US 12,251,069 B2
Dish washer
Seongmin Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/863,966.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0091679 (KR), filed on Jul. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0016599 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 15/46 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/4259 (2013.01) [A47L 15/4261 (2013.01); A47L 15/4272 (2013.01); A47L 15/4274 (2013.01); A47L 15/46 (2013.01); A47L 2401/26 (2013.01); A47L 2501/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dish washer comprising:
a tub configured to receive an object to be washed and providing a washing space having an opening at a front side of the tub;
a door configured to rotate relative to the tub between (i) a closing position that closes the opening of the washing space and (ii) a full opening position that exposes an entirety of the opening of the washing space; and
a door position sensing part configured to sense a position of the door;
a dry air supply part configured to (i) selectively generate a high temperature dry air or a low temperature dry air for drying the object to be washed and, (ii) based on the position of the door, supply the high temperature dry air or the low temperature dry air into the tub; and
an automatic door opener configured to (i) move the door from the closing position and, (ii) based on the door being rotated to a middle stop position set between the closing position and the full opening position, expose a part of the opening of the washing space,
wherein the door position sensing part is configured to sense whether the door moves from the closing position and whether the door reaches a predetermined risk area start position set between the closing position and the full opening position, and
wherein, based on the door being manually opened from the middle stop position toward the full opening position, the door reaches the predetermined risk area start position.