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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2024
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Philip J. Czarnecki, Saugatuck, MI (US);
Mark S. Feddema, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stephanie Camazzola Godoshian, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Gautam Prakash Kamat, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Vilas D. Raut, Pune, IN;
Annie M. Stuart, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Akshay S. Tondwal, Pune, IN;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
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.