A dishwasher having a cabinet and wash chambers in the form of drawers which slide in and out of the cabinet. Rigid and flexible closures are disclosed for sealing off the wash chambers when retracted into the cabinet. A detergent dispenser for the dishwasher is provided in one wall of a wash chamber in the wash water discharge path into the wash chamber so that detergent powder is flushed out of the dispenser and mixed with the wash water prior to the latter being discharged into the wash chamb...

A portable, countertop dishwasher having a washing media dispensing nozzle structure which includes radially-projecting, washing media-dispensing arms and an improved unitary dish rack located in surrounding relationship with the axis of the nozzle structure and axially intermediate upper and lower nozzle structure pivot supports, the unitary dish rack including support structures for supporting articles to be washed within the radial sweep of the radially projecting arms of the nozzle structure...

A dishwasher having a cabinet and wash chambers in the form of drawers which slide in and out of the cabinet. Rigid and flexible closures are disclosed for sealing off the wash chambers when retracted into the cabinet. A detergent dispenser for the dishwasher is provided in one wall of a wash chamber in the wash water discharge path into the wash chamber so that detergent powder is flushed out of the dispenser and mixed with the wash water prior to the latter being discharged into the wash chamb...

A dishwasher having a cabinet and wash chambers is the form of drawers which slide in and out of the cabinet. Rigid and flexible closures are disclosed for sealing off the wash chambers when retracted into the cabinet. A detergent dispenser for the dishwasher is provided in one wall of a wash chamber in the wash water discharge path into the wash chamber so that detergent powder is flushed out of the dispenser and mixed with the wash water prior to the latter being discharged into the wash chamb...

A dishwasher is provided such that an impurity-collecting filter collecting impurities is detachably mounted to a front of a cabinet, thus allowing the impurity-collecting filter to be easily cleaned, and keeping a bottom of a washing tub cleaner. The dishwasher includes a cabinet, the washing tub provided in the cabinet, a water container installed under the washing tub collecting wash water, and the impurity-collecting filter provided in the water container collecting the impurities contained ...

A sink located dishwasher is disclosed having a cover for the sink, a rack for dishes locatable in the sink, and a removable spray arm assembly mounted in the sink drain. The spary arm assembly includes a spray arm rotatably mounted at the upper end of a hollow shapft to rotate in the sink below the rack. A pair of seals are provided on the shaft to seal the shaft within the drain. Water is pumped from the drain above both seals and returned to the drain between the seals from where it flows up ...

When tableware is washed and rinsed in a dishwasher using a plurality of washing steps, the tableware is washed within 10 minutes using acid ionized water having a pH value of at most 6.0 and a temperature of at least 40.degree. C. in a first washing step, whereby dirt is made to form cohesion and is prevented from being reattached to the tableware, so that a washing load in the following washing steps is reduced. Furthermore, the tableware is washed for at least 15 minutes with alkaline ionized...

A dishwasher having a cabinet and wash chambers in the form of drawers which slide in and out of the cabinet. Rigid and flexible closures are disclosed for sealing off the wash chambers when retracted into the cabinet. A detergent dispenser for the dishwasher is provided in one wall of a wash chamber in the wash water discharge path into the wash chamber so that detergent powder is flushed out of the dispenser and mixed with the wash water prior to the latter being discharged into the wash chamb...

A dishwasher includes a washing compartment defined in a cabinet for containing tableware and reserving a predetermined amount of wash liquid on the bottom, a wash pump sucking the wash liquid reserved in the washing compartment and feeding the liquid, a spray nozzle mounted in the washing compartment so as to be vertically moved, to receive the wash liquid fed from the wash pump and to spray the wash liquid to the tableware, and feed liquid pressure changing means for changing a pressure of the...

The present invention provides a drain pump for a washing appliance. The pump includes a motor having a drive shaft, a drain pump impeller mounted on the shaft, and a pump casing having a side wall which is co-axial with the motor and the impeller, which is adapted to receive water from a wash chamber. The impeller pumps water from the casing when the motor is rotated in a first direction. The pump includes a disc, the periphery of which is adjacent to the wall of the casing to form a seal again...