Rotating rack retrofit kit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026007300-A1
Application number	US-202418765936-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 8, 2024
Priority date	Jul 8, 2024
Publication date	Jan 8, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

A dishwasher rack is able to rotate with respect to the dishwasher to permit access to all areas of the dishwasher rack from one side of the dishwasher. A spin arm is coupled to the dishwasher rack. The spin arm rotates with respect to a guideway that is coupled to a mounting frame. The mounting frame has wheels so that it can travel within the wheel tracks of the dishwasher.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A rotatable dishwasher rack, comprising:
a dishwasher rack having a housing with a plurality of openings; a mounting frame with a front edge, a rear edge, and side edges; a guideway coupled to said mounting frame; a spin arm coupled to said housing of said dishwasher rack, said spin arm positioned on said guideway; and a plurality of wheels coupled to said mounting frame.

2 . The rotatable dishwasher rack of claim 1 , including a center post coupled to said mounting frame inside said guideway and a snap post coupled to said center post and said housing of said dishwasher rack.

3 . The rotatable dishwasher rack of claim 1 , including a plurality of wheels positioned on said guideway.

4 . The rotatable dishwasher rack of claim 3 , wherein said plurality of wheels are coupled to said spin arm.

5 . The rotatable dishwasher rack of claim 1 , wherein said guideway is circular and has a plurality of ramps.

6 . The rotatable dishwasher rack of claim 1 , wherein said guideway has a flange.

7 . The rotatable dishwasher rack of claim 6 , wherein said spin arm has a plurality of snaps that engage said flange of said guideway.

8 . The rotatable dishwasher rack of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of wheels are positioned in a wheel housing that couples to said side edges of said mounting frame.

9 . The rotatable dishwasher rack of claim 5 , including a plurality of valleys in between said plurality of ramps.

10 . A dishwasher, comprising:
a dishwasher having a dishwasher housing having an interior cavity and at least one set of parallel wheel tracks; a dishwasher rack; a mounting frame with a front edge, a rear edge, and side edges; a guideway coupled to said mounting frame; a spin arm coupled to said housing of said dishwasher rack, said spin arm positioned on said guideway; and a plurality of wheels coupled to said mounting frame, said plurality of wheels engaging said parallel wheel tracks when said dishwasher rack is removed from said interior cavity.

11 . The dishwasher of claim 10 , wherein said set of parallel wheel tracks is on an inside surface of a door that is coupled to said dishwasher housing.

12 . The dishwasher of claim 10 , including a plurality of wheels coupled to said spin arm that rests on said guideway.

13 . The dishwasher of claim 10 , wherein said guideway is circular and has a plurality of ramps with a plurality of valleys positioned between said plurality of ramps.

14 . A kit for coupling to a dishwasher rack, comprising:
a mounting frame with a front edge, a rear edge, and side edges; a guideway coupled to said mounting frame; a spin arm configured to be coupled to said dishwasher rack, said spin arm positioned on said guideway; and a plurality of wheels coupled to said mounting frame.

15 . The kit of claim 14 , including a plurality of wheels positioned on said guideway.

16 . The kit of claim 15 , wherein said plurality of wheels are coupled to said spin arm.

17 . The kit of claim 14 , wherein said guideway has a plurality of ramps.

18 . The kit of claim 14 , wherein said guideway has a flange.

19 . The kit of claim 18 , wherein said spin arm has a plurality of snaps that engage said flange of said guideway.

20 . The kit of claim 17 , including a plurality of valleys in between said plurality of ramps.

Assignees

• Whirlpool Co

Inventors

• Afajalpurkar Vinayak Arunrao
• Ajabe Chetan Chhaganrao
• Ajari Venkatesh Girish
• Bhosale Ganesh Anandrao
• Chandrakar Kailash
• Dixit Vinod Chandrappa
• Dusane Anushka Hemant
• Ferencevich Joseph T
• Fischer Marcus R
• Machenahalli Shashidhar Sharath Chandra
• Patil Amit Surykant
• Salunkhe Ravindra Balkrishna
• Wankhede Mahendra Shrirang

Classifications

• A47L15/507 Primary

  Arrangements for extracting racks, e.g. roller supports · CPC title

• A47L15/243 Primary

  with conveyors of the rotary table type · CPC title