A method of washing dishware/tableware in an automatic dishwashing machine, the method comprising simultaneously or sequentially delivering quantities of a particulate or densified particulate automatic dishwashing product and of an anhydrous liquid, gel or paste form dishwashing detergent auxiliary contained in separate compartments of a multi-compartment pouch into the same or different cycles of the dishwashing machine. The method provides improved cleaning performance and product stability.

A dishwashing apparatus operative to move dishes, glasses silverware, and the like from a loading station to a cleansing area and a rinsing area and an unloading station includes a housing supporting an endless foraminous conveyor above a liquid chamber having a cleansing liquid portion and a rinsing liquid portion and a plurality of sets of liquid moving members and liquid directing members arranged and positioned within the liquid chamber to receive cleansing liquid and rinsing liquid and dire...

A multiple-fill dishwasher and method includes a wash chamber having a sump at the bottom thereof, a remotely controlled inlet valve for supplying cleansing liquid into the sump, a drain for draining liquid and entrained soil from the sump, and a recirculating pump having a spraying system receiving the output thereof for spraying liquid onto soiled ware contained within the chamber. A control circuit controls the valve, drain means, and pump to perform a selected one of a plurality of different...

A dishwashing rack for making it easier to wash dishes without breaking them. The dishwashing rack includes a frame having side members, a top member integrally attached to the side members, a bottom member also integrally attached to the side members, and a plurality of cross members interconnecting the side members; and also includes a plurality of elongate dish support members being mounted at a slant upon the frame with each elongate dish support member having a bottom end portion which is a...

A dishwashing apparatus for placement over a sink, to facilitate the washing of dishes and the like, includes an enclosure, formed at least in part, of a substantially translucent plastic material. Sealing means are disposed along the lower edges of the side portions of the enclosure for substantially sealing the interior of the enclosure from the exterior thereof, when the lower edges of the side portions are disposed about the perimeter of the sink. A nozzle is connected to the enclosure and d...

A low phosphate machine dishwashing composition comprising an admixture of by weight about 7 to 8 percent of a maleic acid-acrylic acid copolymer, about 10 to 20 weight percent of an alkaline condensed phosphate salt, about 2 to 4 percent of a blend of ethylene oxide-propylene oxide block copolymers and about 20 to 40 percent of an alkaline carbonate.

The use of a layered clay in a non-enzymatic dish-washing composition with a reduced pH of 9-11 provides for a significant reduction of spot and film formation on the cleaned articles.

A multiple-fill dishwasher and method includes a wash chamber having a sump at the bottom thereof, a remotely controlled inlet valve for supplying cleansing liquid into the sump, a drain for draining liquid and entrained soil from the sump, and a recirculating pump having a spraying system receiving the output thereof for spraying liquid onto soiled ware contained within the chamber. A control circuit controls the valve, drain means, and pump to perform a selected one of a plurality of different...

A dishwashing machine is proposed which is considerably shorter in design than the previously used, continuously operated transport-dishwashers. In order permanently to reduce the consumption of water, energy and rinsing agent, the crockery in the individual crockery baskets is washed cyclical operation, the circuits of the rinsing apparatus being started up only in their respective time span within the wash program.

The use of a layered clay, e.g. a synthetic hectorite, in a non-enzymatic machine dishwashing composition provides for a significant reduction of spot and film formation.