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Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:

Andrew Joseph Spanyer, Louisville, KY (US);

Peter Andrew Riddell, Victoria, AU;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 3/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 3/302 ;
Abstract

An apparatus and method for operating a dishwasher in a variable dry cycle mode is provided. The dishwasher includes a wash chamber, a heater element located within the wash chamber, a rinse aid product dispenser, and a fan unit for circulating air. The method comprises determining a temperature of the wash chamber, determining an amount of rinse aid product in the dispenser, and, based upon the determined temperature and the amount of rinse aid product, determining an optimized heater element cycle and an optimized fan unit cycle.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Spanyer, Andrew. (2004). Dishwasher variable dry cycle apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 6694990). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6694990

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