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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Philip J. Czarnecki, Saugatuck, MI (US);
Annie Marie Stuart, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Mateusz Michal Wolowicz, Lower Silesian District, PL;
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A dishwasher system for cleaning dishes may include a dishwasher tub configured to house dishes therein and run a dishwasher cycle, a door assembly configured to selectively seal the dishwasher tub, the door assembly including an inlet nozzle arranged on the inside of the door assembly, the inlet nozzle extending across the width of the door at the top of the door assembly to receive hot and moist air post wash from the dishwasher tub, and a duct fluidly connected to the inlet nozzle and configured to transfer the air through the door assembly and out an outlet nozzle during a drying phase of the dishwasher cycle prior to the door assembly being opened post-cycle.