Air blower and dish washer having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJung-chan Ryu, Jae-woo Lee
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Abstract
A dish washer capable of effectively decreasing a dry time is provided. The dish washer includes a body; a wash tank provided in the body in order to wash dishes therein; a door rotatably coupled to the body to open and close the wash tank; an air blower spraying out air jet from a front surface of the body to the front of the body so as to allow wet steam in the wash tank to forcedly flow to the front when the door is opened.
Claims15
A dish washer comprising:
- a body;
- a wash tank provided in the body in order to wash dishes therein, the wash tank having an opening formed in a front surface of the wash tank;
- a door rotatably coupled to a bottom end of a front surface of the body to open and close the wash tank;
- an air blower positioned between an exterior of the wash tank and an interior of the body, the air blower including:
- a blower duct,
- an outlet positioned on one end of the blower duct and facing the opening,
- a fan positioned inside the blower duct, and
- a partition wall provided in the blower duct, partitioning the outlet into a plurality of regions,
- wherein the air blower is configured to spray out an air jet forward from a front surface of the body to the front of the body so as to allow wet steam in the wash tank to forcedly flow to the front when the door is opened,
- wherein the blower duct includes:
- a main channel communicating with the blower fan and positioned in parallel with a width direction of the door;
- a first channel branched from the main channel and communicating with a first outlet positioned at one side of an automatic door opening device;
- and
- a second channel branched from the main channel and communicating with a second outlet positioned at the other side of the automatic door opening device.
An air blower to blow wet steam discharged between a body of a dish washer and a door of the dish washer when a wash process of the dish washer is terminated and the door of the dish washer is opened by an automatic door opening device, the air blower comprising:
- a blower duct positioned at an upper portion of the body of the dish washer;
- an outlet positioned on one end of the blower duct and facing the door of the dish washer;
- a fan positioned inside the blower duct;
- and
- a partition wall provided in the blower duct, partitioning the outlet into a plurality of regions,
- wherein the air blower is positioned in an interior of the body of the dish washer,
- wherein the blower duct includes:
- a main channel communicating with the fan and positioned in parallel with a width direction of the door;
- a first channel branched from the main channel and communicating with a first outlet positioned at one side of the automatic door opening device;
- and
- a second channel branched from the main channel and communicating with a second outlet positioned at the other side of the automatic door opening device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.