EP0842632A2 - Automatic purge filtration system for a dishwasher - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a dishwasher filtration and soil collection system, and more particularly to a system for automatically purging a filter and soil collection system in a dishwasher to remove accumulated soils.
- Typical domestic dishwashers in use today draw wash liquid from a sump at the bottom of a wash tub and spray the wash liquid within the wash tub to remove soils from dishes located on racks in the tub.
- some dishwashers employ a system for separating soil out of the recirculating wash liquid and for retaining the soils in a collection chamber.
- a filter screen is used to retain soil in a soil collection chamber.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,165,433 discloses a dishwasher system including a centrifugal soil separator which sends soil laden wash liquid into a soil container whereupon the soil laden wash liquid passes through a fine filter disposed in the wall of the soil container.
- Screen clogging can adversely affect the dishwasher's cleaning ability, causing poor washability and indirectly causing increased water and energy consumption.
- the build-up of pressure behind the screen may increase - to a maximum determined by the ability of the pump supplying soil laden wash liquid against the screen - and result in soil embedding into the screen such that it is difficult to subsequently remove the soils from the screen.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,559,959 discloses a dishwasher wherein soil load is measured by monitoring pressure in a soil collection chamber in which soils are retained after the wash liquid passes through a filter mesh. If the pressure exceeds a predetermined limit, indicating that the filter mesh is clogged, the wash liquid is completely purged by draining all of the wash liquid out of the tub and refilling the tub with fresh water.
- the 959 patent provides for a maximum of three complete purges at the beginning of the dishwasher cycle. Additionally, the number of purges required is monitored and that information is used to control the subsequent wash cycle - selecting the appropriate cycle for the soil load of the dishes.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,346,723 discloses a dishwashing system wherein soils are collected in a bypass soil collector.
- the soil collector may be purged by draining small amounts of wash liquid in "spurts" during an early wash period by selectively opening and closing a drain valve.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,223,042 discloses a method of washing dishes wherein during the wash cycle a portion of the washing solution is drained from the bottom of the tub to remove soils. The wash solution is subsequently replenished with fresh water having a volume equal to the volume of the discharged wash solution.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,429,679 includes a soil collection system wherein wash liquid is sent into a filtration chamber and then returned to the tub sump through a filter. After the first wash cycle, a portion of wash liquid, approximately 1 gallon out of the total 2.3 gallons of wash liquid, is sent to drain and then replaced by adding fresh water to the tub.
- the above described systems all include several drawbacks.
- One of the most significant is that, for all of these references, a relatively large quantity of water is drained during each purge.
- several of the above references teach interrupting the wash operation during each drain purge such that no spray is directed against the dishes while wash liquid is being purged.
- Another problem with the above described systems is one of soil redeposition wherein soils, collected in the soil collection chamber prior to each purge, are redeposited onto the dishes during the purge cycle.
- the present invention provides a dishwasher pump and automatic purge system which includes a wash impeller supported for rotation within a pump chamber wherein the pump chamber has a main outlet and a sample outlet port.
- the wash impeller draws wash liquid from the dishwasher sump region and pumps the wash liquid through the main outlet such that wash liquid is recirculated throughout the dishwasher interior wash chamber.
- a soil separation channel is provided for receiving wash liquid from the pump chamber through the sample outlet port wherein the soil separation channel includes a filter screen for returning filtered wash liquid back into the sump such that soils are retained in the soil separation channel and accumulate within a soil accumulator.
- the pressure within the soil accumulator is sensed by a pressure sensor.
- a drain pump having an inlet fluidly connected to the accumulator, is energized such that soils are cleared from the accumulator and the filter screen.
- the drain pump is deenergized.
- the dishwasher further includes a drain conduit fluidly connecting the sump to the drain pump.
- a control valve is provided for preventing fluid flow from the dishwasher sump to the drain pump during the accumulator purge operation while the wash pump is operating. The control valve is operated in response to fluid pressure created by the wash pump.
- the dishwasher further includes an improved food chopping system having a curved chopping blade as opposed to a straight blade.
- the chopping blade is curved in a direction away from its rotation. Therefore, tough, fibrous foods that are not easily cut slide off the curved end of the blades only to be chopped again by the oncoming opposing half of the blade.
- inwardly protruding deflector ribs are provided which approach, but do not engage the curved end of the blades. The deflector ribs increase the turbulence of the fluid flow around the inside surface of the housing thereby substantially reducing soil accumulation along the inside surface of the housing.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dishwasher including a soil separation and collection system in accordance with the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a schematic illustration of the soil separation and collection system of the present invention and embodied in the dishwasher shown in FIG. 1.
