Whirlpool Corporation

Stryker Corporation

Whirpool Corporation

Mark S Feddema

Antony Mark Rappette

Joseph T Ferencevich

Chad T Vanderroest

Frederick Thomas Roderick

William J Snell

Lisa M Fehner

Ameresh Babu Viswanathan

Alvaro Vallejo Noriega

Ryan Kevin Roth

David H Chen

Fabio Cardano

Umit Can Koralay

Ajay Satish Singhal

Mohan Takale

Hrushikesh C Prabhu

Kevin Miller

Steven B Balinski

Sachie Kakehi

Deborah L Gregory

Elliott V Stowe

Paul E Beshears, Jr

Jonathan D Pugh

Todd Michael Jozwiak

Philip J Czarnecki

Sujit S Naik

Demetrius J Schaaf

David Jason Brightbill

John Alan Miller

Giuseppina Arresta

Pritish Roy

Timothy D Lee

Daria Anna Michalowicz

Damian M Chojnacki

Adam Mrowicki

Thomas M Delellis

Blair D Mikkelsen

Jason A Sibley

Rodney Michael Welch

Darryl C Bodine

Suzanne M Berberet

Jerry M Visin

Michael A Kahwaji

Lorraine Joan Westlake

Roger James Bertsch

Jeffrey Ray Taylor

John A Hall

Jason Lawrence Barr

Wesley Mendez Ramirez

Joseph Allen Gregory

Rud J Lauer

Mateusz Uzniak

Amit V Paratwar

Gautam Prakash Kamat

Mateusz Uźniak

Addison E Foster

Ranit Thapliyal

Mario Togawa

Vilas D Raut

Stephanie Camazzola Godoshian

Sanket G Pawaskar

Venkat Vadlamani

David Edwin Seelbinder

A dishwasher includes a tub having a top wall extending between opposing side walls. The tub defines a washing chamber. A dishrack operable between a stowed state within the washing chamber and a deployed state extending at least partially out of the washing chamber. An air drying system is coupled to the tub and includes a housing coupled to the top wall of the tub. The housing extends into the washing chamber proximate the dishrack and defines an air inlet. An air knife coupled to the housing and extending along a width of the washing chamber proximate to the top wall of the tub. The air knife defines a slit. A blower operably coupled to the air knife is configured to draw air through the air inlet and direct the air through the slit of the air knife to generate an air curtain across the width of the washing chamber.

Fixed air knife for a dishwasher

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 reversible tray for a dishwasher a reversible tray carried by the dish rack and removably disposed within the dish rack to flip between a first position and a second position.

Dishwasher with tray

An automatic dishwasher configured to implement an automatic treating cycle of operation. The automatic dishwasher having a tub and a dish rack located within the dish treating chamber. The dish rack comprising a bottom wall having a first portion defined by a substantially planar portion extending across a first portion of bottom wall and second portion defined by a depression portion extending across a second portion of bottom wall.

Dishwasher with a dish rack

A dishwasher and method for treating dishes according to a cycle of operation, the dishwasher comprising a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber and a dish rack movably received within the treating chamber. The dishwasher configured for receiving dishes for treatment during the cycle of operation, and moveable relative to the tub. A sprayer located within the treating chamber, configured to emit spray into the dish rack, where a diverter and thermally-responsive actuator within the sprayer can change the direction of the spray.

Dishwasher

A dishwasher includes a tub with an access opening to a treating chamber, a sump, at least one sprayer emitting liquid into the treating chamber, a pump, a conduit fluidly coupling the sump to the pump and the pump to the at least one sprayer, thereby defining a recirculation circuit through which the liquid sprayed into the treating chamber collects in the sump and is pumped back to the at least one sprayer. The dishwasher also includes a filter assembly in the sump for filtering the liquid in the recirculation circuit including a cleaning element and a dome shaped displacement body positioned adjacent the filter wall for raising a liquid level within the filter and configured to fill more than 50% of a percentage of a volume of the filter.

Dishwasher filter assembly

Dishwasher spray arm

A dishwasher for treating dishes according to an automatic cycle of operation includes a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber with an access opening. A closure selectively closes the access opening. At least one dish rack is located within the treating chamber. At least one rotating spray arm is located within the tub, adjacent to and emitting fluid into the at least one dish rack. The at least one rotating spray arm includes a body having at least one fluid spray opening.

Dish treating appliance with a sprayer

A dishwasher for treating dishes according to a cycle of operation. The dishwasher including a lower dish rack and an upper dish rack located above the lower dish rack and having an opening overlying the portion of the lower dish rack and a repositionable tray carried by the upper dish rack and movable between a first position and a second position relative to the opening.

Cup shelf for dishrack

An automatic dishwashing device may include a tub defining a hollow dishwashing cavity having a back, top, bottom, and two sides and is accessible via an access opening at a front of the cavity, a rack slidably disposed within the tub and moveable in a longitudinal direction between a stored position within the tub to an extended position where the rack extends outside of the tub, and a tray slidably engaged with the rack for sliding movement in the longitudinal direction, wherein the tray is configured to selectively remain partially within the tub when the rack is in the extended position or extend outside the tub when the rack is in the extended position.

Dishwasher chopstick tray

An automatic dishwasher configured to implement an automatic treating cycle of operation. The automatic dishwasher having a tub, a dish rack, a first set of cup seats and a utensil caddy. The dish rack having a bottom wall defining at least one plane, with the first set of cup sets being provided along the bottom wall. The utensil caddy having a first side wall and a second side wall opposing the first side wall, with the first side wall abutting the bottom wall.

Dishwasher with a dish rack and utensil caddy

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 dishwasher and method for treating dishes according to a cycle of operation, the dishwasher comprising a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber and a dish rack movably received within the treating chamber. The dishwasher configured for receiving dishes for treatment during the cycle of operation, and moveable relative to the tub. A sprayer located within the treating chamber, configured to emit spray into the dish rack. A deflector coupled to the sprayer.

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Kalamazoo, MI, United States of America

Mark S Feddema