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US 9,078,555 B2Granted
Dishwasher and method for operating a dishwasher
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
InventorsBernd Heisele, Helmut Jerg, Michael Lugert, Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Franz-Josef Wagner
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Abstract
A dishwasher includes a rinsing container having a rinsing chamber and a drying facility which is provided outside of the rinsing container and fluidically connected to the rinsing chamber for drying air charged with humidity from the rinsing chamber. A storage tank is fluidically connectable with the rinsing chamber for intermediately storing rinsing fluid.
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A dishwasher, comprising:
- a rinsing container having a rinsing chamber;
- a drying facility provided outside of the rinsing container and fluidically connected to the rinsing chamber for drying air charged with humidity from the rinsing chamber;
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- a storage tank fluidically connectable with the rinsing chamber for intermediately storing rinsing fluid,
- wherein the rinsing container has a common rinsing container opening for fluidically connecting both the storage tank and the drying facility to the rinsing chamber.
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A method for operating a dishwasher, the method comprising:
- guiding, in a drying step during a wash cycle, air charged with humidity into a drying facility by way of a common rinsing container opening of a rinsing chamber for fluidically connecting a storage tank and the drying facility to the rinsing chamber;
- guiding, in an desorption step during at least one partial wash cycle, the air out of the rinsing chamber via the common rinsing container opening into the drying facility for dehumidifying sorption material in the drying facility;
- establishing a pressure balance, when filling or emptying the storage tank, by way of the common rinsing container opening;
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- cleaning a storage tank by routing a rinsing fluid via the common rinsing container opening into the rinsing chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.