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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2019
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Sangheon Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Daegyu Kim, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A dishwasher includes: a cabinet defining an external appearance of the dishwasher; a tub disposed in the cabinet to form a space where to wash dishes, and having an exhaust hole formed on an upper surface of the tub; and an external air flow unit forming a flow path, along which external air is introduced and discharged, and having an inflow hole formed above the exhaust hole to communicate with the tub, wherein the external air flow unit takes a shape in which a cross-sectional area of the flow path decreases in an upstream side of the inflow hole in a flow direction of the external air and increases in a downstream side of the inflow hole.