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US 2019/0099056 A1Published application
Dishwasher with combined liquid and air sprayers
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorRobert M. Digman
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Abstract
A method and dishwasher utilize one or more sprayers that are coupled to both a liquid supply and an air supply through a common hydraulic circuit such that both liquid and pressurized air can be supplied to the one or more sprayers.
Claims27
A dishwasher, comprising:
- a wash tub;
- one or more sprayers disposed within the wash tub;
- a liquid supply in fluid communication with the one or more sprayers and configured to supply a liquid to the one or more sprayers to spray the liquid onto utensils disposed within the wash tub;
- and
- an air supply in fluid communication with the one or more sprayers and configured to supply pressurized air to the one or more sprayers to spray the pressurized air onto utensils disposed within the wash tub.
2 more elements
A method of operating a dishwasher, the method comprising:
- supplying liquid with a liquid supply of the dishwasher to one or more sprayers disposed in a wash tub of the dishwasher to spray the liquid onto utensils disposed within the wash tub;
- and
- supplying pressurized air with an air supply of the dishwasher to the one or more sprayers to spray the pressurized air onto utensils disposed within the wash tub.
A dishwasher, comprising:
- a wash tub;
- one or more sprayers disposed within the wash tub;
- and
- a hydraulic circuit in fluid communication with the one or more sprayers and configured to concurrently supply liquid and pressurized air to the one or more sprayers.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.