Third rack assembly for a dishwasher appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorJustin Daniel Ryan
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Abstract
A dishwasher appliance includes a tub defining a wash chamber for receipt of articles for washing and a third rack assembly slidably positioned within the wash chamber and configured for movement along the transverse direction. The third rack assembly includes a perimeter support wire and a flat floor suspended from the perimeter support wire, the flat floor being formed from interwoven floor wire and defining a floor width that is greater than 70% of a tub width of the tub. The diameter of the perimeter support wire is about 0.17 inches, the diameter of the floor wire is about 0.06 inches, and both the perimeter support wire and the floor wire are formed from stainless steel or nylon-coated metal.
Claims20
A dishwasher appliance defining a vertical, a lateral, and a transverse direction, the dishwasher appliance comprising:
- a tub defining a wash chamber for receipt of articles for washing, the tub defining a tub width measured along the lateral direction;
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- a third rack assembly slidably positioned within the wash chamber and configured for movement along the transverse direction, the third rack assembly comprising:
- a perimeter support wire;
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- a flat floor suspended from the perimeter support wire, the flat floor being formed from interwoven floor wire and defining a floor width that is greater than 65% of the tub width of the wash tub.
A third rack assembly slidably mounted within a wash chamber of a dishwasher appliance, the third rack assembly defining a vertical, a lateral, and a transverse direction, the third rack assembly comprising:
- a perimeter support wire defining a support width measured along the lateral direction;
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- a flat floor suspended from the perimeter support wire, the flat floor being formed from interwoven floor wire and defining a floor width that is greater than 70% of the support width of the perimeter support wire.
The third rack assembly of claim 16, wherein the support wire diameter is about 0.17 inches.
A dishwasher appliance defining a vertical, a lateral, and a transverse direction, the dishwasher appliance comprising:
- a tub defining a wash chamber for receipt of articles for washing;
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- a third rack assembly slidably positioned within the wash chamber and configured for movement along the transverse direction, the third rack assembly comprising:
- a perimeter support wire;
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- a flat floor suspended from the perimeter support wire, the flat floor being formed from interwoven floor wire having a floor wire diameter of between about 0.04 and 0.09 inches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.