Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47L15/00—Washing or rinsing machines for crockery or tableware
  • A47L15/42—Details
  • A47L15/4291—Recovery arrangements, e.g. for the recovery of energy or water

Definitions

• the invention relates to a dishwasher with a device for storing rinsing liquor and a method for storing rinsing liquor.
• a dishwasher rinsing after a washing program, consisting generally of the partial program steps “pre-wash”, “cleaning”, “intermediate rinsing”, “rinse” and “drying” carried out to clean the dishes located in the dishwasher
• the coarse contaminants are first removed from the spun material by means of a first wash liquor and then removed from the dishwasher with the first wash liquor after the end of the pretreatment
• the object of the present invention is therefore to provide a dishwasher and a method for operating a dishwasher, in which the storage container for the rinsing liquor is particularly simple and inexpensive to manufacture and on the other hand, the loss of space in the dishwasher through the storage container is kept very low and / or also the rinsing water in the storage tank can be stored for a long time without major nucleation.
• a dishwasher which is suitable to perform a wash program with at least one rinse using rinse liquor, with a program control, a washing container for receiving the to be cleaned Spüguts and a system for circulation of the rinsing liquor and a storage container for rinsing water for storage and reuse at a later time at least a portion of the rinsing liquor present in the dishwasher of the storage container designed as a flexible foil bag, which is the liquid volumes tuned in its size.
• This can be used advantageously any free space in a dishwasher for storing rinse liquor. There is thus no unnecessary loss of space due to the storage of rinsing water.
• Such a flexible film bag is inexpensive and easy to manufacture and easy to install or manufacture the dishwasher.
• the foil bag is preferably made of plastic or metal.
• plastic this is a very inexpensive material, so that the film bag according to the invention is particularly inexpensive to produce.
• the foil bag is designed to accommodate a plurality of rinsing liquors, preferably two rinsing liquors.
• the film bag according to the invention can thus advantageously be stored for a plurality of subprogram steps within a rinsing program rinsing liquor.
• the dishwasher has a drain pump for pumping out the wash liquor from the dishwasher and a circulation pump for acting on the spray arms, and the foil bag can be filled with wash liquor from the wash pump via a first wash liquor line.
• the drain pump can be used to BeglaUen the foil bag.
• a water diverter which opens either the first Spülflottentechnisch with open shut-off valve from the drain pump to the foil bag or a second Spülflotten effet from the drain pump to the sewer, which is preferably closed by a shut-off valve.
• This can advantageously be controlled by a simple water switch, whether the drain pump promotes wash liquor in the sewer or in the foil bag.
• the rinsing liquor from the foil pouch for the reintroduction of rinsing liquor is passed via a third rinsing liquor conduit into the rinsing liquor cycle of the dishwasher, which preferably leads from the foil pouch into a sump in the lower region of the rinsing container.
• a third rinsing liquor conduit into the rinsing liquor cycle of the dishwasher, which preferably leads from the foil pouch into a sump in the lower region of the rinsing container.
• the first rinsing liquor line and / or the second rinsing liquor line and / or the third rinsing liquor line can each be closed via a shut-off valve.
• all Spülflotten effet can be advantageously separated and opened and closed independently, thus also Be SheUen and emptying the foil bag and the discharge of wash liquor in the sewer.
• the dishwasher has a drain pump for pumping out the wash liquor from the dishwasher and a circulation pump for acting on the spray arms and the film bag is filled via a filter system in the pump sump and a first Spülflotten effet of the circulation pump with filtered wash liquor ,
• the circulation pump By using the circulation pump to Be SheUen the foil bag filtered purge solution is introduced into the foil bag due to the arrangement of the suction to the circulation pump in the pump sump.
• less impurities in the Spülflotten Shawen and in the foil bag occur.
• less algae and bacteria growth The rinsing liquor can thus easily over a long time, z. B several months, stored in the film container.
• a first Spülflotten Ultrichloric Acid
• a water diverter is provided, which releases either one, both or none of the spray arms for application of water.
