Automatic detergent supply apparatus and washing machine having the same
Disclosed herein is a washing machine capable of improving an external shape by locating a detergent supply apparatus on a bottom inside a body. The washing machine includes a body with an opening portion formed in a front surface thereof, a door provided to open and close the opening portion of the body, a door guide provided on the opening portion, and a detergent supply apparatus which includes a detergent box provided on a bottom of the door guide to be withdrawable toward a center of the opening portion and a detergent supply pump provided to discharge a detergent in the detergent box.
1. A washing machine comprising:
a body with an opening formed in a front side thereof, the opening configured to receive articles to be washed, the body including a tub having an opening;
a door to open or close the opening of the body;
a rim provided around the opening of the body and disposed between the opening of the body and the opening of the tub, wherein the rim includes a rim surface that extends into the opening of the body and faces a portion of the door to guide the door when the opening of the body is closed by the door and an open portion formed at a lower portion of the rim surface and between the front side of the body and the tub; and
a detergent container to be inserted into or withdrawn from the open portion of the rim, and configured to be positioned below a bottom of the opening of the tub.
2. The washing machine of claim 1 , wherein the detergent container comprises a top cover having a shape corresponding to the open portion of the rim and facing the portion of the door when the opening is closed by the door.
3. The washing machine of claim 2 , wherein the detergent container comprises a housing, and a detergent box configured to store a detergent therein and provided to be inserted into and detachably coupled with the housing.
4. The washing machine of claim 3 ,
wherein the top cover is coupled with a top end of the detergent box and is configured to open and close the detergent box.
5. A washing machine comprising:
a body with an opening formed in a front side thereof, the opening configured to receive articles to be washed, the body including a tub having an opening;
a door to open or close the opening;
a rim provided around the opening of the body and disposed between the opening of the body and the opening of the tub, wherein the rim includes a rim surface extending into the opening and having a shape corresponding to a portion of the door to guide the door into the opening of the body and an open portion formed at a lower portion of the rim surface and between the front side of the body and the tub; and
a detergent container configured to store detergent and to be inserted into or withdrawn from the open portion, and configured to be positioned below a bottom of the opening of the tub, the detergent container having a top cover having a shape corresponding to the open portion of the rim so that when the opening is closed by the door, the top cover is inaccessible.
6. The washing machine of claim 5 , wherein the detergent container is configured to be withdrawable when the door is opened.
7. The washing machine of claim 5 , wherein a top surface of the top cover is located on a same plane as a portion of the rim surface adjacent to the open portion.
8. The washing machine of claim 5 , wherein the top cover and the rim are formed of the same material.
9. A washing machine comprising:
a body with an opening formed in a front side thereof;
a tub disposed in the body and configured to store water, the opening configured to receive articles to be washed in the tub;
a door to open or close the opening of the body;
a rim provided around the opening, wherein the rim includes a rim surface extending into the opening and having a shape corresponding to a portion of the door to guide the door into the opening and an open portion formed at a lower portion of the rim surface and between the front side of the body and the tub; and
a detergent container configured to store detergent and to be inserted into or withdrawn from the open portion, and configured to be positioned below a bottom of the opening of the tub and configured to be positioned in a space between the front side of the body and the tub.
10. The washing machine of claim 9 , wherein the detergent container comprises a top cover having a shape corresponding to the open portion of the rim.
11. The washing machine of claim 10 , wherein the top cover is facing the portion of the door when the opening is closed by the door.
12. The washing machine of claim 11 , wherein the detergent container comprises a housing, and a detergent box configured to store a detergent therein and provided to be inserted into and detachably coupled with the housing.
13. The washing machine of claim 12 , wherein the top cover is coupled with a top end of the detergent box and is configured to open and close the detergent box.
14. The washing machine of claim 10 , wherein a top surface of the top cover is located on a same plane as a portion of the rim surface adjacent to the open portion.
15. The washing machine of claim 9 , wherein the top cover and the rim are formed of the same material.
16. The washing machine of claim 9 , wherein the top cover is movable with respect to the detergent container.
17. The washing machine of claim 9 , wherein the top cover is inaccessible when the door closes the opening.
18. The washing machine of claim 9 , wherein the detergent container is configured to be withdrawable when the door is opened.
19. The washing machine of claim 9 , further comprises a sensor configured to detect whether the detergent container is loaded.