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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
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 and opposing sidewalls that at least partially define a washing chamber. A housing coupled to the top wall of the tub. A motor disposed in the housing. A lead screw operably coupled to the motor, the lead screw extends between the opposing sidewalls of the tub. An air knife assembly is operably coupled to the lead screw. The air knife assembly is operable between a stowed state and a deployed state. The motor drives rotation of the lead screw to move the air knife assembly, the air knife assembly including, an air knife defining an air inlet and an air outlet, and a blower coupled to the air knife. The blower is configured to direct air through the air outlet of the air knife to generate an air curtain when the air knife assembly is in the deployed state.