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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2024
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Ravi Patel, Louisville, KY (US);
Reagan Murphy, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A dishwasher appliance includes a tub defining a wash chamber; a door; at least one fluid storage vessel positioned within the wash chamber; and a dispenser assembly fluidly coupled with the at least one fluid storage vessel. The dispenser assembly includes a fluid diverter including a plurality of fluid inlet channels, a fluid outlet channel, and a diverter input shaft; a pump fluidly coupled to the fluid diverter and including a pump input shaft; and a bidirectional motor including an output shaft, wherein the output shaft is operably coupled to each of the diverter input shaft and the pump input shaft such that the diverter input shaft is rotated when the output shaft is rotated in a first rotational direction and the pump input shaft is rotated when the output shaft is rotated in a second rotational direction opposite the first direction.