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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2008
Virgil J. Francisco, Ayden, NC (US);
Wyatt Wertz, Princeton, NC (US);
Mark D. Montgomery, Greenville, NC (US);
Jason M. Patterson, Trenton, NC (US);
James L. Burrows, Winterville, NC (US);
Virgil J. Francisco, Ayden, NC (US);
Wyatt Wertz, Princeton, NC (US);
Mark D. Montgomery, Greenville, NC (US);
Jason M. Patterson, Trenton, NC (US);
James L. Burrows, Winterville, NC (US);
Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A screening arrangement for screening washing fluid in a dishwashing appliance is provided. Such a screening arrangement comprises intersecting wall members forming a latticework structure, defining opposing inlet and outlet planes, for receiving the washing fluid therethrough. The wall members have inlet and outlet ends disposed toward the respective inlet and outlet planes. The wall member inlet ends, in cross section, have a non-planar apex portion tapering toward the outlet plane. A circumferential member extends about a periphery of the latticework structure, and at least a portion of the circumferential member is sloped toward the latticework structure so as to direct washing fluid received thereby toward the latticework structure. An associated apparatus is also provided.