Removable basket for a dishwashing appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsAlan Stevenson Lucas, Arpit Singhal
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Abstract
A basket is selectively receivable within a dishwashing appliance. The basket includes a plurality of vertically arranged receiving bosses that receive spray tines therein and a lid having a domed interior surface for dispersing liquid dispensed from the spray tines throughout the basket.
Claims20
A basket assembly for a dishwashing appliance, the dishwashing appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the basket comprising:
- a basket body comprising a floor and a plurality of sidewalls extending from the floor, wherein the plurality of sidewalls defines at least two apertures, the basket body being removably provided within the dishwashing appliance;
- a receiving boss defined through the floor of the basket body, the receiving boss defining an inlet at the floor and an outlet opposite the inlet through which fluid is dispensed;
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- a lid selectively coupled to the basket body via a pair of latch bars at least partially received by the at least two apertures, wherein the lid comprises a concave dome formed therein, and wherein the dome is located over the receiving boss such that liquid dispensed through the receiving boss is distributed within the basket via the dome.
A dishwashing appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the dishwasher appliance comprising:
- a tub defining a wash chamber;
- a pump configured to deliver a liquid to the wash chamber;
- a conduit in fluid communication with the pump;
- a variable spray assembly provided within the wash chamber, the variable spray assembly receiving the liquid from the conduit, the variable spray assembly comprising a plurality of spray tines arranged along the vertical direction;
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- a basket selectively received over the variable spray assembly, wherein the basket comprises:
- a basket body comprising a floor and a plurality of sidewalls extending from the floor, the basket body being removably provided within the dishwashing appliance;
- a receiving boss defined through the floor of the basket, wherein the receiving boss selectively receives a spray tine of the plurality of spray tines therein;
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- a lid selectively coupled to the basket body at least one sidewall of the plurality of sidewalls defining at least one aperture, wherein at least one latch bar of a pair of latch bars is selectively received within the at least one aperture, wherein the lid comprises a dome formed therein, the dome being concave upward along the vertical direction, and wherein the dome is located over the receiving boss such that liquid dispensed through the spray tine of the plurality of spray tines is distributed within the basket via the dome.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.