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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2021
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Seungyoun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jeongkon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyung Man Park, Seoul, KR;
In Woo Baek, Seoul, KR;
Youngsoo Kim, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A dishwasher includes a tub, a door, and a drying device disposed outside the tub. The drying device includes a condensing duct that faces an outer surface of the tub, that is in fluid communication with an inlet port defined at the tub, and that extends in a vertical direction and a first direction intersecting the vertical direction, and a fan configured to cause a flow of air in the condensing duct. The condensing duct includes an upstream portion in fluid communication with the inlet port, a downstream portion that is in fluid communication with the upstream portion and includes a bent portion disposed below the upstream portion, and a rib that is disposed inside the bent portion and extends across the bent portion, where the rib protrudes in a second direction that intersects the vertical direction and the first direction.