A motor drive with devices for translating the rotary movement of an output shaft
(44) into a reciprocating linear movement, preferably for driving a reciprocating
transporting device (4; 5, 6). The latter comprises catches (9; 9.1,
9.2), which engage in one direction and not in the other direction, in order
to transport a receptacle (16) for items for washing. The transporting device
comprises an articulated transporting frame (4), of which the transporting
rails (5, 6) can be moved in opposite directions to one another.