Automatic door opening system for domestic dishwashers

In a dishwashing machine electrically operated to sequentially effect a washing, a rinsing and a drying cycle under the control of a timer-controlled switching means, said machine having a frame supporting a washing compartment with an access opening, a door hinged about said opening to pivot between open and closed positions and first biasing means to bias said door to closed position, the improvement including second biasing means to bias said door towards open position, exerting a door opening force greater than the door-closing force of said first biasing means and effective when the door is within a range of positions intermediate and including said closed position and a predetermined partially-open position;

• means to cease action of said second biasing means when said door has attained said partially-open position, and an electrically-operated latch means to releasably latch said door in closed position and adapted to be operated by said switching means at the end of said rinsing cycle, so as to effect said drying cycle by free circulation of ambient air into said washing compartment through the partially-open door opening.