Liquid level indicator for dispenser in dishwasher door

Claim 1

IN A WATER-USING APPLIANCE HAVING A WASH CHAMBER AND A DOOR PIVOTED ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS RELATIVE TO SAID CHAMBER, SAID DOOR INCLUDING DISPENSER MEANS FOR DISPENSING LIQUID INTO SAID WASH CHAMBER AT A DESIRED TIME, SAID DISPENSER INCLUDING; (A) A CONTAINER HAVING A RESERVOIR PORTION; (B) A TRANSPARENT WINDOW POSITIONED WITHIN A WALL OF SAID CONTAINER ADJACENT SAID RESERVOIR PORTION FOR VIEWING INTO SAID RESERVOIR WHEN SAID DOOR IS IN AN OPEN POSITION; (C) INDICATING MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID RESERVOIR FOR INDICATING THE AMOUNT OF LIQUID PRESENT THEREIN; (D) SAID INDICATING MEANS COMPRISING AND ELONGATED MEMBER HAVING FLAT MEANS AT ONE END THEREOF AND FLOAT MEANS AT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF, SAID INDICATING MEANS THEREBY BEING ADAPTED TO FLOAT ON THE SURFACE OF LIQUID WITHIN SAID RESERVOIR; (E) SAID INDICATING MEANS FLOATING ON THE SURFACE OF LIQUID WITHIN SAID RESERVOIR BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH SAID RESERVOIR IS FULL AND SAID FLAG MEANS IS NOT ALIGNED WITH SAID WINDOW AND IS NOT VIEWABLE THERETHROUGH, THROUGH A SERIES OF INTERMEDIATE POSITIONS, IN WHICH THE LEVEL OF LIQUID WITHIN SAID RESERVOIR DECREASES AND SAID FLAG MEANS BEGINS TO APPEAR BEHIND SAID WINDOW, AND A FINAL POSITION WHEREIN SAID INDICATING MEANS RESTS ON A WALL OF SAID CONTAINER WHEN SAID RESERVOIR IS EMPTY, WITH SAID FLAG MEANS BEING POSITIONED DIRECTLY BEHIND SAID WINDOW AND VIEWABLE FROM OUTSIDE SAID CONTAINER; AND (F) GUIDE MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID RESERVOIR FOR RETAINING SAID INDICATING MEANS AND SAID FLAG MEANS IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID WINDOW WHILE SAID DOOR IS IN EITHER THE OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION.