Samsung patents dishwasher that cleans water using electric charges
Samsung describes a dishwasher that treats water before it sprays onto dishes. It uses an electrode to pull minerals out of the water and includes a chamber to hold a material that resets the electrode.
In the filing’s own words
A dishwasher comprises a tub, an injection unit comprising a nozzle configured to inject washing water inside of the tub, a sump configured to accommodate washing water to be supplied to the injection unit, and a water treatment device configured to treat washing water to be supplied to the sump. The water treatment device includes a case including an inlet port and a discharge port, a deionization module comprising an electrode capable of adsorbing ionic substances contained in water supplied through the inlet port, and an accommodation portion comprising a chamber provided on a flow path through which water supplied through the inlet port flows to the deionization module, the accommodation portion being capable of accommodating a regenerative material for removing ions adsorbed on the deionization module.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A dishwasher comprising: a tub; an injection unit comprising a nozzle configured to inject washing water inside of the tub; a sump configured to accommodate washing water to be supplied to the injection unit; and a water treatment device configured to treat washing water to be supplied to the sump, wherein the water treatment device comprises: a case comprising an inlet port and a discharge port; a deionization module comprising an electrode capable of adsorbing ionic substances contained in water supplied through the inlet port; and an accommodation portion comprising a chamber provided on a flow path through which water supplied through the inlet port flows to the deionization module, the accommodation portion being capable of accommodating a regenerative material for removing ions adsorbed on the deionization module.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- DISHWASHER
- Publication number
- US20260305906A1
- Application number
- 19462156
- Filed
- Jan 28, 2026
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
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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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