Household dishwasher

US6601593B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ulrich Deiss · Sontheim, DE
• Helmut Jerg · Giengen an der Brenz, DE
• Bernd Schessl · Dillingen/Saar, DE
• Michael Rosenbauer · Reimlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 11, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 5, 2003
• Expiry date: Jul 20, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47L15/4221
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A household dishwasher, includes a dishwashing compartment, a circulating pump for delivering liquid to the dishwashing compartment, a flow heater having an inflow connection fluidically connected to the circulating pump and at least two outlet connections, spray devices disposed in the dishwashing compartment and fluidically connected to outlet connections for supplying the liquid to each of the spray devices, and a changeover device for selectively opening and closing the spray devices. The spray devices subject items disposed in the dishwashing compartment and to be cleaned to an action of a liquid delivered by the circulating pump. The changeover device is disposed in a non-restricting location at the flow heater upstream of the outlet connections with respect to a liquid flow direction and opens and/or closes one of the outlet connections or a number of outlet connections or all the outlet connections are alternately one after the other and/or on a permanent basis. A method is also provided.