• the BeheUen the film container can be controlled by the circulation pump.
• the rinsing liquor from the foil pouch for the reintroduction of rinsing liquor can be conducted via a first rinsing liquor line with the shut-off valve open via the switched off circulating pump into a pump sump.
• the operation of the drain pump and / or circulation pump and the operation of the shut-off valves via the preferably electronic program control is controlled.
• the film bag is arranged between an outer wall of the dishwasher and a side wall of a washing compartment of the dishwasher. This allows a space between the outer wall and side wall of the washing container can be used for the storage of rinsing water.
• the film bag is arranged between a top wall of the dishwasher and a top wall of the washing compartment. This also allows this space to be used for storing rinse liquor.
• the film bag has at least one opening for introducing or discharging washing liquor, which preferably opens into the first washing liquor line.
• the flexible film bag and / or the Spülflotten endeavoren on the water-bearing inside at least partially antibakterieU, z. R with Agion, coated. This restricts bacterial and aigen growth, allowing the rinse liquor to be stored longer and preventing deposits and contamination. Thus, the reliability can be increased because z. R impurities do not hinder the operation of shut-off valves or pumps.
• a rinsing container for receiving the dishwashing liquid to be cleaned and a system for circulating the rinsing liquor and a storage container for rinsing liquor for storage and reuse to one later time at least a portion of the rinsing liquor present in the dishwasher and the dishwasher has a drain pump for pumping out the rinsing liquor from the dishwasher and a circulation pump for acting on the spray arms, wherein the storage tank can be filled by the circulation pump with filtered rinsing liquor.
• the rinse liquor present in the dishwasher is at least partially removed from the rinsing liquor cycle of the dishwasher at the end or during a rinsing process and introduced into a flexible foil pouch which adapts in size to the liquid volume, and before or at least partially discharged from the flexible foil pouch at the beginning of a foaming rinsing process and returned to the rinsing liquor cycle of the dishwasher.
• This can be used advantageously any free space in a dishwasher for storing rinse liquor. There is thus no unnecessary loss of space due to the storage of rinsing water.
• a flexible film bag is inexpensive and easy to manufacture and easy to install or manufacture the dishwasher.
• the rinse liquor present in the dishwasher is removed at the end or during a partial program step of rinsing a rinse program, at least partially taken from the rinse liquor cycle of the dishwasher and introduced into the flexible foil pouch and before or with at least partially discharged from the flexible film bag at the beginning of a pre-rinse cycle of a following rinse program and returned to the rinse cycle of the dishwasher.
• particularly clean rinsing fluid is temporarily stored in the foil bag and used in a partial program step pre-rinsing, in which small impurities in the rinsing liquor are of no importance.
• the rinsing liquor from the foil pouch is fed back into the rinsing bottoms cycle of the dishwasher before or at the beginning of a partial program step of intermediate rinsing.
• the rinsing liquor fed back from the flexible foil bag into the rinsing cycle of the dishwasher is used exclusively for cleaning the rinsing container of the dishwasher.
• the rinsing liquor present in the dishwasher is at least partially discharged via the circulating pump taken from the pump sump on the there existing filter system of the dishwasher and filtered into the foil bag.
• the circulation pump to Be SheUen the foil bag filtered purge solution is introduced into the foil bag due to the arrangement of the suction to the circulation pump in the pump sump.
• the rinsing liquor present in the dishwasher is taken at least partially from the rinsing liquor cycle of the dishwasher at the end or during a rinsing process and introduced into a storage container and at least partially before or at the beginning of a cleaning rinse discharged from the storage container and fed back to the Spülflotten Vietnameselauf the dishwasher, wherein the storage container of the circulating pump with filtered rinsing liquor is fu colUt.
• FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a dishwasher according to the invention of an embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a dishwasher according to the invention of a further preferred embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram for illustrating the method according to the invention in a first embodiment of the present invention for operating a dishwasher according to the invention
• FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram for illustrating the method according to the invention in a second preferred embodiment of the present invention for operating a dishwasher according to the invention.
