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US 11,589,726 B2Granted
Mounting bracket for a dishwasher
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsVenkata S. Dirisala, Richard Lawrence Kretz, Jr., Daniel J. Lesko
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Abstract
An automatic dishwasher can include a tub having a bottom and at least partially defining an open face treating chamber, a base supporting the bottom of the tub and defining a mechanical area beneath the bottom of the tub, at least one sprayer emitting liquid into the treating chamber, and a rotating inlet filter assembly fluidly coupling the treating chamber to the at least one sprayer. A mounting bracket can be provided to secure the rotating inlet filter assembly to the base.
Claims13
An automatic dishwasher, comprising:
- a tub having a bottom and at least partially defining a treating chamber;
- a base supporting the bottom of the tub;
- at least one sprayer emitting liquid into the treating chamber;
- a recirculation circuit fluidly coupling the tub to the at least one sprayer;
- a drain circuit fluidly coupling the tub to a household drain;
- a pump assembly having a pump fluidly coupled to at least one of the recirculation circuit or the drain circuit, and a motor driving the pump;
- and
- a mounting bracket, comprising:
- a body coupled to the base;
- an arm projecting at least horizontally from the body to form an L-shaped profile, the arm terminating in a distal end and having a flat upper surface supporting a portion of the pump assembly;
- a gripping layer positioned between the arm and the portion of the pump assembly, the gripping layer having a plurality of ridges confronting the arm and forming hollow spaces along the flat upper surface of the arm;
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- a bracket axis defined along the arm between the body and the distal end;
- wherein the arm is configured to allow unconstrained motion of the portion of the pump assembly along the bracket axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.