Samsung patents dishwasher that heats water using air heat
Samsung describes a dishwasher that uses a thermoelectric module to warm water. This system pulls heat from the surrounding air to raise the water temperature for washing and drying.
In the filing’s own words
A dishwasher includes a tub. The tub includes a sump and a sprayer. The dishwasher also includes a water supply coupled to the tub and configured to supply water into the tub, a circulation circuit coupled to the sump and the sprayer and configured to circulate the water from the sump to the sprayer, and a thermoelectric module system coupled to the circulation circuit. The thermoelectric module system includes a first side configured to draw heat from ambient air, and a second side configured to heat the water circulated in the circulation circuit with the heat from the ambient air.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A dishwasher comprising: a tub comprising a sump and a sprayer; a water supply coupled to the tub and configured to supply water into the tub; a circulation circuit coupled to the sump and the sprayer and configured to circulate the water from the sump to the sprayer; and a thermoelectric module system coupled to the circulation circuit, the thermoelectric module system comprising: a first side configured to draw heat from ambient air; and a second side configured to heat the water circulated in the circulation circuit with the heat from the ambient air.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- DISHWASHERS WITH HYBRID THERMOELECTRIC AND ELECTRIC HEATING SYSTEMS FOR WATER HEATING AND DISH DRYING
- Publication number
- US20260294205A1
- Application number
- 19084547
- Filed
- Mar 19, 2025
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
A47L 15/4285 Human necessitiesA47L 15/0047 Human necessitiesA47L 15/4219 Human necessitiesA47L 15/4287 Human necessitiesA47L 2501/06 Human necessitiesA47L 2501/34 Human necessitiesMore 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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