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US 10,945,585 B2Granted
Dishwasher with moveable shelf
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsVikramsinh S. Mohite, Shailender Tiwari
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Abstract
A dishwasher having a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber that receives dishes for treatment, a dish rack located in the tub and having a bottom wall and at least a side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall, the side wall including a set of vertical tines.
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A dishwasher, comprising:
- a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber receiving dishes for treatment;
- a dish rack located in the tub and having a bottom wall and at least a side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall, the side wall including a set of vertical tines;
- a shelf having a planar body with spaced walls and extending along a length and operably coupled to the set of vertical tines and rotatable between a stowed position that is upright and a deployed position that is substantially horizontal wherein the body includes at least one guide slot, each guide slot including an open channel forming a set of open channels, and each guide slot being formed at least in part by a first wall and a second wall spaced from the first wall, and joined by a rear wall forming a rear surface and wherein a first vertical tine of the set of vertical tines is received between the spaced walls and within a first open channel of the set of open channels and the first wall and second wall are configured to guide movement of the shelf and the rear surface abuts the first vertical tine in a manner configured to allow for vertical movement of the shelf along the set of vertical tines between at least a lower position and an upper position;
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- a cross-bar mounted to the spaced walls of the planar body of the shelf and retaining multiple vertical tines different from the first vertical tine of the set of vertical tines between the cross-bar and the planar body.
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A dishwasher, comprising:
- a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber receiving dishes for treatment;
- a dish rack located in the tub and having a bottom wall and at least a side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall the side wall including a set of vertical tines and defining a first side and a second side;
- a shelf having a planar body with spaced walls extending along a length and operably coupled to the set of vertical tines and rotatable between a stowed position that is upright and a deployed position that is substantially horizontal wherein the planar body includes a set of guide slots, each guide slot including an open channel formed at least in part by a first wall and a second wall, spaced from the first wall;
- a cross-bar mounted to the spaced walls of the planar body of the shelf and retaining at least two vertical tines of the set of vertical tines between the cross-bar and the planar body;
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- wherein the set of guide slots retain the set of vertical tines other than the at least two vertical tines from the first side, and the cross-bar engages the at least two vertical tines at the second side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.