DISHWASHING MACHINE

1532884 Dishwashers EURO HAUSGERATE GmbH 19 May 1976 [22 May 1975] 20681/76 Heading A4F [Also in Division F2] A dishwashing machine comprises two rotary spray arms 24, 26 associated with respective baskets 22, 23 and fed from a common pump via pipe 27, the arm 24 being fed indirectly via the arm 26 by means of a jet 29, and a distributer 28 for the manual control of the rate of supply of cleaning liquid by each arm independently of any machine programme such that different types of, or differently soiled, articles can be placed in different baskets and can be washed simultaneously. As shown the distributer 28 has a bottom body member 30 provided with an eccentric tubular extension 32 secured in the pipe 27, and a rotatable body member 31 having three holes 38, 39, 40 of different sizes so that on rotation of member 31 any one of the holes can be positioned to align with the extension 32 to adjust the size of the jet 29. When hole 39 is aligned with extension 32 Fig. 4b some cleaning liquid is fed directly back to the machine tub 21 via holes 36 in the body member 30 and via chamber 41 and ports 42 in body member 31.