Samsung patents washing machine drawer that filters water before it reaches the tub
Samsung has been granted a patent for a washing machine design that integrates a filter directly into the detergent drawer. Water flows through this drawer, passing through the filter to remove impurities before entering the main washing tub. A switching device then directs this filtered water either back into the tub for circulation or out of the machine to drain.
In the filing’s own words
A washing machine may include: a housing; a tub inside the housing; a drawer case in the housing and including an inlet and outlet through which water is flowable; a drawer insertable into, and withdrawable from, the drawer case, and configured to receive a detergent; a filter detachably mountable in the drawer and configured so that, with the filter mounted in the drawer and the drawer inserted into the drawer case, water that flows into the drawer case through the inlet passes through the filter and then flows out through the outlet; a circulation pipe to guide, to the tub, water that flows out of the outlet; a drain pipe to guide, to an outside of the housing, water that flows out of the outlet; and a flow path switching device configured to flow the water that flows out of the drawer case into the circulation and/or drain pipe.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A washing machine comprising: a housing; a tub inside the housing; a drawer case in the housing and including an inlet portion through which washing water is flowable into the drawer case and an outlet portion through which the washing water is flowable out of the drawer case; a drawer insertable into, and withdrawable from, the drawer case, and configured to receive a detergent to be supplied to the tub; a filter detachably mountable in the drawer and configured so that, with the filter mounted in the drawer and the drawer inserted into the drawer case, the washing water that flows into the drawer case through the inlet portion passes through the filter so as to be filtered by the filter and then flows out of the drawer case through the outlet portion; a circulation pipe to guide, to the tub, washing water that flows out of the drawer case through the outlet portion; a drain pipe to guide, to an outside of the housing, washing water that flows out of the drawer case through the outlet portion; and a flow path switching device configured to flow the washing water that flows out of the drawer case through the outlet portion into at least one of the circulation pipe and the drain pipe.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Washing machine
- Patent number
- US12768093B2
- Application number
- 18952051
- Filed
- Nov 19, 2024
- Granted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
D06F 39/028 Textiles & paperD06F 39/083 Textiles & paperD06F 39/10 Textiles & paperD06F 39/12 Textiles & paperMore from Samsung in Other
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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