FIXED NOZZLE ASSEMBLY AND DISH WASHING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME

• US 20150182103A1
• Filed: 12/29/2014
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JUNG, Hyun Dong, LEE, Chang Wook
• Granted Patent: US 9,993,133 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/16 with rigidly-mounted spraying devices
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4278 Nozzles
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4282 Arrangements to change or modify spray pattern or direction

Abstract

There is provided a dish washing machine, including a main body; a washing tank provided inside the main body; and a fixed nozzle assembly fixed in one side of the washing tank and configured to jet washing water, wherein the fixed nozzle assembly includes, a nozzle body having a jet nozzle configured to jet washing water; and a nozzle front cover combined with a front surface of the nozzle body, and wherein the nozzle front cover and/or the nozzle body include corresponding ribs to cover a combining portion between the nozzle front cover and the nozzle body to minimize a foreign substance from being introduced into the combining portion of the nozzle front cover and the nozzle body. According to such a configuration, it is possible to minimize contaminants from accumulating in the fixed nozzle assembly.

Claims

1. A dish washing machine, comprising:

a main body;

a washing tank provided inside the main body; and

a fixed nozzle assembly fixed in one side of the washing tank and configured to jet washing water,

wherein the fixed nozzle assembly includes,

a nozzle body having a jet nozzle configured to jet washing water; and

a nozzle front cover combined with a front surface of the nozzle body, and

wherein the nozzle front cover includes a guide rib provided to cover a combining portion formed between the combined nozzle front cover and the front surface of the nozzle body, thereby the guide rib capable of minimizing introduction of a foreign substance into the combining portion of the nozzle front cover and the front surface of the nozzle body.

2. The dish washing machine according to claim 1,

wherein the guide rib is formed to extend towards a rear surface of the nozzle front cover.

3. The dish washing machine according to claim 1,

wherein the guide rib is separated a predetermined interval from the nozzle body and covers at least a part of one side surface of the nozzle body.

4. The dish washing machine according to claim 1,

wherein the guide rib includes a rib bottom surface that is provided to face downward and formed to be inclined upward in a direction in which the guide rib extends.

5. The dish washing machine according to claim 1,

wherein the nozzle body includes a nozzle support rib that supports an outer circumferential surface of the jet nozzle and is disposed to have a predetermined interval from the guide rib, and

the guide rib is disposed to overlap at least a part of the nozzle support rib in a vertical direction.

6. The dish washing machine according to claim 5,

wherein the guide rib is separated a predetermined interval from the nozzle support rib and disposed below the nozzle support rib.

7. The dish washing machine according to claim 6, wherein the predetermined interval is 3 mm or more.

8. The dish washing machine according to claim 5, wherein the nozzle support rib and the guide rib are formed to extend in crossing directions.

9. The dish washing machine according to claim 1,

wherein the guide rib includes a rib top surface that is provided to face a lower part of the nozzle body and is formed to be inclined downward in a direction in which the guide rib extends.

10. The dish washing machine according to claim 1,

wherein the nozzle body includes a nozzle top side cover that is formed to surround at least a part of the jet nozzle and provided as the front surface of the nozzle body to be combined with the nozzle front cover.

11. The dish washing machine according to claim 10,

wherein the nozzle top side cover includes a concave combining portion of which at least a part is formed along an end portion of the nozzle front cover and that is formed to be bent and stepped inward in an outer circumferential surface of an adjacent nozzle side cover.

12. The dish washing machine according to claim 11,

wherein the nozzle front cover includes a convex combining portion that is formed to be bent and stepped outward from an inner circumferential surface of the nozzle top side cover to correspond to the concave combining portion such that the nozzle front cover is combined with the nozzle top side cover.

13. The dish washing machine according to claim 12, further comprising

an inlet flow path formed by the concave combining portion and the convex combining portion such that washing water is capable of being introduced by into the combining portion formed between the combined nozzle front cover and the front surface of the nozzle body,

wherein the guide rib includes a rib top surface that is provided to face a lower part of the nozzle body and is formed to be inclined downward in a direction in which the guide rib extends, and

the nozzle body is configured such that washing water introduced into the inlet flow path is discharged to the outside of the nozzle body along an inside surface of the nozzle front cover and the rib top surface.

14. The dish washing machine according to claim 1,

wherein the fixed nozzle assembly is disposed in a bottom surface of the washing tank.

15. The dish washing machine according to claim 1,

wherein the nozzle body includes a nozzle back cover that is combined with a back surface of the nozzle body, and

the nozzle back cover includes:

a back surface cover combining portion that is provided to abut an end portion of the nozzle body and is formed such that the nozzle back cover is combined with the nozzle body; and

a back flow path surface that forms one side of a nozzle flow path configured to supply washing water to the jet nozzle, is inserted into the nozzle body, and is disposed inside the nozzle body relative to the back surface cover combining portion.

