US 12,390,081 B2
Dishwasher
Kitae Park, Suwon-si (KR); Jusik Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Daeseon Yeom, Suwon-si (KR); Junho Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Minho Jung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/090,001.
Application 18/090,001 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/007811, filed on Jun. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0090728 (KR), filed on Jul. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0144208 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 15/42 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/4214 (2013.01) [A47L 15/4209 (2016.11); A47L 15/4217 (2013.01); A47L 15/4244 (2013.01); A47L 15/4274 (2013.01); A47L 15/4291 (2013.01); A47L 2401/14 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dishwasher, comprising:
a tub forming a washing chamber;
a water tank mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the tub and including:
a reservoir in which washing water is storable, and
an inclined rib including a free end, wherein, with the dishwasher in an erect position, the inclined rib is inclined downward toward the free end to allow washing water stored in the reservoir to flow to an upper portion of the inclined rib, and the inclined rib is configured to, with the dishwasher in the erect position and washing water stored in the reservoir at a full water level, have an inclination with respect to a water surface of the washing water so that an air pocket is formed under the inclined rib and so that, when the dishwasher is rotated from the erect position with the washing water stored in the reservoir at the full water level and the air pocket formed under the inclined rib, at least a portion of the washing water stored in the reservoir is trapped by the air pocket; and
a sump configured to receive washing water stored in the reservoir and to supply the received washing water to the tub.