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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2016
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Seunghun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sangwoo Woo, Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A dishwasher () is disclosed. The dishwasher () includes a cabinet () having an opening (), a tub () provided in the cabinet () for receiving objects to be washed, a spray arm () for spraying wash water to the objects, a sump () for storing wash water, a pump () for supplying the wash water stored in the sump () to the spray arm (), a door () for opening and closing the opening (), a first steam nozzle () provided in the tub (), a docking unit () provided at the door () and connected to the first steam nozzle () for supplying steam to the first steam nozzle (), and a docking connector () provided at the tub () and is connected to a steam source for supplying steam to the docking unit (), wherein, when the door () is opened, the docking unit () is disconnected from the docking connector (), and, when the door (is closed, the docking unit () is connected to the docking connector () to define a closed path along which steam flows.