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US 4,046,261 AGranted
Dishwasher rack
AssigneeDesign & Manufacturing Corporation
InventorWilliam H. Yake
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AssigneeDesign & Manufacturing Corporation
InventorWilliam H. Yake
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A rack structure for an automatic dishwasher. The rack structure comprises a plurality of wire members welded together to form a rectangular, openwork rack having a bottom, upstanding front and rear walls and upwardly and outwardly sloping side walls. At least one pair of removable fences is provided, each fence comprising a plurality of upstanding wire members with a horizontal wire member welded thereto and spaced upwardly from the bottom ends thereof. Means are provided to removably mount the fences within the rack structure in parallel spaced relationship to each other and to the rack structure side walls. The fence mounting means may be so configured as to provide more than one predetermined position in which each fence may be mounted so as to render adjustable the distance between adjacent fences and the distance between each rack structure side wall and the adjacent one of the fences. Means may also be provided to lock each fence in its selected predetermined position in the fence mounting means. The wire members of the entire rack structure, including the removable fences, are coated with a protective plastic to prevent rust and corrosion thereof.
A rack structure for an automatic dishwasher comprising a plurality of wire members welded together to form a rectangular openwork rack having a bottom and upstanding front, rear and longitudinal side walls, at least one removable fence, means to detachably mount said removable fence within said rack in parallel spaced relationship to said longitudinal side walls of said rack, said fence mounting means comprising a forward fence mounting bracket and a rearward fence mounting bracket, said forward and rearward fence mounting brackets being affixed to said rack bottom in parallel spaced relationship to each other and to said front and rear walls of said rack, said forward and rearward fence mounting brackets having opposed faces in parallel spaced relationship, said opposed faces having at least one pair of corresponding slots for said at least one removable fence, said at least one removable fence having end portions receivable in said at least one pair of corresponding slots in said forward and rearward fence mounting brackets.
A rack structure for an automatic dishwasher comprising a plurality of wire members welded together to form a rectangular openwork rack having a bottom and upstanding front, rear and longitudinal side walls, at least two removable fences, means to detachably mount said removable fences within said rack, said fence mounting means being so configured as to maintain each of said removable fences in any one of a plurality of predetermined positions within said rack, said fences being in parallel spaced relationship to each other and to said longitudinal side walls of said rack, said fence mounting means comprising a forward fence mounting bracket and a rearward fence mounting bracket, said forward and rearward fence mounting brackets being affixed to said rack bottom in parallel spaced relationship to each other and to said front and rear walls of said rack, said forward and rearward fence mounting brackets having opposed faces in parallel spaced relationship, said opposed faces having at least one pair of corresponding slots for each of said removable fences, each of said removable fences having end portions receivable in its respective one of said pairs of corresponding slots in said forward and rearward fence mounting brackets.
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