Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dishwasher
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Application No.: US15877778Application Date: 2018-01-23
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Publication No.: US10912440B2Publication Date: 2021-02-09
- Inventor: Sangheon Yoon , Gapsu Shin , Taehee Lee , Joonho Pyo
- Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2017-0013007 20170126
- Main IPC: A47L15/08
- IPC: A47L15/08 ; A47L15/00 ; A47L15/42

Abstract:
A dishwasher includes a tub, a spray arm, a sump, a pump body, the pump body including a partition between first and second chambers, a communication hole in the partition that communicates with the first and second chambers, a pump flow path that connects the sump to the first chamber, an arm flow path that connects the spray arm to the second chamber, an impeller in the second chamber, a heating unit to heat water in the first chamber, a steam flow path that connects the first chamber to the tub, a connection flow path that connects the steam flow path to the arm flow path, and a flow path valve configured to close the steam flow path based on water being supplied to the connection flow path, and to open the steam flow path based on a lack of water being supplied to the connection flow path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180206696A1 DISHWASHER Public/Granted day:2018-07-26
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