US 12,419,488 B2
Dishwasher
Hyung Man Park, Seoul (KR); Deok Won Kang, Seoul (KR); Jeongkon Kim, Seoul (KR); Min Jae Jeong, Seoul (KR); and Jeong In Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/077,428.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0194349 (KR), filed on Dec. 31, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0119923 (KR), filed on Sep. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0210343 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 15/48 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/488 (2013.01) [A47L 15/4257 (2013.01); A47L 15/486 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dishwasher comprising:
a tub that defines a washing space configured to accommodate objects to be washed;
a door coupled to a front of the tub and configured to open and close the tub; and
a drying device disposed at the door and configured to dry an inside of the tub, the drying device being configured to guide (i) wet air discharged from the inside of the tub and (ii) dry air introduced from an outside of the tub,
wherein the drying device comprises:
a bracket that defines a space configured to receive the wet air and the dry air,
an impeller coupled to the bracket and configured to cause the wet air and the dry air to be mixed, the impeller being configured to generate a flow of the mixed air,
a cover coupled to the bracket, and
an air guide disposed between the bracket and the cover and configured to guide the flow of the mixed air into the impeller, wherein the impeller is rotatably coupled to the air guide,
wherein the bracket comprises a first bushing that is coupled to the cover and protrudes in a direction of a rotational axis of the impeller, and
wherein the air guide comprises a second bushing that protrudes in the direction of the rotation axis of the impeller and defines an edge area of the air guide.