Dishwasher
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorYong Jae Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed is a dishwasher having an improved water softener. The present invention includes a housing, a tub in the housing to hold tableware, an injector assembly for injecting water on the tableware in the tub, and a water softener softening the water supplied to the injector assembly, the water softener including a first container holding an ion-exchange resin for removing heavy metal and metal ions from the water, a second container holding a predetermined amount of salt and salt water to supply the salt water to the first container to recycle the ion-exchange resin that is saturated, a float installed in the second container, and a sensor provided to the second container to sense a concentration of the salt water according to a distance from the float.
Claims22
A dishwasher comprising:
- a housing:
- a tub in the housing to hold tableware;
- an injector assembly for injecting water on the tableware in the tub;
- and
- a water softener softening the water supplied to the injector assembly, the water softener comprising:
- a first container holding an ion-exchange resin for removing heavy metal and metal ions from the water;
- a second container holding a predetermined amount of salt and salt water to supply the salt water to the first container to recycle the ion-exchange resin that is saturated;
- a float installed in the second container;
- and
- a sensor provided to the second container to sense a concentration of the salt water according to a distance from the float.
A water softener of a dishwasher, the water softener softening water supplied to an injector assembly of the dishwasher, the water softener comprising:
- a first container holding an ion-exchange resin for removing heavy metal and metal ions from the water;
- a second container holding a predetermined amount of salt and salt water to supply the salt water to the first container to recycle the ion-exchange resin that is saturated;
- a float installed in the second container;
- and
- a sensor provided to the second container to sense a concentration of the salt water according to a distance from the float.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.