US 12,329,342 B2
Dishwasher
Sang-ick Jung, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/517,842.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0158926 (KR), filed on Nov. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0172916 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. G03B 21/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01); G03B 21/28 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/4293 (2013.01) [G03B 21/006 (2013.01); G03B 21/28 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dishwasher comprising an indicator configured to display a visual image by projecting a light beam to an external floor, the indicator including:
a holder including an accommodating space;
a light source module positioned in the accommodating space, the light source module being configured to generate the light beam;
a first lens configured to refract the light beam generated in the light source module;
a liquid crystal display (LCD) module configured to generate the visual image by partially blocking the light beam having passed through the first lens;
a reflector configured to change a traveling path of the light beam having passed through the LCD module toward the external floor; and
a second lens configured to refract the light beam of which the traveling path is changed,
wherein a stopper rib is provided on an inner surface of the holder,
wherein the reflector is supported by the stopper rib,
wherein a first side of the reflector is supported by the stopper rib, and
wherein a second side of the reflector is supported by second lens.