US 12,408,809 B2
Dishwasher
Sung Sik Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/989,953.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0159661 (KR), filed on Nov. 18, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0028085 (KR), filed on Mar. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0148827 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 15/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/48 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/0049 (2013.01) [A47L 15/4221 (2013.01); A47L 15/486 (2013.01); A47L 15/4246 (2013.01); A47L 15/4251 (2013.01); A47L 15/4272 (2013.01); A47L 15/48 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dishwasher, comprising:
a tub that defines a wash space configured to accommodate a wash target, the tub having a front surface that is open;
a dry air supply disposed below the tub and configured to generate dry air for drying the wash target and to supply the dry air into the wash space;
a rack disposed in the wash space and configured to be inserted into and withdrawn from the wash space, the rack being configured to support the wash target;
an airflow guide disposed between the rack and a lower surface of the tub and configured to guide the dry air; and
a spray arm disposed between the lower surface of the tub and the rack, the spray arm comprising at least one nozzle configured to spray wash water for washing the wash target,
wherein the airflow guide is disposed radially outside a rotation range of the spray arm, and
wherein the airflow guide defines:
an inner flow space configured to guide the dry air, and
a discharge opening disposed at a position below the nozzle, the discharge opening being configured to discharge the dry air to the wash space.