Patent ID: 9468355
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: A47L,Y02B

Claim Text:
1. An automatic dishwasher comprising: a wash tub including a washing compartment; a condensation dryer adapted to supply air from outside of the automatic dishwasher to a wall of the wash tub; a heat pump device adapted to heat washing liquid, a fan common to the heat pump device and the condensation dryer being adapted to draw in air from outside the automatic dishwasher toward an evaporator of the heat pump device; and an air switchover device adapted to distribute the air drawn in by the common fan from outside the automatic dishwasher to at least one of a first flow path leading outside of the automatic dishwasher to the evaporator of the heat pump device or a second flow path along an outside of the wall of the wash tub, wherein the second flow path provides thermal contact of the air therein with the outside of the wall for a distance along the outside of the wall so as to provide cooling of the wall, the air therein being separate from an inside of the wash tub.