Dishwasher
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsCesare Gorini, Marcello Milotti, Giorgio Mondadori
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Abstract
A dishwasher comprising a base structure on which a tub is mounted. It comprises a top structure connected to the base structure by the strut-shaped members providing a cage-shaped support structure around the tub.
Claims16
A dishwasher comprising:
- a base structure on which a tub is mounted,
- a top structure connected to the base structure by strut-shaped members,
- wherein the tub comprises a U-shaped metal sheet element interposed between the base structure and the top structure in order to define three side walls of the tub and a front opening thereof, with the U-shaped metal sheet element defining an open bottom closed by the base structure to form a bottom of the tub, an open top closed by the top structure to form a top of the tub;
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- a door having a lower portion hingedly mounted to the base structure to selectively close the front opening.
A method for producing a dishwasher, comprising the steps of providing a base structure having vertical strut-shaped members projecting upwardly, providing a top structure having vertical strut-shaped members projecting downwardly, joining the base structure and the top structure at the ends of the corresponding vertical strut-shaped members in order to define a structural cage;
- placing a U-shaped metal body within the structural cage to define a tub having three side walls and a front opening;
- and hingedly connecting a door to the base structure for selectively closing the front opening.
A dishwasher comprising:
- a base structure having first strut-shaped members on which a tub is mounted;
- a top structure having second strut-shaped members connected to the strut-shaped members of the base structure to define an interior with an open face;
- a tub comprising a U-shaped metal sheet element interposed within the interior between the base structure and the top structure to define three side walls of the tub and a front opening confronting the open face;
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- a door hingedly mounted to the base structure to selectively close the front opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.