Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hydraulically-driven dishwasher diverters
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Application No.: US14606355Application Date: 2015-01-27
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Publication No.: US09931015B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Juan I. Luciano , Antony M. Rappette , Rodney M. Welch
- Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: McGarry Bair PC
- Main IPC: A47L15/22
- IPC: A47L15/22 ; A47L15/42

Abstract:
Hydraulically-driven dishwasher diverters are disclosed herein. An example hydraulically-driven dishwasher diverter includes a diverter housing having a plurality of wash zone openings defined therethrough corresponding to respective wash zones of a dishwasher, and a rotating cylindrical diverter valve including a valve outlet to fluidly couple a fluid flowing through the cylindrical diverter valve through one of the wash zone openings, a flexible portion adjacent the valve outlet to seal another one of the wash zone openings in response to fluid pressure in the cylindrical diverter valve while the valve outlet is fluidly flowing the fluid through the one of the wash zone openings.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160213219A1 HYDRAULICALLY-DRIVEN DISHWASHER DIVERTERS Public/Granted day:2016-07-28
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