Patent ID: 9320410
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A47L

Claim Text:
1. A household dishwashing machine, comprising: a washing compartment for accommodating items to be cleaned, and a control device having stored therein a cleaning program causing the dishwashing machine to clean the items to be cleaned, at least during a pre-rinsing step and/or a cleaning step with added cleaning agent, wherein the cleaning program is set to operate at an item cleaning temperature that is insufficient to remove fat deposits from at least one inner wall of the washing compartment, and a dishwasher compartment cleaning program causing the dishwashing machine to apply liquid at a compartment cleaning temperature, wherein the compartment cleaning temperature is higher than the item cleaning temperature and is sufficient to remove fat deposits from the at least one inner wall of the washing compartment, and wherein the liquid applied during the dishwasher compartment cleaning program substantially by-passes the items to be cleaned.