Water dispersing apparatus dishwasher

Claim 1

In dishwasher apparatus having an enclosed washing chamber and upper and lower open racks in the chamber for supporting articles to be washed, and having means for directing a part of the washing water against the lower rack and for directing another part of the washing water upwardly to rotate water dispersing means located generally centrally and below said upper rack and against which said stream of water is directed, the improvement in which the water dispersing means comprises: an inverted, generally conically-shaped member having a central hub about which said member is rotatable and having water deflecting lower surfaces sloping upwardly and outwardly from said hub to the peripheral rim portion of said member; said lower surfaces being formed of and divided into at least two sets of generally pie-shaped segments, the individual segments of one of said sets having a steeper slope than the other of said sets and therefore terminating at the upper face of said member in a rim portion spaced radially inwardly from the rim portion formed at the upper face by the individual segments of the other of said sets; and at least one open segment extending inwardly to the hub from the outer periphery of said member for permitting water to pass directly upwardly therethrough.