ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMK..AL..............................RDIM360 (Ver 1.5 21 Nov 2005) - 1100000/00862893EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA319981021EP98100574.719980115enenen19704430 19970206DE19981021199843199809091998376 6A 47L 15/48 AdeGeschirrspülmaschineenDish-washing machinefrMachine à laver la vaiselle1WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION00816031WHD 96018 EP2000 M-63Benton Harbor Michigan 49022USRapke, Harryc/o Whirlpool Europe s.r.l., V.le G. Borghi 2721025 ComerioITBuser, Josefc/o Whirlpool Europe s.r.l., V.le G. Borghi 2721025 ComerioITGuerci, Alessandro00062733Whirlpool Europe S.r.l. Patent Department Viale G. Borghi 2721025 Comerio (VA)ITATBECHDEDKESFIFRGBGRIEITLILUMCNLPTSEALLTLVMKROSI19981021199843

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.