DISHWASHER

1 . A dishwasher comprising:

a tub;

a door configured to open or close the tub; and

an automatic detergent dispenser disposed on the door, and configured to discharge a solid detergent toward an inside of the tub,

wherein the automatic detergent dispenser comprises:

a storage compartment to allow a plurality of solid detergents to be stacked and loaded therein in a stacking direction;

an ejector configured to move one solid detergent among the plurality of solid detergents to an outside of the storage compartment thereby discharging the one solid detergent from the storage compartment; and

a holder configured to be movable toward the ejector inside the storage compartment to support the plurality of solid detergents to be maintained in a stacked state inside the storage compartment.

2 . The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the holder is configured to support one solid detergent which is closest to the holder among the stacked plurality of solid detergents in the storage compartment to support the stacked plurality of solid detergents to be maintained in the stacked state while the door is opening the tub.

3 . The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of solid detergents has a width longer than a height, and

the plurality of solid detergents is to be stacked and loaded in the storage compartment in a direction of the height of each of the plurality of solid detergents.

4 . The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the storage compartment includes a storage compartment outlet formed to allow the plurality of solid detergents to be discharged from the storage compartment, and

the ejector is configured to move the one solid detergent to the outside of the storage compartment through the storage compartment outlet.

5 . The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the ejector is disposed at a lower side of the storage compartment, and the holder is configured to move toward the ejector inside the storage compartment to support the plurality of solid detergents to be maintained in the stacked state inside the storage compartment.

6 . The dishwasher of claim 5 , wherein the holder is configured to:

press a solid detergent, which is located at a highest position among the stacked plurality of solid detergents, by gravity while the door is closing the tub; and

support the solid detergent located at the highest position among the stacked plurality of solid detergents while the door is opening the tub.

7 . The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the ejector is configured to move the one solid detergent in a direction different from the stacking direction of the plurality of solid detergents to allow the one solid detergent to be discharged to the outside of the storage compartment.

8 . The dishwasher of claim 7 , wherein the ejector is configured to press the one solid detergent in a direction perpendicular to the stacking direction of the plurality of solid detergents.

9 . The dishwasher of claim 7 , wherein the ejector includes a cam configured to move the one solid detergent to the outside of the storage compartment through rotation.

10 . The dishwasher of claim 1 , wherein the automatic detergent dispenser further includes a seat configured to communicate with the tub and seat the one solid detergent discharged from the storage compartment thereon,

wherein the seat includes a seat opening connected to the tub and a seat door configured to open or close the seat opening, and

when the seat door opens the seat opening, the solid detergent seated on the seat is input into the tub.

11 . The dishwasher of claim 10 , wherein the seat is disposed at one side of the storage compartment in a direction perpendicular to the stacking direction of the plurality of solid detergents, and

the ejector is configured to press the one solid detergent in the direction perpendicular to the stacking direction of the plurality of solid detergents to move the one solid detergent to the seat.

12 . The dishwasher of claim 10 , wherein the storage compartment includes a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment spaced apart from the first storage compartment in a left-right direction perpendicular to the stacked direction with respect to the first storage compartment, and

the seat is disposed between the first storage compartment and the second storage compartment in the left-right direction.

13 . The dishwasher of claim 12 , wherein the first storage compartment includes a first storage compartment outlet configured to communicate with the seat to allow a plurality of solid detergents stacked in the first storage compartment to be discharged to the seat, and

the second storage compartment includes a second storage compartment outlet configured to communicate with the seat to allow a plurality of solid detergents stacked in the second storage compartment to be discharged to the seat,

wherein the ejector includes a first ejector configured to discharge one solid detergent among the plurality of solid detergents stacked in the first storage compartment to the seat, and a second ejector configured to discharge one solid detergent among the plurality of solid detergents stacked in the second storage compartment to the seat.

14 . A dishwasher comprising:

a tub;

a door configured to open or close the tub; and

an automatic detergent dispenser disposed on the door, and configured to discharge a solid detergent toward an inside of the tub,

wherein the automatic detergent dispenser comprises:

a storage compartment having a long side extending in a first direction to support a plurality of solid detergents to be stacked and loaded in the first direction;

an ejector disposed on a lower side of the long side and configured to move one solid detergent, which is located at a lowest position in an extension direction of the long side, among the plurality of solid detergents stacked along the long side, to an outside of the storage compartment thereby discharging the one solid detergent from the storage compartment; and

a holder configured to be movable from an upper side of the long side toward the plurality of solid detergents in a stacking direction of the plurality of solid detergents to support the plurality of solid detergents to be maintained in a stacked state inside the storage compartment.

15 . The dishwasher of claim 14 , wherein the holder is configured to, in response to the door opening the tub, support one solid detergent, which is closest to an other side of the long side among the stacked plurality of solid detergents, to support the plurality of solid detergents to be maintained in the stacked state.