Dish washing machine having sump with drainage channel to remove wash water

• US 7,946,304 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2007
• Issued: 05/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, Young Ho, Kim, Eui Soo, Kim, Sung Jin, Choi, Jae Young, Han, Yong Woon, Kennichi, Shimotera, Ryu, Jung Chan
• Primary Examiner(s): Barr; Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): KLING, CHARLES
• Application Number:
  US11/806,519
• Publication Number:
  US 20080011335A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,454 Days
• Field of Search: 134/104.2, 134/56.D, 134/57.D, 134/58.D, 134/104.4, 134/182, 134/184, 134/186
• US Class Current: 134/186
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4204 Flat filters
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4225 Arrangements or adaption of recirculation or discharge pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4246 Details of the tub A47L15/4272 takes precedence; insulation arrangements A47L15/4209
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4276 Arrangements to detect or remove bad smells or odours

Abstract

A dish washing machine capable of smoothly discharging dirt contained in wash water out of a sump so as to prevent the emission of bad smells from the dirt and prevent the propagation of bacteria. The dish washing machine includes a sump to receive and pump wash water, a sump housing forming an external appearance of the sump, a drainage pump coupled with the sump housing to discharge wash water and dirt, and a drainage channel disposed in the sump housing to guide wash water and dirt to the drainage pump.

Claims

1. A dish washing machine, comprising:

a sump to receive and pump wash water;

a sump housing forming an external appearance of the sump and comprising a pump motor receiving part to receive an upper portion of a pump motor to drive a washing impeller that pumps wash water;

a drainage pump coupled with the sump housing to discharge wash water and dirt; and

a drainage channel disposed in the sump housing to guide wash water and dirt to the drainage pump and including a reception drainage channel communicating with the drainage pump and at least one first drainage channel formed around the pump motor receiving part,

wherein a bottom surface of the drainage channel is lower than a top surface of the pump motor receiving part.

2. The dish washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the drainage channel is inclined along an inner edge of the sump housing and communicates with the drainage pump.

3. The dish washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the at least one first drainage channel comprises first and second drainage channels formed around the pump motor receiving part, the reception drainage channel being connected between the first and second drainage channels.

4. The dish washing machine according to claim 3, wherein

the sump housing is formed in a shape of a container,

the pump motor receiving part is disposed in a center of the sump housing,

the drainage channel is disposed between the pump motor receiving part and a rim wall of the sump housing, and

the drainage channel is located below the top surface of the pump motor receiving part in a shape surrounding the pump motor receiving part.

5. The dish washing machine according to claim 3, wherein the drainage channel comprises a turbidity sensor to detect the turbidity of wash water.

6. A dish washing machine, comprising:

a sump to receive and pump wash water;

a sump housing forming an external appearance of the sump, the sump housing including a pump motor receiving part to receive an upper portion of a pump motor to drive a washing impeller that pumps wash water;

a drainage pump mounted at the sump housing to discharge wash water and dirt from the sump housing; and

a drainage channel communicating with the drainage pump to guide wash water and dirt to the drainage pump, the drainage channel extending along an inner edge of the sump housing and including a reception drainage channel communicating with the drainage pump and at least one first drainage channel formed around the pump motor receiving part,

wherein a bottom surface of the drainage channel is lower than a top surface of the pump motor receiving part.

7. The dish washing machine according to claim 6, wherein the at least one first drainage channel comprises first and second drainage channels surrounding an edge of the pump motor receiving part, the reception drainage channel being connected between the first and second drainage channels.

8. The dish washing machine according to claim 7, wherein the reception drainage channel comprises a drainage pump connection hole connected with the drainage pump wherein dirt accumulated in the respective drainage channels passes through the drainage pump connection hole, and is then discharged through a drainage pipe.