Machine for simultaneously conveying and washing dishware

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR WASHING DISHES COMPRISING LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING LATERALLY SPACED PARALLEL UPPER AND LOWER SIDE RAILS FOR RECEIVING THE OPPOSED RIM PORTIONS OF DISHES, POWER DRIVEN DISH PUSHER MEANS INDIVIDUALLY ENGAGED WITH THE TRAILING RIM PORTIONS OF THE DISHES FOR PROPELLING THE DISHES ALONG SAID RAILS, EACH OF SAID RAILS HAVING INTERRUPTED PORTIONS FORMING LATERALLY EXTENDING VERTICAL APERTURES SO THAT SUCCESSIVE AREAS OF THE DISHES CONVEYED ALONG SAID RAILS ARE EXPOSED THROUGH SAID APERTURES, UPPER AND LOWER SIDE SPRAY NOZZLES SPACED FROM AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID APERTURES FOR DIRECTING LIQUID SPRAY ONTO THOSE PORTIONS OF THE DISHES WHICH TRAVERSE SAID APERTURES, AND CENTRAL SPRAY NOZZLES FOR DIRECTING LIQUID SPRAY ONTO THOSE PORTIONS OF THE DISHES WHICH LIE BETWEEN SAID SIDE RAILS.