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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2008
Roger James Bertsch, Stevensville, MI (US);
Bruce W. Gillum, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Donald Joseph Wilson, Stevensville, MI (US);
Roger James Bertsch, Stevensville, MI (US);
Bruce W. Gillum, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Donald Joseph Wilson, Stevensville, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A sequencing diverter valve system in a washing appliance includes a fluid distribution manifold having a fluid inlet for receiving washing fluid and a plurality of fluid outlets. A fluid responsive rotating drive arm is connected to a drive reduction mechanism which, in turn, is operatively connected to a rotating sequencing valve for shifting the valve through a plurality of discrete positions at a rate of rotation less than the rate of rotation of the drive arm. As it rotates, the sequencing valve sequentially directs the washing fluid to a respective one or more of the plurality of fluid outlets.