Dishwasher
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsYoumin LEE, Jindong KIM
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Abstract
A dishwasher includes: a tub defining a washing space; a sump disposed below the tub and configured to store wash water therein; a pump configured to supply the wash water stored in the sump to the tub; and a spray arm configured to supply wash water flowing from the pump to the washing space. The spray arm includes: a spray blade configured to spray wash water into the washing space; a bubble generator having therein a bubble generation flow path of a venturi tube shape and configured to supply wash water containing a microbubble to the washing space; and a hub configured to supply wash water discharged from the pump to the spray blade or the bubble generator. The spray arm sprays wash water through the spray blade while simultaneously generating a microbubble through the bubble generator.
Claims10
A dishwasher comprising:
- a tub that defines a washing space;
- a sump disposed below the tub and configured to store wash water therein;
- a pump configured to supply the wash water stored in the sump to the tub;
- and
- a spray arm configured to supply the wash water from the pump to the washing space,
- wherein the spray arm comprises:
- a bubble generator configured to generate microbubbles in the wash water and to supply the wash water including the microbubbles to the washing space, the
- bubble generator defining a bubble generation flow path configured to generate the microbubbles, and
- a hub configured to supply the wash water discharged from the pump to the bubble generator,
- wherein the bubble generation flow path comprises:
- a first expansion passage that extends from an inlet end of the bubble generator and defines a first increased flow path cross-sectional area,
- a reduction passage that extends from the first expansion passage and defines a decreased flow path cross-sectional area, and
- a second expansion passage that extends from the reduction passage and defines a second increased flow path cross-sectional area, and
- wherein the bubble generator has an inlet hole that is defined between the reduction passage and the second expansion passage and configured to introduce air
- into the bubble generator flow path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.