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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dong Ho Park, Suwon, KR;
Eung Ryeol Seo, Suwon, KR;
Hyun Joo Jeon, Hwaseong, KR;
Jun Kyu Jung, Seongnam, KR;
Joo Yong Lee, Suwon, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a home appliance provided with a drying apparatus, capable of improving the drying performance. The home appliance includes a body, a dishwashing tub provided in the body and in which a washing operation and a drying operation are conducted, and a drying apparatus provided in the dishwashing tub, and configured to suction air inside the dishwashing tub and discharge the suctioned air to the inside of the dishwashing tub again. The drying apparatus includes a drying duct communicating with the dishwashing tub, a heat pump unit including an evaporator, a compressor, a condenser and an expansion valve, and the evaporator and the condenser are disposed inside the drying duct such that air in the dishwashing tub passes through the evaporator first and then the condenser.