US 12,133,620 B2
Dishwasher with direct water supply
Divyam Upadhyay, Pune (IN); and Prabhjee Anand, Pune (IN)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/669,837.
Prior Publication US 2023/0255439 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 15/16 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/50 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/4221 (2013.01) [A47L 15/16 (2013.01); A47L 15/4217 (2013.01); A47L 15/4219 (2013.01); A47L 15/4225 (2013.01); A47L 15/4229 (2013.01); A47L 15/4291 (2013.01); A47L 15/508 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dishwasher for treating dishes according to a cycle of operation, the dishwasher comprising:
a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber;
at least a first dishrack and a second dishrack located in the treating chamber;
at least a first sprayer and a second sprayer, each of the first sprayer and the second sprayers emitting a liquid into the treating chamber;
a recirculation circuit, including at least a heating element and a recirculation pump, fluidly coupling the treating chamber to the first sprayer and the second sprayer whereby fluid emitted by both the first sprayer and the second sprayer is recirculated through the treating chamber;
a water supply circuit having a siphon break fluidly coupled to a household water supply valve, the household water supply valve having one input coupled to a household water supply and two outputs, and a water tank fluidly coupling the siphon break to the treating chamber; and
a water bypass circuit fluidly coupling the household water supply valve directly to the recirculation circuit and an isolating valve fluidly uncoupling the second sprayer from the recirculation circuit, such that water is directly supplied from the household water supply valve to the recirculation pump and to the first sprayer while bypassing the water supply circuit and the second sprayer;
wherein water can be supplied directly from the household water supply valve to the recirculation circuit where it can be heated by the heating element, recirculated by the recirculation pump through at least one of the first sprayer and the second sprayers, and emitted through the at least one of the first sprayer and the second sprayers into at least a portion of the first dishrack or the second dishrack.