Dishwasher
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJohannes Büsing, Kyuha Lee, Jusik Kim
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Abstract
A dishwasher includes a main body, a tub provided inside the main body and configured to form a washing chamber, a machine room formed under the tub, a drain hose configured to discharge washing water stored in the washing chamber, and a hose fixer disposed on a side surface of the tub and configured to fix at least a part of the drain hose, and the drain hose further includes a first coupler coupled to one side of the machine room and a second coupler coupled to the hose fixer, and the first coupler includes an insertion part provided to extend in a longitudinal direction of the first coupler to be inserted to the one side of the machine room to couple the first coupler to the one side of the machine room.
Claims11
A dishwasher comprising:
- a main body;
- a tub inside the main body;
- a machine room formed under the tub;
- a sump connected to the tub, and configured to store washing water;
- a hose fixer disposed on a side surface of the tub;
- a first coupler;
- a first drain hose respectively connected to the sump and to the first coupler, the first drain hose including:
- a second coupler formed thereon, and fixed to the hose fixer to secure the first drain hose to the hose fixer;
- and
- a second drain hose respectively connected to the first coupler, which is connected to the first drain hose, and to outside of the dishwasher so that the washing water stored in the sump is discharged to the outside through the second drain hose after flowing through the first drain hose,
- wherein the first coupler comprises:
- a rib portion formed at a side surface of the first coupler, and extending from one end of the first coupler towards an other end of the first coupler;
- and
- an insertion part extending from the rib portion, and
- wherein the machine room comprises:
- a lower surface portion forming a base of the dishwasher;
- and
- a side surface portion extending from the lower surface portion, the side surface portion including:
- a seating surface formed on one side of the side surface portion, and on which the first coupler is seated;
- and
- a slit formed on the one side of the side surface portion, and configured to have the insertion part of the first coupler to be inserted into the slit so as to secure the first coupler to be seated on the seating surface, thereby securing the first drain hose to the side surface portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.