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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2007
Applicant:
Robert Jacob Rolek, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Inventor:
Robert Jacob Rolek, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An automatic dishwasher comprises a housing defining a wash chamber for holding utensils to be washed, a movable sensor for determining a utensil load within at least one preselected location within the wash chamber, and a controller operably coupled to the movable sensor to control the direction of movement of the movable sensor to determine the presence and size of a utensil load in the at least one preselected location within the wash chamber.