Patent ID: 7124765

Claim:
A dishwasher comprising: a door; a washing tub closable by the door; a water softener including an ion exchanger and a salt container, the salt container being disposed in an area of the door and being a flattened component including a first and a second side wall, a bottom, and narrow connecting walls, the salt container including a water inlet and a brine outlet; and a first and a second dividing wall disposed in the salt container, the first dividing wall extending from the first side wall to the bottom and the second dividing wall extending from the second side wall to the bottom so as to divide the salt container into a water distribution duct including the water inlet, a salt chamber, and a brine collecting duct including the brine outlet, the first and second dividing walls each including a respective screen surface in a respective region of the respective dividing wall adjacent to the bottom, the screen surfaces being disposed a v-shape relative to each other, the screen surfaces separating the water inlet and a brine outlet from each other.