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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Paul E. Beshears, Jr., Stevensville, MI (US);
David H. Chen, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Mark S. Feddema, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Deborah L. Gregory, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Todd M. Jozwiak, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Timothy D. Lee, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Antony M. Rappette, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Jason A. Sibley, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Chad T. Vanderroest, Covert, MI (US);
Ameresh B. Viswanathan, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A dishwasher having a tub defining a treating chamber, a dish rack, and a spray assembly associated with the dish rack. The spray assembly may include at least one sprayer positioned to spray treating liquid onto dishes received by the rack. The sprayer has two openings and may be movable between a first position where the treating liquid flows through the first liquid opening into the treating chamber and does not flow through the second liquid opening and a second position where the treating liquid flows through the second liquid opening into the treating chamber. The sprayer may be rotatable between positions and may emit spray in both positions.