Dishwasher
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKitae Park, Jusik Kim, Daeseon Yeom, Junho Lee, Minho Jung
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a dishwasher. The dishwasher includes a tub forming a washing chamber and a water tank mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the tub to communicate with the tub. The water tank includes a reservoir provided to store washing water and including a washing water outlet, a partition wall forming one side surface of the reservoir, an outside air inlet provided to maintain an internal pressure, a flow path connecting the reservoir to the outside air inlet, and an inclined rib having an inclination with respect to a water surface of the washing water in the reservoir and provided to form an air pocket.
Claims14
A dishwasher, comprising:
- a tub forming a washing chamber;
- a water tank mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the tub and including:
- a reservoir in which washing water is storable, and
- an inclined rib including a free end, wherein, with the dishwasher in an erect position, the inclined rib is inclined downward toward the free end to allow washing water stored in the reservoir to flow to an upper portion of the inclined rib, and the inclined rib is configured to, with the dishwasher in the erect position and washing water stored in the reservoir at a full water level, have an inclination with respect to a water surface of the washing water so that an air pocket is formed under the inclined rib and so that, when the dishwasher is rotated from the erect position with the washing water stored in the reservoir at the full water level and the air pocket formed under the inclined rib, at least a portion of the washing water stored in the reservoir is trapped by the air pocket;
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- a sump configured to receive washing water stored in the reservoir and to supply the received washing water to the tub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.