Patent ID: 6244277
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A47L,D06F,H02H,Y10S

Abstract:
A dishwasher having a wash programme consisting of pre-rinse, wash, first post rinse and second post rinse cycles comprising:first and second wash chambers,means for transferring wash liquid from the first wash chamber to the second wash chamber, anda controller which implements said wash programme and which controls the operation of said transference means,said controller:(a) delaying the commencement of the wash programme for said second wash chamber until after the end of the first post rinse cycle in the wash programme for the first wash chamber,(b) causing said transference means to transfer the rinse water from the first post rinse cycle of the first wash chamber from the first wash chamber to the second wash chamber,(c) initiating the pre-rinse cycle for the second wash chamber using the first post rinse water from the first wash chamber,(d) causing said transference means to transfer the rinse water from the second post rinse cycle of the first wash chamber from the first wash chamber to the second wash chamber, and(e) initiating the wash cycle for the second wash chamber using the second post rinse water from the first wash chamber.