Patent ID: 9155442
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A dishwasher, comprising: a control facility programmed to control a wash cycle to clean items to be washed based on a plurality of selectable wash programs; and a drain pump operably connected to the control facility for pumping off wash fluid from the dishwasher, wherein the control facility is programmed to automatically execute, in at least one of the wash programs, a pump-off sequence configured to reduce a residual quantity of wash fluid remaining in the dishwasher at a completion of the pumping off the wash fluid from the dishwasher, the pump-off sequence having at least three successively executed pump-off phases during each of which the control facility is programmed to activate the drain pump, with a break being provided between each of the at least three successively executed pump-off phases, wherein the control facility is programmed to deactivate the drain pump during each of the breaks, wherein the pump-off sequence includes: wherein the wash cycle comprises a plurality of sub-cycles and wherein the control facility is programmed to selectively execute the pump-off sequence only at ends of selective sub-cycles of the plurality of sub-cycles such that the pump-off sequence is not executed in all of the plurality of sub-cycles.