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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2011
Helmut Jerg, Giengen, DE;
Andreas Reiter, Finningen, DE;
Michael Georg Rosenbauer, Reimlingen, DE;
BSH Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A dishwasher, in particular a household dishwasher, includes a control facility for performing a wash cycle to clean items to be washed based on a plurality of selectable wash programs. The control facility operates, in particular controls or regulates, a drain pump for pumping off wash fluid from the dishwasher. At least one of the wash programs includes an automatic execution of a pump-off sequence having at least three successively executed pump-off phases to define first, second and third pump-off phases, during each of which the drain pump is activated, with a break being provided between the first and second pump-off phases and a break being provided between the second and third pump-off phases, wherein the drain pump is deactivated during each of the breaks.