Detergent supplying apparatus of clothes washing machine

• US 20070044517A1
• Filed: 07/28/2006
• Published: 03/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Roh, Hyoung, Yang, Yoon
• Application Number:
  US11/494,578
• Publication Number:
  US 20070044517A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 68/17.R
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/022 in a liquid state D06F39/024 takes precedence

Abstract

A detergent supplying apparatus in which bleach or rinse is not supplied by mistake is disclosed. In order to directly discharge water remaining in a siphon cap after siphonage, concave steps are formed in the lower side of a siphon cap to form a passage between the siphon cap and the bottom of liquid detergent storing chamber. The detergent supplying apparatus includes a siphon cover having a plurality of siphon caps and a rib extended from the siphon caps by a predetermined length so that incorrect-coupling of the siphon caps is prevented.

Claims

1. A detergent supplying apparatus of a clothes washing machine including a detergent reservoir with a liquid detergent storing chamber for storing a liquid detergent, comprising:

a siphon pipe provided in the liquid detergent storing chamber and having a predetermined height;

a siphon cap for covering the siphon pipe and having at least one concave step; and

a passage formed between the concave step and the bottom of the liquid detergent storing chamber and communicating the inside with the outside of the siphon cap.

2. The detergent supplying apparatus of a clothes washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the minimal number of concave steps is two and the concave steps are spaced apart from each other.

3. The detergent supplying apparatus of a clothes washing machine according to claim 1, wherein a height difference between the uppermost end of the concave step and the lowermost end of the siphon cap is 2 mm to 7 mm.

4. The detergent supplying apparatus of a clothes washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the bottom of the liquid detergent storing chamber has a concave step formed in the part adjacent to the lower outer circumference of the siphon cap.

5. A detergent supplying apparatus of a clothes washing machine comprising:

a detergent reservoir housing;

a detergent reservoir provided in the detergent reservoir housing and having a plurality of liquid detergent storing chambers partitioned by a partition;

siphon pipes provided in the liquid detergent storing chambers;

a siphon cover including a plurality of siphon caps coupled with the siphon pipes to perform siphonage; and

a rib formed in the siphon caps and extended by a predetermined length to prevent incorrect-coupling of the siphon caps.

6. The detergent supplying apparatus of a clothes washing machine according to claim 5, wherein the siphon caps further include an extending part extended from a side thereof by a predetermined length, and the rib is formed in the extending part.

7. The detergent supplying apparatus of a clothes washing machine according to claim 5, further comprising a level indicator formed in the outer circumference of the siphon cap to indicate a proper supplying quantity of the detergent.

8. The detergent supplying apparatus of a clothes washing machine according to claim 5, wherein in the lower ends of the siphon caps, at least one concave step is formed.

9. The detergent supplying apparatus of a clothes washing machine according to claim 5, wherein in the bottom of the liquid detergent storing chambers, a concave step is formed in the part adjacent to the outer circumferences of the siphon caps.

10. The detergent supplying apparatus of a clothes washing machine according to claim 9, wherein a height difference between the uppermost end of the concave step and the lowermost end of the siphon cap is 2 mm to 7 mm.