ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,201, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).
"Dishwasher with at least one air outlet" was invented by Alexander Almus (Bissingen, Germany), Thomas Burggraf (Dillingen, Germany) and Klaus Steinle (Thierhaupten, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity for treatment of items to be washed and an air outlet for blowing out air from a dishwasher cavity. The air outlet is arranged in a lower quarter of a height of the dishwasher and extends as a slotted outlet across at least two thirds of a width of the dishwasher. The air outlet includes a first air-guiding element designed ...