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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1990
Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyoake, JP;
Abstract
A dishwashing machine has a washing chamber, a wash tank formed at a bottom of the washing chamber to store an amount of hot wash water therein, a wash pump mounted to a bottom portion of the wash tank, and a pair of upper and lower wash arms arranged to apply jet streams of the hot wash water supplied thereto from the pump over a rack of dishes placed in the washing chamber, wherein a strainer box is mounted within an upper portion of the wash tank to receive the wash water flowing down from the rack of dishes during washing operation and associated with a side wall of the wash tank to form an opening in communication with the bottom portion of the wash tank, the strainer box having a bottom in communication with a drain pipe to permit the flow of wash water drained therethrough, and wherein a distribution plate is arranged to receive the wash water and introduce it into the strainer box when placed in a first position and to receive the wash water and introduce it into the bottom portion of the wash tank through the opening when placed in a second position.