Bsh Hausgerate Gmbh

Bsh Home Appliances Corporation

Deborah Harr

Casey Carr

Matthew Richards

Napat Wanweerakul

Shaun Jones

Shane Blackmon

Art Parrish

A washware rack assembly including: a basket formed by a plurality of wire-shaped elements, the plurality of wire-shaped elements including a bottom portion and a side wall portion; and a plurality of removable, preformed rows of tines configured to mount to the basket. The plurality of removable, preformed rows of tines include tines having a first, fixed spacing and tines having a second, fixed spacing which is different than the first, fixed spacing. A pair of the removable, preformed rows of tines having the first, fixed spacing is disposed in parallel in one section of the basket, and a pair of the removable, preformed rows of tines having the second, fixed spacing is disposed in parallel in another section of the basket, such that the washware rack assembly is configured to accommodate washware of different sizes in different sections of the basket.

Configurable lower rack for dishwasher

A rack detection system for a dishwasher, including: a docking system including a plug disposed on a rack, such as a lower rack, and configured to dock with a docking hole of a water supply tube on condition that the lower rack is in an operational position within the dishwasher; and a controller configured to sense a load on the pump motor of a pump for pumping water to the water supply tube and determine if the load on the pump motor is within predetermined operating limits. On condition that the lower rack is removed from the operational position within the dishwasher and the plug is not docked with the water supply tube such that water flows out of the docking hole, the controller is configured to sense that the load on the pump motor is outside the predetermined operating limits and shuts down the dishwasher.

Rack detection system for child safety and a method of controlling a dishwasher

A dishwasher rack includes a frame and a support rail disposed along sides of the frame. A plurality of cutlery baskets are coupled to the rail. Each cutlery basket is movable from a respective first location on the rail to a respective second location on the rail. The cutlery baskets may be removable to enable a user to adjust a ratio of cutlery storage area to crockery storage area as desired. Also, the cutlery baskets may be arranged to revolve along a perimeter of the rack so that a user can load empty baskets at the same location.

Movable cutlery basket

A dishwasher, including: a dishwashing compartment having a loading opening; a door configured to close the loading opening; and at least one washware rack configured for movement out of and into the dishwashing compartment, wherein the at least one washware rack includes a frame having a bottom portion and a side wall portion; and at least one adjustable glass support member extending across an interior of the at least one washware rack and disposed on the frame via brackets.

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New Bern, NC, United States of America

Deborah Harr