Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dishwasher system with a reuse tank
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Application No.: US17693852Application Date: 2022-03-14
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Publication No.: US11779190B2Publication Date: 2023-10-10
- Inventor: Josef A. Buser , Kristopher L. Delgado , Scott D. Slabbekoorn , Cristian A. Soto , Elliott V. Stowe
- Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- The original application number of the division: US16909368 2020.06.23
- Main IPC: A47L15/42
- IPC: A47L15/42 ; A47L15/00

Abstract:
A dishwasher comprising a tub, a reuse tank, and a controller for implementing a wash cycle in the tub, the controller comprising a clock, the controller operably coupled to a recirculation pump and a drain pump, the controller configured (a) to cause the recirculation pump to supply liquid used during the wash cycle to the reuse tank, (b) to monitor via a clock a period of time that the liquid is within the reuse tank, and (c) when the period of time is greater than a predetermined period of time, (i) to cause a control valve in an outlet conduit to open and allow the liquid to flow from the reuse tank to a sump and (ii) to cause a drain pump to drain the liquid from the sump and out of the dishwasher.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220192459A1 DISHWASHER SYSTEM WITH A REUSE TANK Public/Granted day:2022-06-23
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