• the dishwashing machine 9 according to the invention shown in FIG. 1 comprises a washing container 11 in which two dishwashing baskets 12 can be inserted in the manner of a drawer for receiving the dishwashing item to be cleaned.
• the dishwasher 9 has on its front side a folding door 13 which can be opened to load the baskets 12 in a horizontal position. In operation bsSullivan the crockery baskets 12 are inserted into the washing compartment 11 and the folding door 13 is closed.
• a storage container 17 for washing liquor is accommodated between an outer wall (not shown) of the dishwasher 9 and a side wall 14 of the washing container 11, preferably attached to the side wall 14 of the washing container 11.
• the dishwashing machine 9 shown in FIG. 1 can carry out a method for operating a dishwashing machine in which in a first step the washing liquor present in the dishwasher 9 is at least partially removed from the wash cycle during any part program step of a wash program Flushing cycle of the dishwasher 9 is removed and introduced into the flexible film bag 17 and in a second step the rinsing liquor stored in the film bag 17 in a subsequent rinsing before or at the beginning of any Crystalprogramm suitses Spü ⁇ programms the following rinsing at least partially discharged from the film bag 17 and the Spülflotten Vietnameselauf the dishwasher 9 is supplied again.
• the foil bag 17 is between the outer wall or another limiting device, for.
• R a grid (not shown), and a side wall 14 of the washing container 11 clamped so that the flexible film bag 17, the space between the outer wall or other limiting means and the side wall of the washing container 11 optimally adapts, d. H. fully exploited.
• the filling and emptying of the film bag 17 is carried out in each case via at least one opening 15 in the film bag 17.
• the opening 15 for introducing or discharging rinsing liquor in the lower part of the Foil bag 17 is provided. In this way, any scavenging residues entrained in the rinsing liquor, which can settle in the foil pouch 17 during the storage of the rinsing liquor, are transported away from the foil pouch 17 by discharging the rinsing liquor.
• the assembly and possibly the emptying of the rinsing liquor into and out of the foil bag 17 is effected by a pump, wherein preferably the pumping capacity of the circulating pump (not shown) or the suds pump (not shown) of the dishwasher 9 is utilized.
• the dishwasher 9 according to the invention shown in FIG. 2 with a flap door 13 has a foil bag 17 as storage for the rinsing liquor.
• the photo The bag 17 rests on the ceiling wall 18 of the washing container 11, is thus located in the free space (not shown) between the top wall 16 of the dishwasher 9 and the top wall 18 of the washing container 11.
• the film bag 17 has an integrated in the film bag 17 Mounts with the aid of the film bag 17 can be attached to the dishwasher very easy during assembly (not shown).
• the foil bag 17 has an opening 15 It is particularly advantageous in the use of a foil bag 17 that this is very inexpensive to manufacture and, on the other hand, can adapt to the spatial conditions due to its flexible properties.
• the adaptability of the film bag 17 according to the invention to the volume of the stored wash liquor and to the spatial conditions preferably results from the mobility of the film and / or from the extensibility of the film.
• the available space can thus be used optimally.
• no venting is necessary because the flexible film bag 17 adapts to the changing volume of rinsing liquor.
• the foil bag 17 can accommodate a plurality of rinsing liquors, preferably two rinsing liquors.
• the film bag can be arranged at any other arbitrary point in the dishwasher with a free space, z R below the washing compartment 11 or on a rear wall of the washing container 11.
• the shape of the free space is also arbitrarily, the film bag 17 only has to have a correspondingly adapted shape.
• FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram for illustrating the method in a first embodiment of the present invention for operating a dishwasher according to the invention.
• the drain pump is used to philUen the film bag 17 with rinse.
• a second rinsing liquor line 2 in FIG. 3 leads from the rinsing pump to a sewer line, via which rinsing liquor can be conveyed out of the dishwasher 9.
• the sewer line has a check valve 5 to prevent backflow of the spent wash liquor from the sewer line into the dishwasher 9.
