(19)
(11) EP 0 862 893 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
09.09.1998 Bulletin 1998/37

(21) Application number: 98100574.7

(22) Date of filing: 15.01.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6A47L 15/48
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 06.02.1997 DE 19704430

(71) Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Benton Harbor Michigan 49022 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Rapke, Harry
    21025 Comerio (IT)
  • Buser, Josef
    21025 Comerio (IT)

(74) Representative: Guerci, Alessandro 
Whirlpool Europe S.r.l. Patent Department Viale G. Borghi 27
21025 Comerio (VA)
21025 Comerio (VA) (IT)

   


(54) Dish-washing machine


(57) The invention relates to a dish-washing machine having a washing area receiving the dishes and into which an extraction line opens, via which hot vapour-saturated air is sucked out of the washing area by means of a fan, on which machine the extraction line begins in a blocking device with an extraction aperture which is arranged in the roof region of the washing area, and has a valve disc as a blocking element, on which when the fan is switched on, the valve disc releases the extraction aperture and on which, when the fan is switched off, the valve disc returns to the initial position on the basis of its own weight and closes the extraction aperture. At the entrance to the blocking device, warm dry air is already mixed with the hot vapour-saturated air extracted from the washing area, with the result that the mixed air which is led to the extraction line cannot lead to the formation of condensation in the extraction line.







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