Patent ID: 8905053

Claim:
A dishwasher, comprising: a rotatable spray arm assembly disposed to discharge water from a pump within said dishwasher, said spray arm assembly comprising arms that extend radially from a hub; a pump configured to deliver water to said spray arm assembly; a plurality of spray nozzles provided along each of said arms to discharge the water from said arms at an angular orientation such that a rotational torque is induced to rotate said arms and said hub, each of said plurality of spray nozzles is attached to one of said arms through a separate respective conduit; and wherein each spray nozzle is variably positionable on one of said arms through the separate respective conduit as a function of the degree of centrifugal force on said spray nozzles from the induced rotation of said arms such that angular orientation of said spray nozzles changes as a function of the rotational speed of said arms; and wherein each of the separate respective conduits is a flexible conduit that accommodates the variable angular orientation of said spray nozzle.