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.
Claims15
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 configured to, with washing water stored in the reservoir, have an inclination with respect to a water surface of the washing water to allow an air pocket to be formed under the inclined rib;
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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.