Dishwasher with combined liquid and air sprayers
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1. A dishwasher, comprising:
- a wash tub;
one or more sprayers disposed within the wash tub, wherein the one or more sprayers includes a tubular spray element rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof, the tubular spray element including one or more apertures extending through an exterior surface thereof;
a liquid supply in fluid communication with the one or more sprayers and configured to supply a liquid to the one or more sprayers to spray the liquid onto utensils disposed within the wash tub;
an air supply in fluid communication with the one or more sprayers and configured to supply pressurized air to the one or more sprayers to spray the pressurized air onto utensils disposed within the wash tub; and
a tubular spray element drive coupled to the tubular spray element and configured to discretely direct the tubular spray element to each of a plurality of rotational positions about the longitudinal axis thereof when spraying at least one of liquid or pressurized air onto utensils disposed within the tub.
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Abstract
A method and dishwasher utilize one or more sprayers that are coupled to both a liquid supply and an air supply through a common hydraulic circuit such that both liquid and pressurized air can be supplied to the one or more sprayers.
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28 Claims
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1. A dishwasher, comprising:
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a wash tub; one or more sprayers disposed within the wash tub, wherein the one or more sprayers includes a tubular spray element rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof, the tubular spray element including one or more apertures extending through an exterior surface thereof; a liquid supply in fluid communication with the one or more sprayers and configured to supply a liquid to the one or more sprayers to spray the liquid onto utensils disposed within the wash tub; an air supply in fluid communication with the one or more sprayers and configured to supply pressurized air to the one or more sprayers to spray the pressurized air onto utensils disposed within the wash tub; and a tubular spray element drive coupled to the tubular spray element and configured to discretely direct the tubular spray element to each of a plurality of rotational positions about the longitudinal axis thereof when spraying at least one of liquid or pressurized air onto utensils disposed within the tub. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A dishwasher, comprising:
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a wash tub; one or more sprayers disposed within the wash tub, the one or more sprayers including a discretely directable sprayer; a liquid supply in fluid communication with the one or more sprayers and configured to supply a liquid to the one or more sprayers to spray the liquid onto utensils disposed within the wash tub; an air supply in fluid communication with the one or more sprayers and configured to supply pressurized air to the one or more sprayers to spray the pressurized air onto utensils disposed within the wash tub; and a drive coupled to the discretely directable sprayer and configured to discretely direct the sprayer to each of a plurality of positions when spraying at least one of liquid or pressurized air onto utensils disposed within the tub. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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