Diverter assembly for a washing machine appliance

Abstract

A washing machine appliance includes a wash tub positioned within a cabinet and defining a wash chamber, a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub for receiving a load of clothes, a dispensing assembly mounted within the cabinet for selectively adding wash fluid into the wash tub, the dispensing assembly defining a plurality of dispenser inlets, and a diverter assembly for selectively directing the wash fluid through one or more of the plurality of dispenser inlets. The diverter assembly includes a diverter manifold defining a diverter inlet and a plurality of diverter outlets, a diverter disk mounted to the diverter manifold, the diverter disk being rotatable to selectively couple the diverter inlet to one or more of the plurality of diverter outlets, and a hydraulically actuated indexing mechanism mechanically coupled to the diverter disk for selectively rotating the diverter disk.

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