Patent ID: 9107562
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A dishwasher, comprising: a housing; a washing container within the housing having a washing chamber formed from a plurality of interconnected walls, wherein at least one side wall defines an opening into the washing chamber; an assembly chamber within the housing, the assembly chamber being under the washing container; an expansion housing within the assembly chamber, the expansion housing being a box-like structure having a floor, three side walls upstanding from the floor and one side open to atmosphere, with a condensing surface on one side wall of the box-like structure, a single expansion housing inlet in another side wall of the box-like structure and an expansion housing outlet defined by the open side of the box-like structure; and an elongate expansion conduit with an expansion conduit inlet in fluid communication with the opening into the washing chamber and an expansion conduit outlet operatively connected to the expansion housing inlet within the assembly chamber, the expansion conduit being open to atmosphere only at the expansion conduit inlet and at the expansion housing outlet.