Automatic dishwashing appliance

Claim 1

A DISHWASHER INCLUDING A COMPARTMENT FOR CONTAINING DISHES TO BE WASHED AND DRIED, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING LIQUID TO SAID COMPARTMENT, MEANS FOR DRAINING THE LIQUID THEREFROM, AN AIR DUCT COMMUNICATING BETWEEN SAID COMPARTMENT AND THE AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE FOR ADMITTING AIR TO SAID COMPARTMENT FOR DRYING THE DISHES, HEAT STORAGE MEANS IN SAID DUCT, A DRIVE MOTOR, MEANS OPERATED BY SAID MOTOR FOR CIRCULATING LIQUID THROUGHOUT SAID COMPARTMENT FOR WASHING THE DISHES THEREIN, FIRST AND SECOND ELECTRIC CIRCUITS FOR ENERGIZING SAID MOTOR, SAID FIRST CIRCUIT INCLUDING AN ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE ELEMENT WITHIN SAID DUCT IN HEAT EXCHANGE RELATION WITH SAID HEAT STORAGE MEANS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND CIRCUITS BEING NORMALLY CONCURRENTLY ENERGIZED DURING THE OPERATION OF SAID MOTOR, SWITCH MEANS IN SAID CIRCUITS FOR ENERGIZING SAID MOTOR FOR A FIRST OPERATIONAL PERIOD TO ACCOMPLISH A WASHING OPERATION, MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID LIQUID DRAINAGE MEANS SUBSEQUENT TO SAID WASHING OPERATION, MEANS FOR REACTIVATING SAID CIRCUITS FOR OPERATING SAID MOTOR FOR A SECOND PERIOD TO ACCOMPLISH A DISH-DRYING OPERATION, AIR TRANSLATION MEANS OPERATED BY SAID MOTOR UNDER ALL CONDITIONS OF OPERATION THEREOF TO EFFECT AIR MOVEMENT WITHIN SAID AIR DUCT, MEANS FOR MINIMIZING SAID AIR MOVEMENT DURING THE FIRST-NAMED PERIOD OF OPERATION OF SAID MOTOR TO PERMIT ACCUMULATION OF HEAT BY SAID HEAT STORAGE MEANS, AND MEANS FOR MAXIMIZING AIR FLOW OVER SAID HEAT STORAGE MEANS AND INTO SAID COMPARTMENT DURING THE SECOND-NAMED OPERATIONAL PERIOD OF SAID MOTOR, WHEREBY TO INCREASE THE HEAT CONTENT OF AIR ENTERING SAID COMPARTMENT TO ACCELERATE THE DRYING OF DISHES THEREIN.