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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
May. 13, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Geon Ung Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Hwang Mook Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Jin Baek Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyun Joo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jun Hong Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Eung Ryeol Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Provided is a washing machine capable of improving solubility of a powder detergent that remains without having been dissolved in mixing water contained in a tub. The washing machine includes a cabinet having a detergent supplier, a tub arranged in the cabinet to be connected to the detergent supplier and containing mixing water in which washing water supplied to the detergent supplier and a powder detergent are mixed, a drum rotatably installed in the tub, a circulation hose connecting between the tub and the drum for the mixing water contained in a lower portion of the tub to be circulated, a detergent dissolution device generating vortex current in mixing water circulated through the circulation hose to improve solubility of the powder detergent, and a circulation pump arranged in the circulation hose and configured to repeatedly supply and discharge mixing water to and from the detergent dissolution device through on/off controlling.