Nozzle assembly of dishwasher

Abstract

A nozzle assembly of a dishwasher enables injection holes of a top nozzle to selectively face a top or bottom rack to spray water toward the bottom rack when items to be washed are loaded on the bottom rack only. The nozzle assembly includes a first and second nozzles, rotatably installed adjacent first and second racks, respectively, for selectively spraying water in first and second directions. The first nozzle includes a device for manually setting the spraying direction. The first nozzle also includes a fixed central piece, communicating with a water circulator, having two open ends; and first and second nozzle sections, communicating with the fixed central piece and each having a closed end and an open end, the closed end of each nozzle section being rotatably coupled to one open end of the fixed central piece. The first and second nozzle sections are rotated using the manual setting device.

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