Spray arm assembly and glasswasher incorporating the same
AssigneeMoyer Diebel Ltd.
InventorsRaymond Charles Howe, Ivan Josip Katkic
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Abstract
A spray arm assembly comprises a housing defining at least one locating port that includes at least one opening; a spring-loaded connector having a body complementary in shape to the at least one locating port and removably connected to the housing within the at least one locating port, the spring-loaded connector having an inlet in fluid communication with the at least one opening when connected to the housing within the at least one locating portand an outlet; and at least one spray arm connected to the spring-loaded connector such that the spray arm is in fluid communication with the outlet of the spring-loaded connector.
Claims19
A spray arm assembly comprising:
- a housing defining at least one locating port that includes at least one opening;
- a spring-loaded connector having a body and a yoke pivotally connected to the body via a torsion spring, the body complementary in shape to the at least one locating port and removably connected to the housing within the at least one locating port, the spring-loaded connector having an inlet in fluid communication with the at least one opening when connected to the housing within the at least one locating port and at least one outlet;
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- at least one spray arm connected to the spring-loaded connector such that the spray arm is in fluid communication with the at least one outlet of the spring-loaded connector.
An on-demand glasswasher comprising:
- a spray arm assembly fluidly connected to at least one of a rinse system or a wash system of the on-demand glasswasher, the spray arm assembly comprising:
- a housing defining at least one locating port that includes at least one opening that receives fluid from the rinse system or the wash system;
- a spring-loaded connector having a body and a yoke pivotally connected to the body via a torsion spring, the body complementary in shape to the at least one locating port and removably connected to the housing within the at least one locating port, the spring-loaded connector having an inlet in fluid communication with the at least one opening when connected to the housing within the at least one locating port and at least one outlet;
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- at least one spray arm connected to the spring-loaded connector such that the spray arm is in fluid communication with the at least one outlet of the spring-loaded connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.