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 inlet, a diverter disk mounted adjacent the diverter inlet and defining a plurality of flow tubes, the diverter disk being rotatable to aligning one of the plurality of flow tubes with the diverter inlet and couple the diverter inlet to one of the plurality of dispenser inlets, and a drive motor mechanically coupled to the diverter disk for selectively rotating the diverter disk.

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