US Patent 11457794 Dishwasher with tubular spray element drinkware washing system

A dishwasher, dishwasher sprayer, and method of spraying utilize a tubular spray element to direct a spray of fluid at one or more drinkware sprayers that are positioned within a wash tub and physically spaced apart from the tubular spray element. Each drinkware sprayer includes one or more outlets in fluid communication with a fluid collector that faces the tubular spray element and that is configured to receive the spray of fluid from the tubular spray element when the tubular spray element is rotated to a predetermined position, and route the received fluid out of the one or more outlets to wash an interior of a drinkware item that is positioned over the drinkware sprayer.