16. The dish washing machine according to claim 15,

wherein the fixed nozzle assembly includes:

a nozzle inlet in which washing water is capable of being introduced into the nozzle body, and

wherein the back flow path surface is formed to be inclined such that the nozzle flow path becomes narrower away from the nozzle inlet.

17. The dish washing machine according to claim 12, comprising

a bottom plate cover that is provided in a bottom of the washing tank such that the fixed nozzle assembly is fixed in the washing tank,

wherein a top surface of the bottom plate cover is formed to be inclined toward a center of the washing tank with respect to a reference horizontal plane.

18. A dish washing machine, comprising:

a main body;

a washing tank provided inside the main body; and

a fixed nozzle assembly configured to jet washing water toward the washing tank,

wherein the fixed nozzle assembly includes;

a nozzle body having a plurality of jet nozzles configured to jet washing water and a nozzle top side cover that is formed to cover at least a part of the jet nozzle and forms an internal space with the jet nozzle;

a nozzle front cover combined with a front surface of the nozzle top side cover of the nozzle body; and

a rib,

wherein the rib includes;

a nozzle support rib that is formed between the plurality of jet nozzles and forms a lower side of the nozzle body for the internal space with the jet nozzle; and

a guide rib corresponding to the nozzle support rib is formed in a back surface, which faces the nozzle body, of the nozzle front cover and extends from the back surface of the nozzle front cover,

thereby the nozzle support and guide ribs minimize introduction of a foreign substance into the internal space with the jet nozzle.

19. The dish washing machine according to claim 18,

wherein the nozzle support rib and the guide rib are formed to extend in crossing directions.

20. The dish washing machine according to claim 18,

wherein the guide rib is separated a predetermined interval from the nozzle support rib and disposed below the nozzle support rib.

21. The dish washing machine according to claim 18,

wherein the guide rib is disposed to overlap at least a part of the nozzle support rib in a vertical direction.

22. The dish washing machine according to claim 18,

wherein the guide rib includes a guide rib top surface facing the nozzle support rib and a guide rib bottom surface provided in the other side surface of the guide rib top surface, and

wherein the guide rib top surface and the guide rib bottom surface are formed to be inclined downward and upward in a lengthwise direction of the guide rib, respectively.

23. The dish washing machine according to claim 18,

wherein the nozzle top side cover includes a concave combining portion of which at least a part is formed along an end portion of the nozzle top side cover and that is formed to be bent and stepped inward in an outer circumferential surface of an adjacent nozzle top side cover, and

wherein the nozzle front cover includes a convex combining portion that is formed to be bent and stepped outward from an inner circumferential surface of the nozzle top side cover to correspond to the concave combining portion such that the nozzle front cover is combined with the nozzle top side cover.

24. The dish washing machine according to claim 23, comprising

an inlet flow path formed by the concave combining portion and the convex combining portion such that washing water is capable of being introduced into the combining portion formed between the combined nozzle front cover and the front surface of the top side cover of the nozzle body,

wherein the nozzle body is configured such that washing water introduced into the inlet flow path is discharged to the outside of the nozzle body along an inside surface of the nozzle front cover and a top surface of the guide rib.

25. A fixed nozzle assembly of a dish washing machine that washes a target to be washed, the fixed nozzle assembly comprising:

a nozzle body having a jet nozzle configured to jet washing water, a nozzle top side cover that is formed to cover at least a part of the jet nozzle for forming a flow path in which washing water is capable of flowing therein; and

a nozzle front cover that is combined with the nozzle top side cover at a front surface of nozzle top side cover of the nozzle body and forms an inlet flow path at a portion combined with the nozzle body such that washing water is capable of being introduced into the flow path formed between the combined nozzle front cover and the front surface of the top side cover of the nozzle body from outside of the nozzle body,

wherein the nozzle front cover includes a guide rib that is formed to extend backward at a back surface, which faces the nozzle body, of the nozzle front cover, thereby the guide rib guides the washing water introduced into the flow path from the inlet flow path to wash a foreign substance inside the nozzle body for discharge to the outside.

26. A fixed nozzle assembly of a dish washing machine that washes a target to be washed, the fixed nozzle assembly comprising:

a nozzle body having a jet nozzle configured to jet washing water,

wherein the nozzle body includes;

a nozzle top cover that is formed to cover at least a part of the jet nozzle to form an internal space with the jet nozzle;

a nozzle front cover combined with a front surface of the nozzle top cover of the nozzle body; and

a rib formed by corresponding nozzle support and guide ribs, the nozzle support rib forms a lower side of the nozzle body for the internal space with the jet nozzle and the guide rib extends from a back surface, which faces the nozzle body, of the nozzle front cover,

thereby the corresponding nozzle support and guide ribs capable of minimizing lodging of a foreign substance in the internal space with the jet nozzle and/or discharging a foreign substance from the internal space with the jet nozzle to outside the internal space with the jet nozzle.