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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1993
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A dishwasher has a cleaning tank, a plurality of dish containers disposed vertically in the cleaning tank, and cleaning nozzles defining a plurality of jetting openings for jetting cleaning water. The cleaning nozzles include an upper arm nozzle disposed in a space below an upper dish container and rotating substantially horizontal, a first arm nozzle disposed in a space below a lower dish container and rotating substantially horizontal, and a second arm nozzle having a rotational axis spaced a predetermined distance from the rotational axis of the first arm nozzle and rotating on the first arm nozzle. The upper arm nozzle jets cleaning water toward the upper dish container. The first and second arm nozzles jet cleaning water toward the lower dish container. The second arm nozzle eccentric to the rotational axis of the first arm nozzle jets cleaning water over a wide angle.