Dishwasher with connection device for a plurality of water inlet lines

Abstract

A dishwasher having water connections and a connection device with an output and inputs, wherein each of the inputs is connected to a respective water connection. The connection device opens the input whose assigned water connection supplies water and automatically seals all remaining inputs when the input whose assigned water connection supplies water is open.

1 . A dishwasher, comprising:
 a plurality of water connections; and   a connection device having an output and a plurality of inputs, each of the plurality of inputs connected to a respective one of the plurality of water connections;   wherein the connection device is structured to open an input of the plurality of inputs whose assigned one of the plurality of water connections supplies water and to automatically seal all remaining inputs of the plurality of inputs when the input whose assigned water connection supplies water is open.   
     
     
         2 . The dishwasher of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of water inlet lines, each water inlet line connecting a respective one of the plurality of inputs to the respective one of the plurality of water connections, and wherein the dishwasher is a domestic dishwasher. 
     
     
         3 . The dishwasher of  claim 1 , wherein, as a result of water pressure of the assigned water connection that supplies water, the connection device is structured to open the input and to seal all the remaining inputs of the plurality of inputs. 
     
     
         4 . The dishwasher of  claim 1 , wherein the connection device has sealing means to open the input and to seal all the remaining inputs of the plurality of inputs. 
     
     
         5 . The dishwasher of  claim 4 , wherein the connection device has a hollow main body, and wherein the sealing means is movably mounted in an interior of the hollow main body. 
     
     
         6 . The dishwasher of  claim 5 , wherein the connection device has exactly two inputs, which connect to opposite ends of the hollow main body. 
     
     
         7 . The dishwasher of  claim 6 , wherein the output is connected to a lateral surface of the hollow main body. 
     
     
         8 . The dishwasher of  claim 7 , wherein the output is connected essentially midway between the two inputs. 
     
     
         9 . The dishwasher of  claim 5 , wherein the sealing means is a piston which is displaceably mounted in the hollow main body. 
     
     
         10 . The dishwasher of  claim 9 , wherein the sealing means is pushed by water pressure of a water-supplying water connection toward a first input situated opposite to a second input that is attached to the water-supplying water connection in order to close the first input and to open the second input. 
     
     
         11 . The dishwasher of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of water connections are inlet valves. 
     
     
         12 . The dishwasher of  claim 11 , wherein each of the inlet valves is attached to a respective one of the plurality of inputs of the connection device via a respective one of the plurality of water feed lines. 
     
     
         13 . The dishwasher of  claim 12 , wherein the plurality of water feed lines are water hoses. 
     
     
         14 . The dishwasher of  claim 12 , wherein the inlet valves, the water feed lines and the connection device form a waterstop system.