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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/00 ; A47L 1/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/00 ; A47L 1/702 ;
Abstract
A dish washing machine according to the present invention has vertically divided upper and lower doors and for covering an opening of a washing chamber. The upper door is opened through its upward pivotal movement about its shafts The lower door is opened through its downward pivotal movement about its shafts The upper door is fully opened through its pivotal movement substantially through 180 degrees. The lower door is opened to a substantially horizontal position. And when the lower door is in this opened state, a basket contained in the washing chamber can be pulled out onto the lower door