| CPC D06F 39/08 (2013.01) [B01F 21/20 (2022.01); B01F 25/10 (2022.01); D06F 33/37 (2020.02); D06F 39/02 (2013.01); D06F 39/028 (2013.01); D06F 39/083 (2013.01); B01F 2101/4505 (2022.01); D06F 2105/02 (2020.02)] | 12 Claims |
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1. A washing machine comprising:
a cabinet having a detergent supplier;
a tub arranged in the cabinet to be connected to the detergent supplier and containing mixing water in which washing water supplied to the detergent supplier and a powder detergent are mixed;
a drum rotatably installed in the tub;
a circulation hose connecting between the tub and the drum for the mixing water contained in a lower portion of the tub to be circulated;
a detergent dissolution device generating vortex current in mixing water circulated through the circulation hose to improve solubility of the powder detergent; and
a circulation pump arranged in the circulation hose and configured to repeatedly supply and discharge mixing water to and from the detergent dissolution device through on/off controlling,
wherein the circulation hose comprises a first circulation hose connecting between the tub and the circulation pump, a second circulation hose connecting between the circulation pump and the detergent dissolution device, and a third circulation hose connecting between the detergent dissolution device and the drum, and
wherein the detergent dissolution device comprises a vortex generating member generating vortex current, a flow part in which mixing water having the vortex current generated by the vortex generating member flows, a vortex generating member fixer arranged underneath the flow part to fix the vortex generating member, a first connector arranged underneath the vortex generating member fixer and coupled to the second circulation hose, and a second connector arranged in an upper portion of the flow part and coupled to the third circulation hose.
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