Dishwasher
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsDongho Lee, Jongyoung Kim
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Abstract
A dishwasher includes a filter member having a handle integrally provided at an upper cover of the filter member. The filter member is accommodated in a filter accommodation space of a filter housing, where a movement space of the filter member is larger than the filter member, thereby preventing damage to the filter material or a fall of contaminants into the filter housing effectively, during withdrawal and insertion of the filter member. A separation space defined between the filter housing and the upper cover of the filter member is closed by a gasket, in the state where the filter member is disposed in the filter housing completely, thereby preventing the flow of non-filtered air into the filter housing effectively.
Claims18
A dishwasher, comprising:
- a tub that defines a wash space configured to accommodate a wash target;
- and
- a dry air supply configured to generate dry airflow for drying the wash target and to supply the dry airflow into the tub, the dry air supply comprising:
- a filter member configured to filter air to be supplied to the wash space, and
- a filter housing that accommodates the filter member, the filter member being configured to be inserted into and withdrawn from the filter housing,
- wherein the dry air supply further comprises a projection that protrudes from the filter member or the filter housing, the projection being configured to guide the filter member to the filter housing or to restrict the filter member from escaping from the filter housing,
- wherein the projection comprises a gasket configured to cover a separation space defined between the filter housing and the filter member, the gasket being configured to contact the filter member,
- wherein the gasket comprises:
- a coupling part that has a cylindrical shape and is fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the filter housing;
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- a blocking part that has a plate shape having an open hole therein, the blocking part being connected to an upper end of the coupling part, and
- wherein the coupling part and the blocking part are made of an elastic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.