US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Jan. 20 for "Automatic sliding air knife for a dishwasher" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,456, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Automatic sliding air knife for a dishwasher" was invented by Philip J. Czarnecki (Saugatuck, Mich.), Mark S. Feddema (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Stephanie Camazzola Godoshian (St. Joseph, Mich.), Gautam Prakash Kamat (St. Joseph, Mich.), Vilas D. Raut (Pune, India), Annie M. Stuart (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Akshay S. Tondwal (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher includes a tub having a top wall and opposing sidewalls that at least partially define a washing chamber. A housing coupled to the top wall of the tub. A motor disposed in the housing. A...