Patent ID: 7431037
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A dishwasher for subjecting items to a dishwashing operation, the dishwasher comprising: means for executing a washing program during which a washing liquid is applied to items in the dishwasher; and means for executing a drying program during which items that have been wetted during a washing program are subjected to drying; and means for controlling the dishwashing operation of the dishwasher such that, in response to both an interruption of an ongoing execution of the drying program and a resumption of the execution of the drying program, a parameter value is measured and analyzed to determine whether a predetermined deviation of the measured parameter value from a nominal value is present or absent and, in a first given circumstance, the drying program is resumed if an absence of the predetermined deviation from a nominal value is determined and, in a second given circumstance, the washing program and the drying program are restarted if a presence of the predetermined deviation is determined.