User-activated dish status signaling for a dishwasher appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorAldo Vincent Kremmel
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Abstract
A dishwasher appliance includes a wash tub positioned within a cabinet and defining a wash chamber for receipt of a load of articles for washing, and a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet to provide selective access to the wash chamber. A load status indicator is mounted to a handle of the door for indicating a load status of the load of articles. The dishwasher appliance includes a controller that communicates with a remote device over an external network to receive and provide the load status of the load of articles to users of the dishwasher appliance.
Claims20
A dishwasher appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the dishwasher appliance comprising:
- a wash tub positioned within a cabinet and defining a wash chamber for receipt of a load of articles for washing;
- a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet to provide selective access to the wash chamber;
- and
- a load status indicator for indicating a load status of the load of articles.
A method of operating a dishwasher appliance, the dishwasher appliance comprising a wash tub positioned within a cabinet and defining a wash chamber for receipt of a load of articles for washing and a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet to provide selective access to the wash chamber, the method comprising:
- receiving a load status of the load of articles from a user through a remote device over an external network;
- and
- providing a user notification including the load status of the load of articles.
A dishwasher appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the dishwasher appliance comprising:
- a wash tub positioned within a cabinet and defining a wash chamber for receipt of a load of articles for washing;
- a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet to provide selective access to the wash chamber;
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- a controller in operative communication with a remote device over an external network, the controller being configured to:
- receive a load status of the load of articles from a user;
- and
- provide a user notification including the load status of the load of articles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.