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US 7,451,773 B2Granted
Dishwasher
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJong Chul Bang
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Abstract
The present invention provides a dishwasher, by which an appropriate quantity of water can be stably supplied. The present invention includes a sump storing water therein, a floater received in a chamber having a predetermined volume, the floater ascending according to a rise of a water level of the sump, a switch preventing the water from being oversupplied to the sump, a pushing member lifted by the floater to turn on the switch by pushing the switch, and an off-delay part delaying the switch to be turned off on a descent of the floater.
Claims11
A dishwasher comprising:
- a sump storing water therein;
- a floater received in a chamber having a predetermined volume, the floater ascending according to a rise of a water level of the sump;
- a switch preventing the water from being oversupplied to the sump;
- a pushing member lifted by the floater to turn on the switch by pushing the switch;
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- an off-delay part including an elastic member delaying the switch to be turned off on a descent of the floater, wherein the elastic member contracts or expands substantially parallel to a functional direction of the floater.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.