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US 12,279,737 B2Granted
Wall mounted dishwasher
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsJoel Boyer, Robert M. Digman, Bassam Fawaz, Russell Dietrich
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Abstract
A wall mounted dishwasher incorporates storage into an exterior door of the dishwasher to facilitate user access to utensils stored in the dishwasher. The exterior door may be hinged and configured to rotate about a substantially vertical axis, and one or more spray devices and/or one or more fluid collection pans may be integrated into the exterior door.
Claims19
A dishwasher, comprising:
- a housing defining at least a portion of a wash tub and including a side-facing opening;
- an exterior door coupled to the housing, the exterior door movable between a closed position that restricts external access to the wash tub through the side-facing opening and an open position that provides external access to the wash tub through the side-facing opening;
- a storage element supported by the exterior door and configured to move with the exterior door, the storage element configured to store one or more utensils during washing;
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- at least one spray device supported by the exterior door and configured to move with the exterior door, the at least one spray device configured to spray wash fluid into the wash tub and supported by the exterior door, and the at least one spray device including an upwardly-directed spray device configured to spray into an interior of a downwardly-facing beverage container supported by the storage element.
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A dishwasher, comprising:
- a housing defining at least a portion of a wash tub;
- a hinged exterior door pivotably coupled to the housing, the hinged exterior door pivotable about a substantially vertical axis between closed and opened positions;
- a storage element supported by the exterior door and configured to move with the exterior door, the storage element configured to store one or more utensils during washing;
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- a fluid collection pan supported by the exterior door and disposed below the storage element, the fluid collection pan configured to collect fluid that drips from the storage element and the one or more utensils when the exterior door is in both the closed position and the open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.