Clothing treatment apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKwangmin Chun, Byeongwoo Kim, Jonghun Sung, Doyun Lee, Geonhui Jo, Youngchul Jo
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a clothing treatment apparatus including a cabinet, a tub disposed within the cabinet, and a detergent supply device configured to supply detergent to the tub, wherein the detergent supply device includes a detergent container configured to store detergent, a housing configured to receive the detergent container and supply the detergent and water to the tub, and a connection tube including an inlet and an outlet, the inlet and the outlet are in communication with the housing so that the detergent supplied from the housing through the inlet can be stored in the connection tube.
Claims22
A clothing treatment apparatus, comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tub disposed within the cabinet;
- and
- a detergent supply device configured to supply detergent to the tub;
- wherein the detergent supply device comprises:
- a detergent container configured to store detergent;
- a housing configured to receive the detergent container and supply the detergent and water to the tub;
- and
- a connection tube including an inlet and an outlet, the inlet and the outlet are in communication with the housing to allow the detergent supplied from the housing through the inlet to be stored in the connection tube and the outlet is in communication with the housing at a higher position than the inlet, and
- wherein the inlet and outlet of the connection tube are in communication with a rear wall of the housing.
A clothing treatment apparatus includes:
- a cabinet,
- a tub disposed within the cabinet having an opening on an upper portion thereof, and
- a detergent supply device disposed on an upper side the tub, wherein the detergent supply device includes:
- a housing,
- a detergent container configured to supply detergent to the housing,
- a connection tube communicating with the housing and capable of receiving water and detergent supplied to the housing,
- wherein a height of an inlet through which the connection tube is supplied with water and the detergent from the housing is lower than a height of an outlet through which the connection tube is supplied with water and detergent to the housing, and
- wherein the inlet and outlet of the connection tube are in communication with a rear wall of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.