A glass washing and dishwashing machine including an improved oscillating spray mechanism, an improved tank valve/water diversion mechanism, and an improved water tank assembly, which are all incorporated into the glass washing and dishwashing machine. The oscillating spray mechanism directs a spray of wash water or rinse water at glasses, dishes or the like and oscillates the spray mechanism in order to more completely contact glasses or the like with wash water during a washing and rinsing ope...

The invention relates to a crockery basket for a dishwashing machine with a supporting frame into which adapted inserts may be introduced for various items such as cutlery, crockery and similar. An optimal, flexibly constructable fitting out of the crockery basket with crockery items is achieved according to the invention by virtue of the fact that the supporting frame is designed as a wire crockery basket, that all the inserts have a uniformly sized surface area with a base width and a base dep...

An automatic dishwashing composition which is in the form of a tablet generally comprises an alkali metal phosphate detergent builder salt, an alkali metal carbonate, a lubricant, a dialkali metal disilicate, a nonionic surfactant, optional a polymer containing sulfonic acid groups, a wax coated chlorine bleach compound, and optionally a solubilizing agent.

The present invention provide a composition suitable for use as a foaming hand dishwashing composition comprising a hydrophobic polymer having molecular weight of at least 500 and comprising butylene oxide moieties with the proviso that the composition does not comprise greater than 5% by weight of the composition of builder.

Composition for use in a water tank in the kitchen or sanitary sectors characterized by a basic composition essentially evolving its function following addition to a first water filling of the water tank, in the form of a tablet and at least one particle, with at least one core, which comprises at least one substance evolving its function essentially following an at least partial emptying of the first water filling from the water tank Ad and the inflow of fresh water and a covering substantially...

The invention relates to a class of detergent compositions for use in hand dishwashing that provides excellent performance as measured by persistence of foam in the presence of oily and fatty types of soils. Testing based on escalating amounts of such soils to the extinction of the foam showed surprising advantage of hand dishwashing composition comprising at least two anionic surfactants and a polyethylene glycol and being essentially free of alkyl polyglucosides.

A detergent tablet for a dishwashing machine wherein at least about 10% by weight of the tablet is dissolved in the pre-rinse cycle of said machine. The tablet comprises a mixture of hydrated sodium metasilicate, anhydrous sodium metasilicate, anhydrous penta-alkali metal tripolyphosphate wherein the ratio by weight of the anhydrous tripolyphosphate to the anhydrous sodium metasilicate is from about 1:2 to 2:1, an active chlorine compound, and a tabletting aid comprising a mixture of from about ...

A thixotropic liquid machine dishwashing composition is provided structured essentially by a surfacant system comprising a non-soap anionic active and soap, where the total electrolyte level in the composition is greater than 20% by weight and the anionic and soap are present in relative amounts of from 4:1 to 1:4.

A dish supporting rack includes a series of parallel rows of spaced pins, some of which are rotatably supported for movement between upright dish supporting positions and collapsed positions adjacent the bottom of the rack. The rack also includes means for positively retaining each outer row of rotatable pins at a plurality of intermediate inclined positions where the pins are effective to press against lightweight articles and to hold the articles in fixed relation within the rack while cleanin...

This dual feeder includes a venturi device communicating with a pair of aspirator tubes to draw liquid additives from a pair of independent containers. Depletion of the additive in one container below the intake level of the aspirator tube results in automatic cut-off of the additive in the other container.