Patent ID: 11871732
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  E | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A liquid dispenser, comprising:
a tank having an upper opening;
a pump provided to pump liquid stored in the tank;
a pipe connected to the pump;
a top plate having a supply hole communicating with the pipe and having an upper surface on which liquid supplied through the supply hole flows;
a liquid guide to cover the upper opening of the tank and having a discharge hole to discharge liquid into the tank;
a support which connects the top plate and the liquid guide and positions the top plate above the upper opening of the tank, the support including a protrusion extending radially inward;
a wall positioned provided under the top plate and including an outer surface having a recess receiving the protrusion of the support; and
an illumination assembly provided within the support and above the recess on the outer surface of the wall,
wherein an outer circumferential surface of the support is formed as an inclined surface that is tilted inward from a top of the support adjacent to a circumferential edge of top plate to a bottom of the support such that liquid from the top plate flows downward along the inclined surface of the support and the liquid guide to the discharge hole of the liquid guide,
wherein the liquid guide includes an outer guide wall least partially protruding upward and outward from the tank at the upper opening, and
wherein the illumination assembly is positioned around the pipe.