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US 7,922,831 B2Granted
Sump for dishwasher
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJoon Ho Pyo, Sang Heon Yoon, Tae Hee Lee
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Abstract
A sump for a dishwasher includes a sump case for collecting washing fluid, a pump housing on the sump case, a filtering assembly provided on an upper portion of the pump housing, and a sealing member disposed around the pump housing. The pump housing is provided with a pump case therein.
Claims4
A sump for a dishwasher, comprising:
- a sump case for collecting washing fluid;
- a pump housing seated on the sump case, the pump housing being provided with a pump case therein;
- a filtering assembly positioned on a upper portion of the pump housing to collect foreign objects and having a flow guide for collecting objects;
- and
- a sealing member disposed around the pump housing,
- wherein the flow guide includes a pressing rib for pressing a side surface of the sealing member and a volute rib spaced apart from the pressing rib, the pressing rib and the volute rib are protruded downward from the flow guide, and
- wherein the pump housing includes a supporter that supports the flow guide, a stepped portion on which the sealing member is disposed, and a volute rib seating portion that is stepped in response to a shape of the pump case, the stepped portion is provided at an outer side of the supporter and the volute rib seating portion is provided at an inner side of the supporter.
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A sump for a dishwasher, comprising:
- a sump case for collecting washing fluid;
- a pump housing seated on the sump case, the pump housing being provided with a pump case therein;
- a filtering assembly positioned on a upper portion of the pump housing to collect foreign objects and having a flow guide for collecting objects;
- and
- a sealing member disposed around the pump housing,
- wherein the flow guide includes a pressing rib for pressing a side surface of the sealing member and a volute rib spaced apart from the pressing rib, the pressing rib and the volute rib is protruded downward from the flow guide,
- wherein the pump housing includes a supporter that supports the flow guide, the sealing member surrounds an outer side surface of the supporter and the volute rib surrounds at least a portion of inner side surface of the supporter,
- wherein the sealing member and the volute rib are seated on the pump housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.