US 12,435,460 B2
Detergent supply device for clothes processing apparatus
Byeongwoo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Doyun Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Geonhui Jo, Suwon-si (KR); Jonghun Sung, Suwon-si (KR); Kwangmin Chun, Suwon-si (KR); Youngchul Jo, Suwon-si (KR); and Woojin Cho, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/599,065.
Application 18/599,065 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/013485, filed on Sep. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0143678 (KR), filed on Oct. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0209559 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. F16K 15/16 (2006.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01); F16K 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 39/022 (2013.01) [F16K 15/063 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A detergent supply device for a clothes treating apparatus, comprising:
a detergent container;
a detergent pump module including a detergent pump and configured to communicate with a valve opening;
a valve body configured to communicate with the detergent container at one end thereof;
a plunger configured to move within the valve body;
an opening and closing member provided on the plunger to open or close the valve opening in response to a movement of the plunger; and
a sealing member including:
an outer circumferential sealing portion covering an outer circumferential surface of the valve body,
an opening sealing portion extending from the outer circumferential sealing portion to cover at least a portion of an end of the valve body and forming the valve opening, and
a sub-sealing portion provided integrally with the valve opening at an end of the opening sealing portion and contacting the opening and closing member when the valve opening is closed.