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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1997
Youssef El-Shoubary, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Bang Mo Kim, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Dwight William Jacobus, Louisville, KY (US);
Andrew Joseph Spanyer, Louisville, KY (US);
Joseph Duane Tobbe, Taylorsville, KY (US);
Mark Edward Dausch, Cohoes, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The appliance comprises a container for receiving the soiled articles, a circulation pump for distributing a hot liquid to the container, a drain positioned in the container and connected to the pump for emptying the liquid from the container upon completion of a cycle and a hydroclone connected to the drain and the pump, for removing soil from the liquid such that about ninety percent (90%) of the liquid distributed to the container during one cycle can be utilized during at least one subsequent cycle. Another embodiment includes a dishwasher having a normal operating cycle, the dishwasher comprising a container for accommodating a plurality of articles, a circulation pump for delivering a liquid to the container and for circulating the liquid within the container, a diverter connected to the circulation pump for diverting at least a portion of the circulating liquid to a hydroclone while returning at least about ninety percent (90%) of the liquid diverted to the hydroclone to the circulating liquid, the returned liquid having at most about 0.02% solids contained therein.