General Electric Company

John L Preher

LeRoy J Herbst

Robert K Hollenbeck

Thomas E Jenkins

Dwight William Jacobus

Jimmy R Rickard

John Marshall Hooker

Le Roy Herbst

A plastic molded, upper dishwasher rack and support assemblies are described. In one embodiment, the upper rack is supported by first and second upper rack support assemblies, and each support assembly includes an elongate slide member and first and second roller assemblies secured to respective sidewalls of the tub. Each elongate slide member includes a channel, and upper and lower flanges. The rollers are located within the channels so that the slide member is movable relative to first and second rollers. Front and rear caps are secured to a front end and a back end, respectively, of each slide member. The flanges and caps facilitate retaining, or trapping, the rollers within the channels. In addition, the front caps have stop members extending inwardly towards the upper rack and cooperate with the upper rack to limit the extent to which the upper rack can be withdrawn from tub. The upper rack includes a plurality of stringers and rails arranged in a basket-like configuration including a bottom portion and oppositely disposed generally parallel and upwardly extending first and second side portions. The upper rack further includes front and back wall portions extending upwardly from bottom portion and interconnecting ends of the first and second side portions. A first rim is formed along the first side portion and is configured to receive a portion of the elongate slide member of the first support assembly. A second rim is formed along the second side portion and is configured to receive a portion of the elongate slide member of the second support assembly. Stop members extend from the side portions of the upper rack, and the stop members cooperate with the front cap stop members to limit the extent to which the upper rack can be withdrawn from the tub.

Wireless plastic upper dish rack

Motor controlled dispenser apparatus for a washing appliance includes a first dispenser for storing and dispensing a first treating agent having a dispensing member movable between a closed position in which the interior of the dispenser is sealed and an open position in which the interior of the dispenser is exposed to enable the dispensing of a first treating agent; a second dispenser for storing and dispensing a second treating agent; a dispenser actuating member movable between a rest position, a first dispensing position and a second dispensing position; and a gear assembly coupling the dispenser actuating member to a motor-driven shaft, for controlling the rate of movement of the dispenser actuating member in accordance with the rate of rotation of the shaft. The dispensing member is coupled to the dispenser actuating member for movement therewith. The rate of movement of the dispensing member from its closed to its open position being determined by the rate of rotation of the motor-driven shaft. The dispenser actuating member in moving from its first to its second dispensing position places the second dispenser in condition for dispensing the second treating agent. The dispenser actuating member is returned to its rest position by user movement of the dispensing member to its closed position.

Treating agent dispensing apparatus for a washing appliance

A protective circuit arrangement for sheathed heating elements which interrupts ground fault conditions by effectively decoupling the power line from the heating element regardless of the polarity of the power supply connections. A fusible link couples each side of the heating element to the power supply. A normally open switch responsive to current in the ground path switches a relatively low resistance shunt current path across the heating element when the ground current exceeds a predetermined threshold level. Closure of the shunt path enables sufficient current to flow in the power supply lines to actuate the fusible links. Circuit parameters are selected such that the current in the fusible link coupled to the hot power line is sufficiently greater than that in the fusible link coupled to the neutral line to cause the hot power line fusible link to be actuated first, thereby interrupting the fault condition and decoupling the hot power line from the heating element.

Protective circuit arrangement for a sheathed heating element

Treaty agent dispensing apparatus for a washing appliance

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

John L Preher