Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Hiroshi Sakata

Toshiaki Yamauchi

Yoshio Ikeda

Masanobu Yanagihara

Takeshi Tsunekawa

Tatsuya Saitoh

A dishwasher includes a casing having right-hand and left-hand side walls and two concave portions formed in the lower portions of the side walls, respectively. The concave portions have pipe passing openings formed in walls defining the concave portions, respectively. Each pipe passing opening is contiguous to the interior of the casing. A main feed pipe is disposed in the casing and has two ends. A water supply connecting pipe has a part located in either one of the concave portions and caused to pass through the pipe passing opening in the condition that the part has been located in either concave portion so that one of its two ends is guided into the casing and connected to the end of the main feed pipe located in the casing.

Dishwasher with improved piping structure

A dishwasher includes a chamber containing the dishes, a heater for heating the air in the chamber, a water inlet provided on the upper side of the chamber, a drain pump for draining the water from the chamber, an air circulation passage through which the air in the chamber is circulated, a fan for circulating the air in the chamber through the air circulation passage, a dehumidifying surface capable of holding water provided in the air circulation passage, and a microcomputer for controlling the drain pump, the fan and the volume of the water supplied from the water inlet. In a drying cycle, the air heated by the heater is circulated through the air circulation passage. Since the air contacts with the water spread over the dehumidifying surface, and is cooled down, the water is condensed from the air. Therefore, when the air is heated again, the evaporation of the drops of water on the dishes increases.

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Seto, Japan

Hiroshi Sakata