Method for deflecting a spray of wash liquid to a desired location in a cleaning appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsJENN-YEU NIEH, MATTHEW CRAIG PARSONS, JON D. STRAIT, NYIK SIONG WONG
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Abstract
A method for deflecting a spray of wash liquid to a desired location in either a drum or tub of a cleaning appliance along different flow paths and/or flow patterns according to the velocity of the wash liquid.
Claims18
A method for delivering wash liquid to a cleaning appliance having a drum located for holding items to be washed, and a deflector for deflecting wash liquid into one of the tub and drum, the method comprising:
- emitting wash liquid towards the deflector;
- deflecting wash liquid along a first flow path projecting downwardly from the deflector when wash liquid is emitted at a first velocity;
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- deflecting wash liquid along a second flow path projecting outwardly from the deflector when wash liquid is emitted at a second velocity which is less than the first velocity.
A method for delivering wash liquid to a cleaning appliance having a drum located for holding items to be washed, and a deflector for deflecting wash liquid into one of the tub and drum, the method comprising:
- emitting wash liquid towards the deflector;
- deflecting wash liquid in a first flow pattern projecting downwardly from the deflector when wash liquid is emitted at a first velocity;
- and
- deflecting wash liquid in a second flow pattern projecting outwardly from the deflector when wash liquid is emitted at a second velocity which is less than the first velocity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.