Apparatus for supplying detergent in washer

• Main Authors: Kim, Jong Seok, No, Yang Hwan, Cho, Han Ki, Jung, Yeon Su, Kang, Jung Hoon, Park, Myung Sik, Ha, Young Hoon
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.08.2007

The invention relates to a detergent supplying apparatus in a washer which includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably provided in the cabinet and a tub fixed outside the drum. The detergent supplying apparatus includes: a water feed pipe for feeding water; a detergent container including water storage pool having water inlet opening connected to the water feed pipe, for being supplied with water through the water inlet opening, detergent pool ( to ) dividedly formed at a side of the water storage pool ( to ) by overflow compartments ( to ), for storing detergent, and drain provided at a passage end of the detergent pools ( to ), whereby the water fed to the water storage pools ( to ) overflows the overflow compartments ( to ) to be fed to the detergent pools ( to ), and discharges through the drain; and detergent discharge pipe of which one end is connected to the drain of the detergent container and the other end is connected to the tub of the washer, for guiding the detergent and water discharged through the drain into the tub.