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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10470640 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2017

Dishwasher and method for controlling the same

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Jung Chan Ryu, Yongin-si, KR;

Mi Ra Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Woo-Jin Shin, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Staas & Halsey LLP

Primary Examiner:

Michael E Barr

Assistant Examiner:

Tinsae B Ayalew

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/22 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/46 (2006.01); A47L 15/50 (2006.01); A47L 15/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/0049 (2013.01); A47L 15/0026 (2013.01); A47L 15/0028 (2013.01); A47L 15/0034 (2013.01); A47L 15/22 (2013.01); A47L 15/4217 (2013.01); A47L 15/4219 (2013.01); A47L 15/4225 (2013.01); A47L 15/4259 (2013.01); A47L 15/4285 (2013.01); A47L 15/4293 (2013.01); A47L 15/46 (2013.01); A47L 15/486 (2013.01); A47L 15/502 (2013.01); A47L 15/507 (2013.01); A47L 2401/18 (2013.01); A47L 2401/30 (2013.01); A47L 2501/01 (2013.01); A47L 2501/05 (2013.01); A47L 2501/06 (2013.01); A47L 2501/12 (2013.01); A47L 2501/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a dishwasher including a main body provided with an open hole and a washing tub; a door configured to open or close the open hole; a door opening/closing member configured to open or close the open hole; an air curtain disposed in the main body, to operate a fan such that ambient air is sucked and the sucked air is discharged; a detector configured to detect information of the fan; and a controller configured to diagnose the failure of the fan based on the detected information of the fan, to control an operation of the door opening/closing member such that the door is opened at a predetermined open time and an open time of the door is delayed when the fan is a failure state, and to control an operation of the fan when the fan is a normal state during a drying operation.

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