Patent ID: 7275552

Claim:
An automatic household dishwasher for washing utensils in accordance with a user selected dishwashing cycle, comprising: a wash tub having top, bottom, side and rear walls, with the walls collectively forming an open-faced wash chamber for receiving utensils to be washed; a moveably mounted door movable between an opened position for providing access to the wash chamber, and a closed position for selectively closing the open-face of the wash chamber during the dishwashing cycle; a bulk wash aid dispenser mounted to an interior surface of the door for storing a supply of solid wash aid greater than that needed for a single dishwashing cycle; a fluid conduit in the door and in fluid communication with a spray nozzle, the spray nozzle mounted near a bottom wall of the bulk wash aid dispenser; a grid for supporting the supply of solid wash aid above the spray nozzle; and wherein a fluid is delivered from the spray nozzle, through the grid and onto the solid wash aid for dissolving an amount of wash aid required for the single dishwashing cycle.