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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2018
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/08 (2006.01); F04D 29/42 (2006.01); F04D 29/58 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01); F04D 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/4234 (2013.01); A47L 15/0015 (2013.01); A47L 15/08 (2013.01); A47L 15/4225 (2013.01); F04D 13/16 (2013.01); F04D 29/426 (2013.01); F04D 29/586 (2013.01); A47L 15/4285 (2013.01); A47L 2601/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pump sends washing water and generates steam in order to wash the dishes or the cooking utensils, and a dishwasher including the same. The pump includes a housing, an impeller disposed inside the housing and configured to flow washing water, and a heater coupled to a lower side of the housing and configured to generate steam by heating the washing water in the housing. The housing includes a pump lower portion configured to receive the washing water based on rotation of the impeller, and a pump upper portion configured to discharge the washing water based on rotation of the impeller and to discharge the steam generated by the heater.