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Automatic dishwasher condition indicator

US4653423A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 16, 1985
Grant dateMar 31, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 16, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F23/64
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An indicator placed within a dishwasher showing whether or not the dishwasher has performed its dishwashing cycle employing a two-piece hollowed elongated casing apertured at one end for receiving dishwashing fluid when placed in a vertical position in the dishwasher and having a float positioned within the casing for floating vertically to a raised position when the dishwasher has gone through a dishwashing cycle and assuming another lower position after removing dishwasher fluid from a previous operation when the dishwashing cycle has been performed.

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