Method of rinsing in a dishwasher and device for carrying out the method
AssigneeWhirlpool Europe B.V.
InventorsGerd Kloss, Christa Maurer, Ludwin Rauber, Reinold Rheia
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and to a device for carrying out the method for rinsing in a dish washer with a rinse water circuit, in which the rinse water is evacuated from the sump of the wash chamber by means of a circulating pump and, passing through a filter, is supplied to the spray devices in the wash chamber, the filter being cleaned in counterflow to the rinse water by means of introduced cleaning water. During the entire rinsing procedure the filter is cleaned in counterflow, the dirt particles in the filter being kept in suspension. The cleaning water is supplied to the rinse water circuit and preferably removed therefrom.
Claims10
A device for cleaning a filter in a dishwasher in which rinsing water is evacuated by a circulating pump from the sump of the wash chamber and, passing through a filter, is supplied to spray devices in the wash chamber, the filter being cleaned in counterflow to the rinse water by means of supplied cleaning water, the device comprising:
- a filter housing;
- a hollow cylindrical filter rotarily mounted in the filter housing,
- the filter closed at one end face and provided on the opposite end face with an input for the rinse water to be filtered,
- an annular chamber surrounding the filter, the annular chamber being formed between the filter housing and the filter and having an input for the cleaning water, and
- the filter housing, facing away from the input for the rinse water, incorporated as an output for the cleaning water unified with the rinse water in the rinse water circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.