Patent ID: 11877711
Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A dishwasher, comprising:
a wash tub;
a fluid supply;
a controllably-movable sprayer in fluid communication with the fluid supply; and
a controller coupled to the controllably-movable sprayer and configured to control movement of the controllably-movable sprayer to spray fluid in a controlled direction onto one or more utensils disposed in the wash tub during a wash cycle, wherein the controller is further configured to dissolve detergent in the wash tub by controlling movement of the controllably-movable sprayer to focus a spray of fluid in a controlled direction onto the detergent and thereby provide a concentrated spray of fluid directed at the detergent;
wherein the controllably-movable sprayer comprises:
a tubular spray element disposed in the wash tub and being rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof, the tubular spray element including one or more apertures extending through an exterior surface thereof, and the tubular spray element in fluid communication with the fluid supply to direct fluid from the fluid supply into the wash tub through the one or more apertures in a radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis; and
a tubular spray element drive coupled to the tubular spray element and configured to rotate the tubular spray element between a plurality of rotational positions about the longitudinal axis thereof; and

wherein the controller is coupled to the tubular spray element drive and configured to control the tubular spray element drive to discretely direct the tubular spray element to spray fluid on the detergent.