Dishwasher
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorSangwoo Woo
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Abstract
A dishwasher includes: a case; a tub; a door; a sump disposed below the tub and configured to store washing water; a spray nozzle configured to spray washing water into the tub; a heater configured to heat washing water and generate steam; a steam nozzle disposed at the door or the tub and configured to discharge steam to the tub; a first rack disposed in the tub and configured to receive a washing target to be washed by washing water sprayed from the spray nozzle; and a second rack disposed in the tub and configured to receive a washing target to be washed by steam supplied from the steam nozzle. The steam discharged from the steam nozzle is supplied to an inside of the second rack through one of a lower surface or a circumferential surface of the second rack.
Claims20
A dishwasher comprising:
- a tub that defines a washing chamber configured to receive one or more washing targets and that is opened frontward of the washing chamber;
- a door disposed at the opened frontward of the tub and configured to open and close at least a portion of the washing chamber;
- a sump disposed vertically below the tub and configured to store washing water;
- at least one spray nozzle configured to spray washing water stored in the sump into the washing chamber;
- a heater configured to heat at least a part of washing water stored in the sump to thereby generate steam;
- at least one steam nozzle disposed at a circumferential surface of the door or a circumferential surface of the tub and configured to supply steam generated by the heater to the washing chamber;
- a first rack assembly disposed in the washing chamber and configured to receive a first washing target to be washed by washing water sprayed from the at least one spray nozzle, the first rack assembly comprising an upper rack disposed in an upper portion of the washing chamber and a lower rack disposed vertically below the upper rack in the washing chamber;
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- a second rack configured to receive a second washing target to be washed by steam supplied from the steam nozzle and configured to be detachably disposed inside of the lower rack at a front side of the lower rack facing the door,
- wherein the second rack is disposed at a position in the washing chamber to receive steam discharged from the steam nozzle to an inside of the second rack through at least one of a lower surface of the second rack or a circumferential surface of the second rack,
- wherein the second rack is disposed above the at least one steam nozzle, the second rack comprising:
- an outer wall frame that defines the circumferential surface of the second rack and the lower surface of the second rack, the outer wall frame having a lattice shape including a plurality of openings, and
- a support frame disposed in a space defined by the outer wall frame and configured to support the second washing target placed in the space defined by the outer wall frame, and
- wherein the at least one steam nozzle is configured to spray steam toward the lower surface of the second rack and the support frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.