Dishwasher
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsPilsu Kim, Gyuhan Hwang
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Abstract
Disclosed is a dishwasher comprising a cabinet, a tub defining a washing space, a door rotatably coupled to a front portion of the tub, an outlet duct provided in the door and exhausting internal air of the tub outside, an inlet duct connected to the outlet duct and sucking and blowing the internal air of the tub toward the outlet duct, a hole cover selectively opening and closing an air inlet hole provided in an entrance of the inlet duct, and a foreign substance intake preventing chamber provided under the air inlet hole and inclined downwards toward a rear surface of the door, the foreign substance intake preventing chamber preventing foreign substances from becoming drawn into the air inlet hole.
Claims18
A dishwasher comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tub defining a washing space;
- a door rotatably coupled to a front portion of the tub;
- an outlet duct located in the door and configured to discharge air from the tub to an outside of the dishwasher;
- an inlet duct connected to the outlet duct and configured to suction air from the tub and blow suctioned air toward the outlet duct;
- a hole cover configured to open and close an air inlet hole that is defined at a bottom surface of the inlet duct;
- a foreign substance chamber disposed vertically below the air inlet hole and inclined downwards toward a rear surface of the door, the foreign substance chamber being configured to block entrance of a foreign substance to the air inlet hole;
- a penetrating hole defined at the rear surface of the door;
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- a grill cover that covers the penetrating hole and communicates with the foreign substance chamber, the grill cover being configured to guide water received from an upper portion of the tub to a direction that is inclined downward with respect to the bottom surface of the inlet duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.