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US 7,478,642 B2Granted
Dish basket for a dish washer
AssigneeMiele & Cie. KG
InventorsStephan Koch, Horst Moeller, Dirk Wegener
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Abstract
An insert for use with a dish washer provided with a rotary spray arm having a nozzle therein and with at least one rinsing basket. The insert is provided at least one receptacle for securely supporting a bottle with its opening in alignment with the rotary path of movement of the nozzle. Protrusions are provided in the receptacle for resiliently maintaining a bottle in its position.
Claims7
A dish washer comprising:
- a plurality of nozzles on a nozzle arm, each nozzle configured to move in a respective circular path;
- a rinsing basket;
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- a separate insert engaging or received in the rinsing basket, the separate insert comprising:
- a housing comprising a bottom wall and side walls,
- the bottom wall comprising a plurality of receptacles for bottles, each receptacle being aligned with the circular path of one of the plurality of nozzles on the nozzle arm and configured to secure a neck or a body of a respective bottle of the bottles so as to align an opening of the respective bottle with a spray jet of the nozzle arm, and
- the side walls comprising a plurality of holders, each holder configured to hold a plate extending beyond a dimension of the housing,
- wherein a respective pivotal lid is provided for each receptacle and is configured to selectively close an opening of the respective receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.