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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:
Apr. 24, 1979
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald S Cushing, Louisville, KY (US);
Thomas E Jenkins, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Louisville, KY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
134104 ; 134111 ; 134182 ;
Abstract
An automatic dishwashing machine is provided with bypass soil-collecting and filter means disposed independent of the sump whereby food soil suspended in the recirculating washing liquid is filtered and collected in a receptacle during the washing/rinsing operation. It includes supplemental liquid collecting means disposed in a flow path separate and upstream of the soil-collecting means and operative to channel an additional quantity of recirculating washing liquid to the soil-collecting means. Drain means removes the washing liquid and the filtered food soil from the receptacle during the drain cycle.