Multi-sided, rotable tines for a dishwasher rack
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1. A domestic appliance comprising:
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a compartment within the housing;
an opening arranged in the compartment configured to allow at least one of the insertion or removal of items to be at least one of cleaned or treated into the housing;
a door configured to close the opening and create a sealed compartment during use; and
a first component arranged within the compartment configured to receive items to be at least one of washed or treated during use of the domestic appliance, the first component includes at least one support;
wherein the first component includes an actuator configured to alter at least one of a shape or position of the support,wherein the support comprises a plurality of engagement elements,wherein the plurality of engagement elements comprises at least a first configuration in which the plurality of engagement elements projects from the first component, a second configuration in which the plurality of engagement elements is reduced in height with respect to the first component, and a third configuration in which at least a gap spacing between adjacent ones of the plurality of engagement elements is different as compared to the first configuration, andwherein the actuator is configured to rotate the support, such that any one of the first configuration, the second configuration, or the third configuration can be selected by rotating the actuator.
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Abstract
A domestic appliance, and a dishwasher in particular, which includes a rack which is able to be reversibly pulled out from within the dishwasher for the placement of dishware and/or crockery, wherein the rack includes an actuator configured to rotate a multi-sided rotatable tine body such as to select between a discrete number of predetermined tine configurations which differ in tine height, spacing, and the distance between tines.
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1. A domestic appliance comprising:
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a housing; a compartment within the housing; an opening arranged in the compartment configured to allow at least one of the insertion or removal of items to be at least one of cleaned or treated into the housing; a door configured to close the opening and create a sealed compartment during use; and a first component arranged within the compartment configured to receive items to be at least one of washed or treated during use of the domestic appliance, the first component includes at least one support; wherein the first component includes an actuator configured to alter at least one of a shape or position of the support, wherein the support comprises a plurality of engagement elements, wherein the plurality of engagement elements comprises at least a first configuration in which the plurality of engagement elements projects from the first component, a second configuration in which the plurality of engagement elements is reduced in height with respect to the first component, and a third configuration in which at least a gap spacing between adjacent ones of the plurality of engagement elements is different as compared to the first configuration, and wherein the actuator is configured to rotate the support, such that any one of the first configuration, the second configuration, or the third configuration can be selected by rotating the actuator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A dishwasher comprising:
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a housing; a compartment within the housing; an opening arranged in the compartment configured to allow at least one of the insertion or removal of at least one of dishware or crockery to be at least one of cleaned or treated into/from the housing; a door configured to close the opening and create a sealed compartment during use; at least a first rack, the first rack being slidably installed within the compartment and configured to be movable from a retracted position where the first rack is substantially within the compartment to an extended position where the first rack is substantially projecting out of the compartment; and an actuator configured to adjust a configuration of the first rack to accommodate a variety of different sized and shaped items of at least one of dishware or crockery, wherein at least the first rack comprises at least one set of rotatable tines, wherein the at least one set of rotatable tines comprises at least a first line configuration in which the at least one set of rotatable tines projects from the first rack, a second tine configuration in which the at least one set of rotatable tines is reduced in height with respect to the first rack, and a third tine configuration in which at least a gap spacing between adjacent ones of the at least one set of rotatable tines is different as compared to the first tine configuration, and wherein the actuator is configured to rotate the at least one set of rotatable tines, such that any one of the first tine configuration, the second tine configuration, or the third line configuration can be selected by rotating the actuator. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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