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US 5,546,771 AGranted
Combination clothes & dish washer & dryer
OwnerGeorge D. Bonarinventor
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Abstract
A conversion kit for converting a clothes washer to a dishwasher by removing the agitator and installing a dish holding basket and a plurality of horizontal dividers with fingers to support dishware. A plurality of vertical dividers are inserted between the individual dishware pieces to prevent damage thereto. A hot air drier structure is mounted in the washer to dry the dishes when the clothes washer is used as a dishwasher.
Claims7
A conversion kit for converting a clothes washer to a dishwasher, comprising;
- an open mesh basket having an open mesh bottom with a connector for mounting said open mesh basket on a washing machine agitator spindle, an open top and an open mesh cylindrical wall;
- a plurality of divider means for inserting in said open mesh basket, each of said plurality of said divider means having an open mesh disc shape with a plurality of vertical finger means for supporting dishware, where one of said divider means is inserted in the open mesh basket to receive dishware and another of said divider means is inserted to provide said plurality of divider means separated by dishware;
- and,
- a plurality of vertical dividers for separating dishware, where said vertical dividers radiate from said mesh dish shape divider means for mounting said open mesh basket on a washing machine agitator spindle.
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