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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1979
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald E Hahn, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ; B08B / ; B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219327 ; 34 48 ; 134 / ; 134 / ; 219334 ; 219492 ; 3071418 ;
Abstract
A dishwasher utilizing treating liquid for washing dishes in a treating cycle and air for drying the washed dishes in a drying cycle. An electric heater is provided for heating the dish-treating liquid and the drying air. A control is provided for energizing the heater to heat the treating liquid as an incident of the dishwasher operating in the treating cycle and selectively causing energization of the heater as an incident of the dishwasher operating in the drying cycle. The control further includes structure for preventing energizing of the heater notwithstanding the dishwasher operating in the drying cycle.