Whirlpool Corporation

Mark W Baldwin

Philip M Thompson

Tania L Aldous

Charles L Jones

Ameresh Babu Viswanathan

Barry E Tuller

Viorel Luminosu

Michael S Seeley

Ruben Castano

Jamian Russell Cobbett

James S Owen

Jonathan M Dalton

Dana Reinisch

Aaron Hayes

Ildefonso Resuello

Steve S Lee

Rafael Massei

Mike S Hemry

Alan D Bengtson

Oren Shai

Giorgia Santini

Marcus Roland Fischer

Anthony B Welsh

Elliott V Stowe

Paul E Beshears, Jr

Scott D Slabbekoorn

Saadat Hussain

Demetrius J Schaaf

Justin D McIver

Bryan M Topp

Duane M Kobos

Michael T Seum

Blayne C Smith

Rexford W Cordill

Brian Lee Greenhaw

Elizabeh A Moit

Rodney Michael Welch

Kevin B Ayers

Chad T Vanderroest

Jonathan D Pugh

Allen D Wong

Jeffrey Ray Taylor

Praveen Poojary

John M DeBoer

Harry W Dickson

John R Bentley

Frederick N Bournay, Jr

Walter Braun

Sandra S Thurlow

James R Barger

Nathan W Kryglowski

Andrew T Middleton

Edward C Groeschel

David C Hargrave

Richard Joseph Conrad

John Allan Tinkham

Elizabeth A Moit

Brett Dibkey

Judy K Anderson

Todd M Baranek

Kenneth R Hill

Michael T Zitkovic, Jr

William Konar

David Ricardo Barrero

A dish rack for use in a dishwasher is provided. The dishwasher includes a tub defining a washing chamber for cleaning kitchenware and the like. The dish rack includes a wall bounding a space. A dispenser unit is mounted to the dish rack and is configured to hold an additive. A hydraulic circuit is disposed within the walls of the dish rack and is placed in fluid communication with the dispenser. Fluid pressure from the hydraulic circuit is operable to eject the additive from the dispenser unit into the washing chamber.

Dish rack with dispenser unit

Sprayer for dish washing machine

Sprayer for dishwasher

A multi-compartment dishwasher may include a treating chemistry dispenser for storing and dispensing treating chemistry into the multiple compartments of the dishwasher. In one embodiment, the treating chemistry may be dispensed into a liquid recirculation circuit. In another embodiment, the treating chemistry dispenser may be located between the multiple chambers of the dishwasher.

Dispenser for multi-compartment dishwasher

A dishwasher includes a door with at least a first part and a second part. The first part may be pivotally mounted to the dishwasher. The second part may be configured to be coupled to the first part for cooperative pivoting of the first part and the second part in one mode of operation. The second part may also be configured to move independently of the first part in another mode of operation.

Dishwasher with transforming door

A dishwasher for treating dishes according to at least one automatic cycle of operation and including a tub having a bottom wall for at least partially defining a treating chamber in which dishes may be received for treatment, at least one sprayer provided on the bottom wall, and having at least one opening through which liquid is emitted into the treating chamber, and a recirculation circuit fluidly coupling the treating chamber to the at least one sprayer such that liquid emitted into the treating chamber may be directed back to the sprayer for recirculation.

Dishwasher with sprayer

A dishwasher may include a closure element, such as a door, a user interface on the closure element, and a controller. A data communication link having a first data connector may be coupled to the controller, and a second data connector may be coupled to the user interface. The first and second data connectors may communicatively couple when the closure element is in the closed condition to establish data communication between the controller and the user interface. The communication link may also form a power link to provide power to the user interface across an electrical link.

System for establishing communication between a user interface and a controller of a dishwasher

A dishwasher includes an open-face tub and a closure element selectively closing the open face of the tub and housing a user interface powered by a rechargeable power supply, such as a battery, operatively coupled to a power charger. In one embodiment, the user interface is not removable from the closure element, and the power charger may be remote from the closure element to selectively provide power to the rechargeable power supply. In another embodiment, the closure element may include a first door and a second door, with each door having an inductive part for formation of an inductive coupling to charge the rechargeable power supply when the doors are in juxtaposition.

System for charging a power supply in a closure element of a household appliance

Dishwasher silverware basket

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St. Joseph, MI, United States of America

Mark W Baldwin