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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey J. Krieger, Mukwonago, WI (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/44 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01); E05F 5/10 (2006.01); E05F 5/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/4409 (2013.01); A47L 15/0052 (2013.01); A47L 15/4436 (2013.01); A47L 2501/07 (2013.01); E05F 5/003 (2013.01); E05F 5/10 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/304 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dishwasher detergent dispenser includes a viscous damper allowing a dispenser door to be preloaded with a sufficiently strong spring to overcome resistance caused by detergent encrustation and the like while significantly reducing noise caused by the door opening.