- Figure 3 is a top view of the pump system of the dishwasher shown in FIG. 1.
- Figure 4 is a diametric sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 3, illustrating fluid flow during soil accumulator purging.
- Figure 5a is a diametric sectional view taken along line V-V of FIG. 3, showing the control valve in a closed position.
- Figure 5b is a partial sectional view illustrating the control valve in an open position, again taken along line V-V of FIG. 3.
- Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially along line VI-VI of FIG. 4.
- Figure 7 is a partial sectional view of the pump and soil collector system illustrating an alternative drain pump embodiment for the present invention.
- Figure 8 is a schematic representation of electrical circuitry for an electromechanical embodiment of the dishwasher shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic representation of the control elements for an electronic embodiment of the dishwasher shown in FIG. 1.
- Figure 10 is a flow chart illustrating the operation of an alternate embodiment of the dishwasher shown in FIG. 1 having a microprocessor control means.
- an automatic dishwasher generally designated 10 includes an interior tub 12 forming an interior wash chamber or dishwashing space 14.
- the tub 12 includes a sloped bottom wall 16 which defines a lower tub region or sump 18 (FIG. 4) of the tub.
- a soil separator and pump assembly 20 is centrally located in the bottom wall 16 and has a lower wash arm assembly 22 extending from an upper portion thereof.
- a coarse particle grate 24 permits wash liquid to flow from the bottom wall 16 to soil separator 20 while preventing large foreign objects from entering the pump system.
- the soil separator/pump assembly 20 includes a wash pump 28 having a wash impeller 32 disposed within a pump chamber 30 defined by a pump housing 31.
- the pump housing 31 is supported by a pump base 33.
- the wash impeller 32 driven by motor 34, draws wash liquid from the sump 18 through a pump inlet 36, provided between the pump housing 31 and pump base 33, and pumps wash liquid up through a main pump outlet 38 into the lower spray arm 22.
- a first portion of wash liquid is sprayed from the lower spray arm 22 against dishes supported on a lower dishrack 40 and a second portion of wash liquid is directed toward an upper spray arm 42. Wash liquid is repeatedly recirculated over the dishes for removing soils therefrom.
- the chopper assembly 70 includes a sizing screen 72 and a chopper 74 which is urged against a downwardly facing shoulder 32a of the wash impeller 32 by a coil spring 76.
- the upper distal end of the coil spring 76 extends radially outwardly into a groove provided in the chopper 74 and a lower distal end of the coil spring 76 extends into and is driven in rotation by a blind hole provided in drive hub 77.
- the chopper 74 includes a pair of outwardly extending, curved chopping blades 74a which are provided with sharp cutting edges 74b for comminuting soil particles that are trapped on the sizing screen 72 so that they may be reduced in size and subsequently pass through the sizing screen openings.
- the chopper 74 is driven in the rotational direction illustrated by arrow 79 such that soils which contact the cutting edges 74b and wrap about the chopping blades 74a are driven by the force of the water acting against the rotating chopper 74 to slide off the blade ends.
- Food soils swirling within the chopping region beyond the outer edges of the chopping blades 74a are driven back into the path of the blades 74a by deflector ribs 78 inwardly extending from the annular wall 69.
- the soils are drawn, along with the wash liquid, into the pump chamber 30.
- the soils are centifugally separated and a sample of wash liquid having a high concentration of entrained soils is directed to flow from the pump chamber 30 through a sample outlet 43 into a soil collector 45 comprising an annular soil separation channel 46 and a soil accumulator 50.
- the sample outlet 43 is illustrated as an annular guide chamber 44 having a bottom opening 47 through which soils flow into the soil separation channel 46. Accordingly, the soil laden wash liquid is directed to flow into the soil separation channel 46 which has top wall formed from a filter screen 48.
- the filter screen 48 is repeatedly backflushed.
- pressurized wash liquid is emitted from downwardly directed backflush nozzles.
- Means may be provided for forming a fan-shaped spray from the flow of wash liquid through the backflush nozzles. As the lower wash arm rotates, this fan shaped spray sweeps across the filter screen 48 providing a backwashing action to keep the screen clear of soil particles which may impede the flow of cleansed wash liquid into the sump 18.
- the filter screen 48 may become clogged with food soils.
- wash performance is impaired and pressure within the soil accumulator 50 increases.
