IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,064,074
Granted Patent B2
US 12,064,074 · App. 17/315,872 · Granted Aug 20, 2024

Dishwasher

Inventor: Dong Hwi Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
A47L15/4287A47L15/0034A47L15/486A47L15/488A47L15/4257
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Patent No.
US 12,064,074
App. No.
17/315,872
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dishwasher is disclosed. When the dishwasher performs a drying process, the dishwasher increases a temperature of a washing space before air inside the washing space is discharged, thereby maintaining the temperature of the washing space at an appropriate drying temperature and increasing efficiency of the drying process.

Claims (32)

1. A dishwasher, comprising:

a tub defining a washing space;

a door disposed at a front surface of the tub and configured to open or close the washing space;

a rack disposed in the tub and configured to accommodate a washing object;

a heater configured to increase a temperature inside the washing space;

a door actuator configured to partially open the closed door or close the partially opened door;

a first fan configured to provide outside air to the heater; and

a controller configured to control the door actuator to partially open the door at a first time point of a drying process of the washing object,

wherein the heater is configured to be turned on at a time point of the drying process before the first time point,

wherein the controller is configured to measure the temperature of the washing space at an end time point of a rinsing process and, based on the temperature of the washing space, to adjust a heating level of the heater that is turned on at the time point before the first time point,

wherein the rinsing process of the washing object is performed before the drying process of the washing object,

wherein the controller is configured to turn on the first fan after the heater is turned on,

wherein the controller is configured to, based on the temperature inside the washing space measured at a time point after the first time point, adjust the heating level of the heater or discharge the air inside the washing space at the time point after the first time point,

wherein the heating level of the heater at the time point before the first time point is a first heating level,

wherein the controller is configured to, based on the temperature inside the washing space measured at a sixth time point after the first time point being less than or equal to a first threshold temperature, adjust the heating level of the heater at the sixth time point to a second heating level that is greater than the first heating level,

wherein the sixth time point occurs during the drying process,

wherein the controller is configured to, based on the temperature inside the washing space at a seventh time point after the sixth time point reaching a second threshold temperature that is greater than the first threshold temperature, return the heating level of the heater to the first heating level, and

wherein the seventh time point occurs during the drying process.

2. The dishwasher of claim 1 ,

wherein, at the first time point, the air inside the washing space is discharged to the outside of the tub through the partially opened door.

3. The dishwasher of claim 2 ,

wherein the controller is configured to control the door actuator to close the partially opened door at a second time point after the first time point and to open the closed door at a third time point after the second time point, and

wherein the second time point and the third time point occur during the drying process.

4. The dishwasher of claim 2 , further comprising:

an air discharge outlet configured to discharge the heated air into the washing space.

5. The dishwasher of claim 1 ,

wherein the controller is configured to not discharge the air inside the washing space at a time point prior to the first time point, and to discharge the air inside the washing space at the first time point,

wherein the controller is configured to, based on the temperature inside the washing space measured at a sixth time point after the first time point being less than or equal to a first threshold temperature, not discharge the air inside the washing space, and

wherein the sixth time point occurs during the drying process.

6. The dishwasher of claim 5 ,

wherein the controller is configured to, based on the temperature inside the washing space measured at a seventh time point after the sixth time point reaching a second threshold temperature that is greater than the first threshold temperature, discharge the air inside the washing space, and

wherein the seventh time point occurs during the drying process.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S COUNTRY OF RECORD PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 056219 FRAME 0223. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 16, 2021
From: PARK, DONG HWI
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 058160/0532 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2021
From: PARK, DONG HWI
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 056219/0223 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0056733 · May 12, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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