公开(公告)号：US10653290B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-19

申请号：US16449887

申请日：2019-06-24

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Sangsoo Lee ,  Myoungjong Kim ,  Jongmin Lee ,  Yongjin Choi ,  Minchul Kim ,  Jinseok Park ,  Soohan Eo ,  Semin Jang ,  Seongwoo An

IPC: A47L15/42 ,  F04D29/42 ,  F04D29/58 ,  A47L15/00 ,  A47L15/08 ,  F04D13/00

Abstract: A pump (8) is disclosed. The pump (8) includes a partition wall (84) configured to divide the interior of a body into two spaces, a first chamber (C1) located under the partition wall (84), the first chamber (C1) having an introduction portion (841), through which water is introduced, a second chamber (C2) located above the partition wall (84), the second chamber (C2) having a discharge portion (849), through which water is discharged, a communication hole (86) formed through the partition wall (84) to allow the first chamber (C1) and the second chamber (C2) to communicate with each other therethrough, an impeller (85) provided in the second chamber (C2) to move water to the discharge portion (849), a housing configured to define the bottom surface of the first chamber (C1), the housing being made of a conductor, a heater (H) configured to heat the housing (81), and a steam discharge (843) port formed through the first chamber (C1) to allow steam to be discharged therethrough.