Title:
【発明の名称】食器洗浄器
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2003529431
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A washing appliance such as a dishwasher where a top-loading wash chamber is slidable out of cabinet for loading and unloading has a cabinet-mounted chamber lid which is power driven down onto the open top of the wash chamber during the washing cycle. Linear actuators or motors mounted in opposite sides of the appliance cabinet are coupled to opposite sides of the lid to pull the lid down when the chamber has been slid back into the cabinet. In a preferred embodiment rotating dc motors are used to rotate a threaded nut which in turn produces linear motion in a threaded shaft engaged within the nut and connected to the lid.
Inventors:
Todd, Robert William
Application Number:
JP2001573972A
Publication Date:
October 07, 2003
Filing Date:
April 09, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Fisher and Pekel Appliances Limited
International Classes:
D06F33/02; A47L15/42; H02M7/21; (IPC1-7): A47L15/42
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takashi Ishida (4 others)