US 11,937,754 B2
Dishwasher with dual water entry mode and method for determining water supply mode thereof
Jie Pu, Zhongshan (CN); Shuntian Yang, Zhongshan (CN); and Jianhong Shi, Zhongshan (CN)
Assigned to GUANGDONG JIENUO HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES CO., LTD., Zhongshan (CN)
Appl. No. 17/296,214
Filed by GUANGDONG JIENUO HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES CO., LTD., Zhongshan (CN)
PCT Filed Sep. 16, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/105862
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/103543, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201811407535.5 (CN), filed on Nov. 23, 2018; application No. 201821941388.5 (CN), filed on Nov. 23, 2018; and application No. 201910030977.0 (CN), filed on Jan. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0007916 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/14 (2006.01); A47L 15/46 (2006.01); A47L 15/48 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/4217 (2013.01) [A47L 15/0023 (2013.01); A47L 15/14 (2013.01); A47L 15/4225 (2013.01); A47L 15/4229 (2013.01); A47L 15/4285 (2013.01); A47L 15/4293 (2013.01); A47L 15/46 (2013.01); A47L 15/486 (2013.01); A47L 15/488 (2013.01); A47L 2401/14 (2013.01); A47L 2501/01 (2013.01); A47L 2501/36 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dishwasher with a dual water entry mode, characterized in that the dishwasher comprises a shell and an inner container, a spraying arm, a heating washing pump, a washing pump, a water discharging pump and a respirator water tank disposed in the shell, and the respirator water tank is used for supplying water to the inner container; the heating washing pump is used for heating washing water; the washing pump is coupled to the inner container and the spraying arm and provided for circulating the washing water, and the water discharging pump is coupled to the inner container and the outside for discharging water; a water softener is either or not installed between the respirator water tank and a water supply channel of the inner container; the respirator water tank comprises a respirator body and a water tank body, and the respirator body or the water tank body has a tap water inlet, a water-tank water inlet and a washing water port, and the tap water inlet is connected to tap water through a solenoid valve, and the water-tank water inlet is coupled to a water tank through a water pump, and both of the tap water inlet and the water-tank water inlet are communicated with the washing water port, and the washing water port is coupled to the inner container of a dishwasher body or the water softener, and a front opening of the inner container has a door body installed thereon; and
the respirator body has a breathing hole formed thereon and communicated with the inner container, and a cover of the respirator body has a vent hole configured to be opposite to the breathing hole, and the water channel has a vent formed thereon and communicated with the breathing hole, and the inner container has a drain formed thereon, and the respirator body has an invertedly U-shaped pipe coupled to the drain, and an overflow channel is formed between the U-shaped pipe and the breathing hole.