the conveying apparatus (200, 200, 200, 200). The invention relates, moreover, to a method for loading a flight-type warewasher (1), by means of a conveying apparatus (200, 200, 200, 200) and to a preferred use of same for loading a warewasher with trays or tray-like washware (100).

A cleaning apparatus for cleaning articles to be cleaned is proposed, in particular a tunnel dishwashing machine. The cleaning apparatus includes at least one cleaning chamber and at least one conveying device, wherein the conveying device is set up to convey the articles to be cleaned in a conveying direction through the cleaning chamber. The cleaning apparatus comprises at least one nozzle system for acting upon the articles to be cleaned with at least one cleaning fluid. The cleaning apparatus additionally comprises at least one sensor for the articles to be cleaned which is set up in order to detect a loading of the conveying device with articles to be cleaned. The cleaning apparatus additionally comprises at least one control means and at least one displaying means. The control means is set up in order to select at least one operating mode of the cleaning apparatus corresponding to the detected loading of the conveying device with the items to be cleaned and to propose the selected operating mode by means of the displaying device to a user of the cleaning apparatus.

A loading system for loading a conveyor warewasher, wherein a piece of washware placed in a first region of a conveyor belt can be moved to or in the direction of a second region of the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt includes a clock-in lane subdivided into an upper first section and a lower second section and, in a region between the sections, a turning apparatus is arranged and configured to turn a piece of washware picked up from the clock-in lane and moved in the region between the first and second sections by 180 and subsequently transfer the piece of washware to the second section of the clock-in lane. Below the region between the first and second sections of the clock-in lane, a dirt collection region is provided, in which dirt can be received, having fallen from the piece of washware by way of gravity.

The invention relates to a handling module for loading a transport device of a conveyor dishwasher. The handling module comprises a turning wheel for turning a dishware item, a supply ramp and a feed ramp for transferring the dishware item from the turning wheel to a transport device of the conveyor dishwasher, wherein the feed ramp has at least one waste disposal opening, wherein the turning wheel is designed to receive the dishware item supplied via the supply ramp in an orientation with a use side facing upwards, wherein the turning wheel is also designed to turn the dishware item and to place same on the feed ramp with the use side facing downwards, wherein, when placing the dishware item on the use side, waste on the dishware item can be disposed of via the waste disposal opening due to gravity. The invention also relates to a cleaning system comprising the handling module, as well as a method for cleaning items to be cleaned.