Dishwasher moisture removal system
AssigneeBby Solutions, Inc.
InventorFarhad Nourbakhsh
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Abstract
A dishwasher appliance is provided, and includes an external housing containing a tub for receiving dishes. The dishwasher configured to receive water from a water source of a dwelling via an external supply line, which includes a valve for directing water between the tub and a water reservoir. Water received into the reservoir will be cooler than the water utilized in the tub to wash dishes. A water pump is connected to the reservoir so that during the drying cycle, the relatively cool water of the reservoir can be pumped through one or more conduits that are in contact with various surfaces of the tub so as to cool the tub interior and cause moisture contained therein to condense and drain out of the tub thereby efficiently enhancing the drying performance of the dishwasher.
Claims14
A dishwasher appliance having a dishwashing cycle and a drying cycle, the dishwasher appliance comprising:
- an external housing;
- a tub positioned within the external housing, the tub having two sides, a back, a top, and a bottom, the two sides, the back, the top, and the bottom, defining a tub interior, the tub interior configured to receive dishes;
- an external water supply line and an internal water supply line, the external water supply line configured to receive water from a water source of a dwelling, the internal water supply line being in fluid communication with the external water supply line, the external water supply line having a valve, the valve being actuatable between an open position and a closed position;
- a water reservoir in communication with the external water supply line, in the open position water received from the external water supply line is directed into the water reservoir, in the closed position water received from the external water supply line is directed into the internal water supply line, the internal water supply line being in fluid communication with the tub interior;
- a water pump, the water pump in fluid communication with the water reservoir;
- at least one conduit, the at least one conduit being in fluid communication with the water pump and the water reservoir and defining a closed loop therebetween, the at least one conduit extending from the water pump to the water reservoir between the tub and the external housing, at least a portion of the at least one conduit being immediately adjacent to a portion of the tub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.