Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dish treating appliance with diverter valve position sensing
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Application No.: US15939872Application Date: 2018-03-29
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Publication No.: US10694919B2Publication Date: 2020-06-30
- Inventor: Jonathan Gephart , Antony Rappette , Peter Richmond , Steven Vornsand , Rodney Welch
- Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: McGarry Bair PC
- Main IPC: A47L15/42
- IPC: A47L15/42 ; A47L15/50

Abstract:
A diverter valve assembly includes a manifold defining a plenum with an inlet and multiple outlets, a membrane movably mounted within the plenum and having at least one through opening, which is sequentially aligned with the multiple outlets upon movement of the membrane, indicia provided on the membrane corresponding to each of the multiple outlets, and a sensor configured to sense the indicia and provide an output of the sensed indicia.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180220863A1 DISH TREATING APPLIANCE WITH DIVERTER VALVE POSITION SENSING Public/Granted day:2018-08-09
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