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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2024
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Dae Chang Co., Ltd., Gwangsan-gu, KR;
Inju Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Seungyong Yang, Suwon-si, KR;
Junghee Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Sungjin Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jinhyok An, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Youngpyo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A dishwasher including a tub; a door that is movable to a first position in which the door is vertical and closes the tub, and a second position in which the door is not vertical and opens the tub; and an automatic detergent dispenser on the door, and including a storage compartment in which a plurality of solid detergents are stackable to be in a stack longitudinally extending along a stacking direction that is vertical when the door is in the first position and is not vertical when the door is in the second position, and a holder that presses the stack from a top of the stack toward a bottom of the stack. Movement of the holder is restricted to block upward movement along the stacking direction of one solid detergent located at a highest position in the stack while the door is in the second position.