Patent ID: 8887742

Claim:
A dishwasher comprising: a washing container; an outer wall; and a drying device connected in an air circulating manner with the washing container such that air is circulated from the washing container to the drying device and from the drying device to the washing container with the circulated air acting to dry items disposed in the washing container, the drying device including: a suction port for introducing the air from the washing container into the drying device, a blow-out port for discharging the air from the drying device into the washing container, a conveying section between the suction port and the blow-out port, and means for effecting movement of air such that air that has been introduced into the drying device via the suction port is conveyed through the conveying section enroute to subsequent discharge of the air through the blow-out port, the conveying section including a condensing section having at least one wall and the at least one wall of the conveying section operating as a condensing surface on which the moisture contained in the air is deposited when the air is conveyed through the conveying section, wherein the condensing surface is in direct physical heat-conducting contact with the outer wall of the dishwasher when the air is conveyed through the conveying section, wherein the condensing surface comprises: a flexible condensing surface that expands, as a result of the air being conveyed through the conveying section, from a first position, in which a space separates the flexible condensing surface from the outer wall of the dishwasher, to a second position, in which the flexible condensing surface comes to rest against the outer wall such that the flexible condensing surface is in the direct physical heat-conducting contact with the outer wall when the air is conveyed through the conveying section.