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US 12,121,196 B2Granted
Dishwasher
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsChangwook Lee, Eunseok Kim
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Abstract
A dishwasher including a main body; a tub provided inside the main body to form a washing space; a door configured to open and close the tub, and including an inner door located inside the tub while the tub is closed by the door; a sealing member provided at a lower end of the inner door, and configured to prevent leakage from occurring between a bottom plate of the tub and the inner door; and a cover member provided at the lower end of the inner door and to cover a gap between the lower end of the inner door and the tub.
Claims11
A dishwasher comprising:
- a main body;
- a tub provided inside the main body to form a washing space;
- a door configured to open and close the tub, and including an inner door located inside the tub while the tub is closed by the door;
- a sealing member provided at a lower end of the inner door, and configured to prevent leakage from occurring between a bottom plate of the tub and the inner door;
- and
- a cover member provided at the lower end of the inner door and to cover a gap between the lower end of the inner door and the tub,
- wherein the lower end of the inner door comprises:
- a side panel formed to face a side surface of the tub, the cover member being coupleable to the side panel of the lower end of the inner door,
- a first flange formed to face the bottom plate of the tub, and
- a second flange formed to extend upward from the first flange,
- wherein the sealing member comprises:
- a first sealing portion coupleable to the second flange, and
- a second sealing portion formed to be bent upward from the first sealing portion, and seal a gap between the bottom plate of the tub and the second flange,
- wherein the cover member comprises:
- a body portion to be positioned between the first flange and the second flange,
- a first cover portion to be connected to the body portion, formed to extend upward, and coupleable to the side panel, and
- a second cover portion to be connected to one side of the body portion, coupleable to the first flange, and positioned between the bottom plate of the tub and the first flange.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.