Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pump and dishwasher comprising the same
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Application No.: US16118777Application Date: 2018-08-31
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Publication No.: US11026557B2Publication Date: 2021-06-08
- Inventor: Sangwoo Woo , Minseong Kim , Hyungman Park
- 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: KR10-2017-0111514 20170831
- Main IPC: A47L15/42
- IPC: A47L15/42 ; A47L15/08 ; F04D29/42 ; F04D29/58 ; A47L15/00 ; F04D13/16

Abstract:
A pump sends washing water and generates steam in order to wash the dishes or the cooking utensils, and a dishwasher including the same. The pump includes a housing, an impeller disposed inside the housing and configured to flow washing water, and a heater coupled to a lower side of the housing and configured to generate steam by heating the washing water in the housing. The housing includes a pump lower portion configured to receive the washing water based on rotation of the impeller, and a pump upper portion configured to discharge the washing water based on rotation of the impeller and to discharge the steam generated by the heater.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190059690A1 PUMP AND DISHWASHER COMPRISING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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