- This pressure increase is sensed by a pressure sensor 52 associated with a pressure tap tube connected to a pressure dome 53 provided above the soil accumulator 50 such that the pressure sensor 52 measures pressure within the soil accumulator 50.
- the pressure sensor 52 can be either an analog device or a digital device.
- a drain pump 54 is energized to clear the screen mesh.
- the drain pump 54 draws wash liquid, highly concentrated with soils, from the soil accumulator 50 through drain conduit 55 and pumps it past a check valve 56 through drain hose 58 to drain.
- a check valve 56 through drain hose 58 to drain.
- the duration of time during which the drain pump 54 is energized to clear the accumulator 50 and the screen mesh 48 is referred to as purging or a purge period.
- the soil separation and collection system of the present invention is purged of soils. It can be understood, moreover, that since the drain pump 54 is separate from the wash pump 28, the purging of soils from the soil accumulator 50 and soil separation channel 46 can be accomplished while the wash pump impeller 32 continues to recirculate wash liquid through the dishwashing space 14.
- One solution would be to establish a loop in the drain tube 58 sufficient to provide the necessary pressure head and add a check valve 57 to the top of the drain tube 58 and have the check valve 57 open to the inside of the dishwasher to permit aqualization of the air in the drain tube with the air in the tub.
- the present invention may utilize a drain pump driven by the wash pump motor in a manner similar to the drain pump described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,319,599, incorporated by reference above.
- the pressure sensor 52 may be operated to control a drain valve associated with a drain line downstream of the drain pump such that when the filter screen 48 becomes clogged, the drain valve is opened to allow the drain pump to clear the accumulator.
- This type of system may have some undesirable leakage from the pump chamber into the drain pump area but would still provide beneficial results.
- the drain pump 54 can drain the sump region 18 by drawing wash liquid through a drain port 62.
- the drain port 62 is closed by a pressure operated control valve system 60 such that the sump 18 is separated from the drain pump when the wash pump 28 is operating.
- the control valve system 60 may be any type of system responsive to pressure generated by the operation of the wash pump 28 but is illustrated as a movable valve stem 61 supporting a plug seal 63.
- the valve stem 61 is supported along the underside of the pump housing 31.
- the valve stem 61 includes an upper pressure surface 61a secured to a flexible diaphram 65.
- a coil spring 67 is compressed between a spring retainer 69 and the backside of the upper pressure surface 61a such that the upper pressure surface 61a is urged upwardly into a cavity 71.
- the pressure cavity 71 is fluidly connected to the annular guide channel 44 via a conduit 73 such that the control vavle 60 is responsive to the the pressure generated by the wash impellor 32.
- valve stem 61 when the wash impeller 32 is recirculating wash liquid within the pump chamber 30, the valve stem 61 is forced downwardly, as shown in FIG. 5a, responsive to the pressure in cavity 71 such that the plug seal 63 operates to seal the drain port 62.
- the valve stem 61 When the wash impellor 32 is not being rotated or when there is insufficient wash liquid to pressurized the cavity 71, the valve stem 61 is biased upwardly such that plug seal 63 is raised above the drain port 62, as shown in FIG. 5b, to open the drain port 62 when the wash pump 28 is not in operation.
- the drain pump 54 when the control valve 60 is closed, the drain pump 54 only draws wash liquid from the accumulator 50 when it is energized to purge soils, as illustrated by flow lines 64. It can be understood, therefore, that when the drain pump 54 is energized during the wash cycle, the accumulator 50 and the soil separation channel 46 are purged very quickly which reduces the pressure within the accumulator 50 and the soil separation channel 46 such that the backwash nozzles 51 can clean the filter screen 48. As a result, the accumulator 50, the soil separation channel 46 and filter screen 48 are cleared very quickly such that very little water - as little as 0.1 liters per purge - need be sent to drain to achieve an effective purge period.
- FIGS 4 and 5b Fluid flow through the soil separator and pump assembly 20 when the control valve 60 is allowed to open and the drain pump 54 is energized is shown in FIGS 4 and 5b.
- Flow lines 66 illustrate the path of wash liquid drained from the sump through drain port 62. At the same time, wash liquid is drained from the accumulator 50 through drain conduit 55.
- the control valve system 60 can be used to separate the sump 18 from the accumulator 50 during the initial portion of a drain cycle to avoid soil redeposition onto the dishes. This can be accomplished by continuing to operate the wash pump 28 during the early portion of the drain cycle to keep the control valve 60 in a closed position such that wash liquid is initially drained only through the accumulator 50 wherein the accumulator 50 is cleared of soils and rinsed by water entering from the sump. After some period of time or when the wash pump 28 begins to starve, the motor 34 may be deenergized such that the control valve 60 opens.
