US 12,167,822 B2
Dishwasher including a drying apparatus
Johannes Büsing, Suwon-si (KR); Jongwook Kwon, Suwon-si (KR); Sojeong Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Changhyun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Hyunjoo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Woojin Shin, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/681,566.
Application 17/681,566 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/002172, filed on Feb. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0049630 (KR), filed on Apr. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0330787 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A47L 15/42 (2006.01); A47L 15/48 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 15/4287 (2013.01) [A47L 15/486 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dishwasher comprising:
a cabinet;
a tub disposed in the cabinet and forming a washing chamber; and
a drying apparatus configured to lower a humidity in the washing chamber, and the drying apparatus comprising:
a housing disposed outside of the tub and configured to form a flow path through which air flows in the housing;
a fan configured to draw air into the housing and to supply the air drawn into the housing to the washing chamber;
a heater disposed in the housing and configured to heat air in the housing;
a temperature sensor positioned downstream of the heater, and configured to detect a temperature of air flowing into the washing chamber; and
a switch device provided to be coupled to the housing and arranged above the heater, and the switch device including:
a switch arranged above the heater, adjacent to the heater and configured to detect a temperature of air heated by the heater and to turn off the heater in response to the temperature of the air heated by the heater reaching a predetermined temperature,
a holder provided to hold the switch and to be coupled to the housing, and
a fastening member provided to be coupled to the holder and the housing so that the holder and the switch are arranged above the heater.