Whirlpool Corporation

Joseph T Ferencevich

Mark S Feddema

William J Snell

Ryan Kevin Roth

Harshal J Bhajak

Thomas Matthew O'Brien

Frederick Thomas Roderick

Mihir Ponkshe

Gerald Joseph McNerney

David Jason Brightbill

Amit K Sharma

Steven B Balinski

Daniel W Southworth

Ronald M Nowell, Jr

Matthew M Hansen

Ameresh Babu Viswanathan

Barry E Tuller

Michael S Seeley

Michael A Kahwaji

Sujit S Naik

Fabio Cardano

Umit Can Koralay

Richard L Hammond

Jonathan D Pugh

Duane M Kobos

Rexford W Cordill

Michael R Mackay

Jeffrey Ray Taylor

William F Bartloff

Gary M Lindgren

Daria Anna Michalowicz

Mateusz Uzniak

Adam Mrowicki

Mateusz Uźniak

Ranit Thapliyal

Mario Togawa

Matthew J Herman

Susan K Schuman-Kerr

Venkat Vadlamani

Spray assembly for a dish treating appliance

A dishwasher for treating dishes according to a cycle of operation, the dishwasher having a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber, a dish rack having a first wash zone and a second wash zone, and a spray tube having at least one set of nozzles and rotatable between a first position and a second position.

Dishwasher with rack

A moveable shelf assembly is used within a dish treating appliance. The moveable shelf assembly includes a retaining body having at least one attachment arm. The at least one attachment arm is configured to be coupled to a dish rack. The moveable shelf assembly also includes a planar shelf body extending along a width. The planar shelf body is operably coupled to the retaining body for rotation between a storage position and a use position.

Moveable shelf assembly for a dishwasher

A dishwasher for treating dishes according to a cycle of operation, the dishwasher having a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber and a first dish rack received within the treating chamber, and having a least a portion with a seat for supporting dishes. A second dish rack is located above the first dish rack and includes a movable section.

A dish rack is supported for both selective movement into and out of a washing chamber of a dishwasher tub and vertically relative to the tub, with the vertical adjustment being made by manually grasping and shifting at least one frontal cross bar extending about a front wall of the dish rack to cause pivoting of first and second lever members extending along sides of the dish rack. The side lever members cooperate with latching mechanisms to lift and retain the dish rack in a select raised position.

Height adjuster mechanism for a dishwasher dish rack

A dishwasher can include a tub defining a treating chamber receiving dishes for treatment, a spray system providing treating liquid to the treating chamber, a first dish rack located in the tub and having a bottom wall with inclined portions configured to cradle a glass therebetween and prevent the glass from rolling.

Glasses rack for dishwasher

A dishwasher for treating dishes according to an automatic cycle of operation can include a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber receiving dishes for treatment and a spray system providing treating liquid to the treating chamber. A dish rack is located in the tub and has a bottom wall and at least a side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall. A depending portion extends downwardly from the bottom wall and is oriented at an angle to the bottom wall to define an incline angle. At least one spray tube is carried by the dish rack.

Dish rack and wash assembly for dishwasher

A dishwasher includes a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber. At least one dish rack defines an interior and is located in the treating chamber. At least one set of tines is located within the interior of the dish rack. A tine angle adjustment assembly includes an adjuster plate movably coupled to the at least one dish rack. The adjuster plate includes at least one adjuster pin. An adjusting arm operably couples the set of tines to the at least one adjuster pin.

Dishwasher with adjustable dish rack tines

A dishwasher for treating dishes according to an automatic cycle of operation can include a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber receiving dishes for treatment, a spray system providing treating liquid to the treating chamber, a low profile dish rack located in the tub and having a bottom wall and at least a side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall, with a depending portion extending downwardly from the bottom wall and oriented at an angle to the bottom wall to define an incline angle, and at least one spray tube carried by the dish rack and located below the bottom wall, the spray tube having nozzles emitting spray into the depending portion.

Low profile rack and wash assembly for dishwasher

A rack assembly for an automatic dishwasher having opposing side portions, at least two axles extending outwardly from each of the opposing side portions, and a roller wheel mounted to each axle. Each roller wheel roller wheel has a hub adapted to be fixedly attached to the axle, and a wheel rotatably mounted to the hub. A plurality of separators that define pockets is integrally molded with one of the hub or the wheel. Each pocket is adapted to contain one ball bearing such that no two adjacent ball bearings make contact.

Rack assembly for a dishwasher

A dishwasher can include a tub defining a treating chamber receiving dishes for treatment, a spray system providing treating liquid to the treating chamber, a first dish rack located in the tub and having a bottom wall tiered to form multiple levels defining an effective inclination angle for the bottom wall, and a second dish rack located below the first dish rack and having an inclined non-tiered bottom wall.

A dishwasher having a tub at least partially defining a wash chamber wherein the wash chamber has an access opening, having a first dishrack movably mounted to the tub, a second dishrack, and at least a first and second removable dishrack supported and having corresponding first and second sets of support elements.

Dishwasher

A dish rack is supported for both selective movement into and out of a washing chamber of a dishwasher tub and vertically relative to the tub, with the vertical adjustment being made by manually grasping and shifting at least one frontal cross bar extending above a front wall of the dish rack to cause pivoting of first and second lever members extending along sides of the dish rack. The side lever members cooperate with latching mechanisms to lift and retain the dish rack in a select raised position.

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Saint Joseph, MI, United States of America

Joseph T Ferencevich