- control valve system 60 allows for a thorough pump-out of wash liquid during drain such that little wash liquid remains in the sump 18 at the completion of a drain cycle. It would be possible, however, to provide an alternative embodiment of the present invention by omitting the control valve system 60. In such an embodiment, all wash liquid would be drained from the dishwasher through the soil accumulator 50.
- the drain pump 54 is shown as a separate element apart from the main soil separator and pump assembly 20. As illustrated, the drain pump 54 would have a separate motor and could be energized independently of the wash pump motor 34.
- FIG. 7 illustrates an alternative embodiment to this type of separate drain pump system wherein the drain pump can be selectively energized separate from the main wash pump system while still being driven by the wash pump motor 34.
- the drain pump 130 comprises a drain impeller 131 which is supported within a drain pump enclosure formed into the pump base 33'.
- the drain impeller 131 is driven by a shaft 132 which has a portion extending below the pump base 33' to which a pulley 134 is secured.
- the pulley 134 is driven by belt 136 extending about a drive pulley 138 associated with the drive shaft of the main motor 34' and an idler pulley 140.
- the idler pulley 140 is moved by an actuator such as a solenoid or wax motor (not shown) such that the belt 136 is tightened allowing it to transfer torque to the pulley 134 from the drive pulley 138 for rotating the drain impeller 131.
- the drain pump 130 may be energized for purging the accumulator or draining the dishwasher, as described above, by energizing the actuator associated with the idler pulley 140.
- the present invention may be beneficially employed in a dishwasher having either an electromechanical control scheme utilizing a conventional timer or an electronic control scheme utilizing a microprocessor.
- FIG. 8 Components of an electromechanical embodiment of the present invention are shown in FIG. 8.
- Current to the dishwasher is provided through lines L1 and L2.
- An interlock door switch 80 ensures that the dishwasher is deenergized when the door is opened.
- the dishwasher is started in its operating cycle by manipulation of a control knob 82.
- the control knob 82 is rotated a few degrees to turn the shaft of a timer motor 84 whereby cam 86 causes switch 88 to close, thereby energizing the timer motor 84.
- the advancing timer motor 82 rotates cams 90, 92, 94, 96 and 98 for selectively controlling switches 100, 102, 104, 106 and 108, respectively.
- the drain pump 54 When switch 102 is positioned to complete the circuit through contact 110, the drain pump 54 is energized whenever pressure switch 116, operatively associated to pressure dome 53, closes in response to pressure in the accumulator 50 exceeding the predetermined limit pressure. Similarly, the drain pump 54 is deenergized when the pressure in the accumulator 50 falls below the predetermined limit pressure and the switch 116 opens. It can be understood that the drain pump 54 cycles on and off independently of the timer motor 84 rotation such that very short purge intervals are possible. Moreover, the drain pump 54 is energized independently of the wash pump motor 34.
- the wash liquid sent to drain during each purge period may be replaced by having cam 94 close switch 104 such that fill valve 118 is energized simultaneously with the drain pump 54.
- switch 104 is open and the fill valve 118 is energized through switch 106.
- the wash liquid sent to drain during each purge period may also be accounted for by simply supplying a small amount of additional water into the dishwasher during the initial fill cycle wherein switch 104 and line 120 may be omitted from the dishwasher circuit.
- This "overfill" approach is a realistic alternative, given that only a small amount of wash liquid - as little as 0.1 liter - is sent to drain during each purge period.
- FIG. 9 illustrates an electronic control embodiment of the present invention utilizing a microprocessor controller 120 which employs the control logic shown in FIG. 10.
- step 145 the controller 120 monitors the pressure within the accumulator 50 via input from the pressure sensor 52 and stores the rate of pressure change (Pc). If the pressure exceeds a predetermined limit, as shown in step 146, a purge routine 148 comprising steps 150 and 152 is initiated.
- the drain pump 54 is deenergized in step 154.
- the drain pump may be deenergized when the accumulator pressure falls below the predetermined limit pressure. Alternatively, the drain pump may remain energized some predetermined time after the accumulator falls below the predetermined limit pressure or until the accumulator pressure reaches some predetermined reset pressure, lower than the predetermined limit pressure.
