Washing machine
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsWeon Jin SONG, Song Yik LEE, Hyun Woo SONG
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Abstract
A washing machine including a detergent supply device to supply a detergent together with water to a tub. The detergent supply device includes a detergent housing installed within the main body and a detergent accommodation box movably installed within the detergent housing, and the detergent accommodation box is divided into automatic detergent accommodation parts to accommodate a detergent to be supplied automatically and manual detergent accommodation parts to accommodate a detergent to be supplied manually, and the detergent supply device supplies the detergents through an automatic detergent supply method and a manual detergent supply method.
Claims1
A washing machine comprising:
- a main body;
- a tub disposed in the main body to contain water;
- a drum rotatably installed in the tub;
- and
- a detergent dispenser including:
- a detergent dispenser housing;
- a detergent container insertable into the detergent dispenser housing;
- and
- a detergent container cover configured to cover the detergent container,
- wherein the detergent container comprises:
- a first accommodation portion configured to accommodate a first detergent and discharge the first detergent from the first accommodation portion through a valve unit;
- and
- a second accommodation portion configured to accommodate a second detergent and discharge the second detergent from the second accommodation portion along with water, and
- wherein the detergent container cover comprises:
- an opening through which the second detergent is supplied to the second accommodation portion, and
- an inclined guide formed adjacent to the opening to be downward inclined toward the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.