Dish washer
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJoon Ho Pyo, Byeong Hyeon Ju, Yong Jin Choi
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a dish washer in which a structure for mounting a drain pump is improved for minimizing residual water, vibration and noise. The dish washer includes a cabinet which forms an exterior of the dish washer, a tub in the cabinet to form a space for washing the dishes, a sump assembly at a lower portion of the cabinet, the sump assembly having a drain chamber for holding washing water to be drained, and a drain pump assembly coupled to a lower side of an outside of the sump assembly so as to be in communication with one side of the drain chamber for draining the washing water from the drain chamber by pumping, wherein the drain pump assembly is mounted tilted upward at a predetermined angle from an inside bottom surface of the cabinet.
Claims4
A dish washer comprising:
- a cabinet which forms an exterior of the dish washer;
- a tub in the cabinet to form a space for washing dishes;
- a sump assembly at a lower portion of the cabinet, the sump assembly having a drain chamber for holding washing water to be drained, the drain chamber including a chamber outlet in one side of a lower side of the drain chamber;
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- a drain pump assembly coupled to a lower side of an outside of the sump assembly so as to be in communication with one side of the drain chamber for draining the washing water from the drain chamber by pumping, the drain pump assembly including a chamber connection pipe connected to the chamber outlet,
- wherein the chamber connection pipe is mounted so as to be tilted upward by a predetermined angle from a center line of the chamber outlet for supporting the drain pump assembly, and
- wherein the drain pump assembly is mounted so as to be tilted upward at a predetermined angle from an inside bottom surface of the cabinet, and the drain pump assembly and the sump assembly are connected with an insulating material to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.