- the controller 120 counts the number of times (Np) the purge routine is initiated and sums the time (Tp) the drain pump was energized during the preceding purge periods. Based on that information, the controller 120 determines whether additional wash liquid is required to replace the quantity of water sent to drain during the prior purge routines.
- the purge routine 148 is initiated as frequently as required in response to pressure sensor 52 and is performed while the wash pump continues to recirculate wash liquid within the dishwasher. At the end of the initial wash period, the wash pump is deenergized and the wash liquid is drained from the dishwasher, as shown in steps 162, 164 and 166.
- the dishwasher cycle can be modified, as shown in step 168, in response to gathered information - Pc, Tp or Np - indicative of the quantity and type of soil.
- the duration of the wash cycle length may be increased when heavy soil load is sensed as determined by the number of purge routines or additional fills may be added to the cycle. In this manner, the dishwasher is responsive to the soil load for selecting the optimum wash cycle.
- the present invention may be readily employed in a fully automatic manner to provide a uniquely simple dishwasher cycle of operation. Specifically, the present invention makes it possible to effectively wash dishes with a two fill cycle as compared to present systems which typically require at least 5 fill cycles.
- the dishwasher In the two fill wash cycle, during the first fill cycle the dishwasher is operated to wash the dishes wherein the pump system is repeatedly purged until soil quantities in the wash liquid are reduced to a very low level.
- the second fill cycle can then be used as the single rinse cycle. Additionallly, if initial soil levels are so low that there is no resulting accumulator pressure , as may occur with pre-rinsed dishes, the two fill cycle will be used as the normal cycle.
- the present invention provides for a substantial improvement in the efficiency of dishwasher operation.
- the present invention provides a unique pump system which washes dishes in a manner superior to the dishwashers presently available for sale while using substantially less energy and water than presently available dishwasher systems.
- the inventors calculate that the present invention, if employed on all dishwashers in the United States (U.S.), would save almost 24 billion gallons of water a year and almost 4 billion KWH's per year - based on an assumption of 18 million dishwashers in use in the U.S. operated 300 times a year (6 times a week for 50 weeks a year).
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- A dishwasher having an interior wash chamber receiving wash liquid and a sump region disposed at the bottom of the wash chamber, the dishwasher comprising:a wash pump having an intake through which wash liquid is drawn from the sump, the wash pump further having a main outlet and a sample outlet;a soil collector receiving wash liquid from the wash pump through the sample outlet, the soil collector having a screen for passing filtered wash liquid back into the sump region such that soils accumulate within the soil collector;a pressure sensor for sensing fluid pressure within the soil collector; anda drain pump fluidly connected to the soil collector,
wherein the drain pump operates to drain wash liquid from the soil collector in response to the pressure sensor sensing a pressure exceeding a predetermined limit pressure. - The dishwasher according to claim 1, wherein the soil collector further comprises:a soil accumulator region for receiving wash liquid from the wash pump through the sample outlet, the screen forming a wall portion of the soil accumulator region,
wherein the pressure sensor senses the pressure within the soil accumulator region and the drain pump draws wash liquid from the soil accumulator region. - The dishwasher according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising:a drain port fluidly connecting the sump region to the drain pump; anda control valve for selectively closing the drain port preventing fluid flow through the drain port when the wash pump is operating.
- The dishwasher according to claim 3, further wherein the control valve for preventing fluid flow through the drain conduit is operated in response to fluid pressure created by the wash pump.
- The dishwasher according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the drain pump is hydraulically isolated from the wash pump such that all wash liquid drained from the wash chamber when the control valve is closing the drain port backflushes the screen and drains through the soil collector.
- The dishwasher according to any preceding claim, further comprising:means for supplying a fill quantity of wash liquid into the wash chamber;means for controlling the drain pump for purging soils from the soil accumulator such that the quantity of wash liquid drained through the soil accumulator is substantially less than the fill quantity supplied into the wash chamber.
- The dishwasher according to any preceding claim, further comprising:means for measuring the amount of wash liquid pumped from the soil collector to drain; andmeans for adding about the same amount of wash liquid into the wash chamber.
- The dishwasher according to any preceding claim, wherein the pump comprises:a motor having a rotating shaft;a wash impellor being mounted on the rotating shaft; anda blade mounted on the rotating shaft below the wash impellor, the blade including two curved ends, the curved ends curving away from a direction of rotation of the shaft during the wash cycle.
- The dishwasher according to claim 8, further wherein the blade is disposed within a cylindrical side wall having an inner surface, the inner surface of the cylindrical side wall including inwardly protruding deflector ribs.
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