Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Stable height adjuster mechanism
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Application No.: US15908969Application Date: 2018-03-01
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Publication No.: US10602909B2Publication Date: 2020-03-31
- Inventor: Kapil Gupta , Richard Lawrence Kretz , Ronald M. Nowell , Matthew M. Hansen
- Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: Nyemaster Goode, P.C.
- Main IPC: A47B81/00
- IPC: A47B81/00 ; A47L15/50 ; A47B57/26

Abstract:
A dishwasher has an interior with a tub and a dish rack slidably attached to the tub. The dish rack has vertically-oriented side rail and a height adjustment system. The adjustment system includes height adjustment mechanisms alongside the walls of the dish rack for vertically shifting the dish rack between lowered and raised positions relative to the tub. Each of the adjustment mechanisms includes an adjuster arm fixed vertically relative to the tub, with a locking boss at the first end, and a locking clip on the adjuster arm having at least one locking tab adapted to couple with the locking boss to prevent the rack from shifting vertically relative to the adjuster arm. The locking clip has a pair of interference ribs engaging a pair of side rails to prevent rotational movement of the rack with respect to the dishwasher.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190269297A1 STABLE HEIGHT ADJUSTER MECHANISM Public/Granted day:2019-09-05
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