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US 12,383,114 B2Granted
Dish washer
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKitae Park, Jusik Kim, Daeseon Yeom, Junho Lee, Minho Jung
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Abstract
A dishwasher is disclosed. The dishwasher includes a main body provided a washing tub inside, a first basket disposed inside the washing tub and configured to accommodate an object to be washed, and a second basket configured to accommodate the object to be washed, and move in a vertical direction between a first position disposed in a partial area inside the first basket, and a second position disposed above the partial area spaced apart from the first basket.
Claims19
A dishwasher comprising:
- a main body;
- a washing tub provided inside the main body;
- a first basket disposed inside the washing tub;
- and
- a second basket configured to:
- move in a vertical direction between a first position disposed in a partial area inside the first basket, and a second position disposed above the partial area spaced apart from the first basket,
- wherein the second basket includes a guide member that is coupled to a side frame of the first basket and extends in the vertical direction,
- wherein, when the second basket is positioned at the first position, the second basket is parallel to the first basket and touches the bottom surface of the first basket,
- wherein, when the second basket is positioned at the first position, the first basket and the second basket are able to accommodate objects to be washed in another area,
- wherein, in a state in which the second basket is positioned at the second position, the second basket is spaced apart from a bottom surface of the first basket, the first basket and the second basket are parallel to each other, and the first basket and the second basket are able to accommodate objects to be washed in both the partial area and the another area,
- wherein the guide member includes:
- a guide portion configured to guide a movement of the second basket, and
- a fixing unit configured to fix the second basket to the second position.
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A dishwasher basket assembly, comprising:
- a first basket, the first basket comprising:
- a horizontal portion having four sides;
- a vertical portion extending upwards from the four sides of the horizontal portion to define a perimeter of the first basket;
- a pair of front guide members disposed on opposing sides of the perimeter of the first basket, and wherein each front guide member is disposed toward a front of the first basket;
- and
- a pair of rear guide members disposed on opposing sides of the perimeter of the first basket, wherein each rear guide member is disposed towards a rear of the first basket, and
- a second basket, the second basket comprising:
- a horizontal portion, having a front end and a rear end,
- wherein the front end of the horizontal portion of the second basket is configured to move vertically within the front guide members between a first position and a second position,
- wherein the rear end of the horizontal portion of the second basket is configured to move vertically within the rear guide members between the first position and the second position, and
- wherein the horizontal portion of the second basket is parallel with the horizontal portion of the first basket in the first position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.