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US 2025/0017440 A1Published application
Dishwasher
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorDong Hwi PARK
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Abstract
Disclosed is a dish washer having a knife rack in which a first slot and a second slot that guide movement of a blade portion of a knife are defined at an entrance to a receiving space of the blade portion as defined by a first main body and a second main body of the knife rack, and are spaced from each other along a longitudinal direction of the blade portion, such that when the blade portion is input into the receiving space, a front end of the blade portion is prevented from contacting the first main body and the second main body.
Claims20
A dish washer comprising:
- a tub having a washing space defined therein and constructed to accommodate therein a dish;
- a dish rack constructed to extend from or retract into the washing space, wherein the dish is stored in the dish rack;
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- a knife rack removably mounted to the dish rack, wherein the knife rack has a receiving space defined therein into which a blade portion of a knife is inserted, wherein the knife rack includes:
- a first main body defining one side surface of the receiving space;
- a second main body defining the other side surface opposite to the one side surface of the receiving space, wherein the second main body is spaced apart from the first main body along a thickness direction of the blade portion;
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- a slot into which the blade portion is inserted when the blade portion is inserted into the receiving space, wherein the slot is configured to guide movement of the blade portion of the knife so that the blade portion does not contact the first main body and the second main body while the blade portion is being inserted into the receiving space.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.