• a shut-off valve 6, 7, 8 are provided in the Spülflottentechnischen 1, 2, 3, which the respective Spülflotten effet 1, 2, 3 at Open or close demand.
• the shut-off valve 7 in the first rinsing liquid line 1 between the suds pump and the foil bag 17 serves, in particular, to prevent an untimely reflux of the rinsing liquor from the foamed foil bag 17 via the suds pump back into the sump.
• the shut-off valve 7 is not required (not dargesteUt).
• the emptying of the film bag 17 in the washing container 11 or in the sewer pipe 5 erfojgt generally by gravity by means of appropriate control by at least one shut-off valve or a water diverter.
• the shut-off valve can also be integrated with the instantaneous water heater.
• control of the flow paths of the rinsing liquor can also be carried out by a water diverter 4, which opens either the first rinsing liquor line 1 from the suds pump to the film bag 17 or the second rinsing liquor line 2 from the drain pump to the sewer.
• a water diverter 4 opens either the first rinsing liquor line 1 from the suds pump to the film bag 17 or the second rinsing liquor line 2 from the drain pump to the sewer.
• the diagrammatic diagram for illustrating the method illustrated in FIG. 3 can also be modified such that only one opening and thus a rinsing liquor line is attached to the foil bag 17, in which the first rinsing liquor line 1 and the second rinsing liquor line 3 are combined to form a rinsing liquor line become.
• a diversion to the shut-off valves 7, 8 is required (not dargesteUt).
• the Be°Uen and emptying of the film bag 17 with any other suitable device or any other method is possible.
• FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram for illustrating the method in a second preferred embodiment of the present invention for operating a dishwasher according to the invention.
• the circulating pump is used to philUen the film bag 17 with rinse.
• the plastic bag 17 is attached via a first rinsing liquid line 1 with the shut-off valve 7 open from the circulating pump to the film bag 17, the circulation pump drawing the rinsing liquor from the sump at the bottom of the rinsing container 11.
• the shut-off valve 7 is closed, the rinsing liquor is conducted via the water distributor 4 into the spray arms.
• the flow resistance of the spray arms with open shut-off valve 7 is sufficient that the film bag 17 is geglaUt. For this reason, in general, no additional shut-off valve (not shown) immediately before the water diverter 4 or closing of the water diverter 4 is required to fill the film bag 17.
• filtered washing liquor is pumped into the film bag 17 in a particularly advantageous manner.
• the rinsing liquor sucked by the circulating pump in the pump sump is controlled by a filter system normally arranged in the pump sump, generally consisting of several filters, e.g. R a coarse and fine filter, filtered because the intake pipe of the circulation pump is arranged differently in the pump sump than the intake pipe of the drain pump.
• R filters
• the residence time of the rinsing liquor in the film bag 17 can be increased and there are no or only very small deposits in the film bag 17 and / or in the rinsing liquor line 1. This blockages can be avoided by deposits in the Spülflottenleitongen 1 and / or in the check valve 7.
• the emptying of the film bag 17 in the washing container 11 or in the sewer line 5 erfojgt generally by gravity by opening the shut-off valve 7. With open shut-off valve 7, the rinse liquor runs through the Spülflottentechnisch 1 by the switched-off circulating pump by gravity preferably in the pump sump.
• the operation of the drain pump, the circulation pump and the operation of the water switch 4 and the shut-off valve 1 is coordinated and controlled by the electronic program control.
• the wash liquor stored in the foil bag 17 can be used in addition to the preferred use for a pre-rinse cycle of a subsequent cleaning program for a Swissschluck (cleaning the sieve by brief alternate operation of the lye and circulating pump).
• the film bag 17 and / or the Spülflotten effeten 1, 2, 3 can on the water-bearing inner walls antibakterieU, z. R be coated with Agion. As a result, significantly fewer bacteria or germs settle on the inner walls of the parts 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 17. It can thereby be increased in the film bag 17, the service life of the wash liquor and blockages of Spülflotten effet 1, 2, 3 by deposits can be avoided.

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