Method for self-cleaning of a strainer system included in an apparatus for washing articles, preferably a dishwasher and apparatus for carrying out said method.

摘要

A washing-apparatus, preferably a dish-washer, has a container (1) with baskets (2,3) for the articles to be washed up or cleaned, a flushing system with a circulation pump (8), spray arms (4,5), a strainer system with a fine strainer (15) and a coarse strainer (19), and a discharge pump (17). The function of the dish-washer is controlled by a control means (24). After a pre-wash-up, washing-up liquid is drained off to such an extent that the water level is lower than the upper surface (151) of the fine strainer (15). With this reduced water level the fine strainer is cleaned by running the flushing system during a predetermined time interval. Dirt flushed away from the strainer suface is collected in the central part of the strainer system and is discharged after completion of the flushing together with the residual water quantity.