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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2011
Applicants:
Jemsheer Thayyullathil, Greenwood, MS (US);
Kevin Brown, Greenwood, MS (US);
Inventors:
Jemsheer Thayyullathil, Greenwood, MS (US);
Kevin Brown, Greenwood, MS (US);
Assignee:
VIKING RANGE, LLC, Greenwood, MS (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/488 (2013.01); A47L 15/48 (2013.01); A47L 15/483 (2013.01); A47L 15/486 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drying system for a dishwasher including a passive vent assembly mounted to a top portion of the dishwasher. The passive vent assembly includes a passive vent structure having a series of air vents defined therein and through which drying air flows are drawn into the wash chamber of the dishwasher, a diffuser mounted over the air vents and including a series of fins for spreading the drying air flows across the wash chamber, and a moisture trap hood mounted over an upper surface of the passive vent structure.