发明名称 Silverware basket for a dishwasher appliance
摘要 A dishwasher appliance is provided with a silverware basket. The silverware basket has features for creating an offset between a door of the appliance or a wall of the appliance and the silverware basket. The offset can permit debris and/or washing fluid to flow between the silverware basket and the door or the wall of the appliance.
申请公布号 US8905495(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.12.09
申请号 US201213444902 申请日期 2012.04.12
申请人 General Electric Company 发明人 Garnett William Nathan;Calvert Anjuli B.
分类号 A47B77/08;A47B81/00 主分类号 A47B77/08
代理机构 Dority and Manning, P.A. 代理人 Dority and Manning, P.A.
主权项 1. A dishwasher appliance comprising: a tub defining a wash chamber; a door mounted to said tub, said door configured for permitting selective access to the wash chamber of said tub; a rack assembly selectively positioned within the wash chamber of said tub and configured for the receipt of articles for washing; a silverware basket removably mounted to a front of said rack assembly such that said silverware basket is disposed between said door and said rack assembly when said door is in a closed position, said silverware basket extending between a first side and a second side along a horizontal direction, wherein said silverware basket comprises: a bottom wall;a back wall extending from said bottom wall, said back wall positioned adjacent said rack assembly;a front wall extending from said bottom wall and spaced apart from said back wall, said front wall positioned adjacent said door when said door is in the closed position;a pair of sidewalls extending between said back wall and said front wall, each side wall of said pair of sidewalls positioned at a respective one of the first and second sides of said silverware basket;wherein said bottom wall, said back wall, said pair of sidewalls, and said front wall define a cavity for receipt of articles for cleaning, wherein said front wall is arcuate along the horizontal direction between the sidewalls of said pair of sidewalls such that a contact point of said front wall is positioned on said door and said front wall is spaced apart from said door at the first and second ends of said silverware basket by between three hundredths of an inch and one quarter of an inch when said door is in the closed position.
地址 Schenectady NY US