Patent ID: 8449690
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A sump assembly of a dishwasher, comprising: a sump case for reserving washing water, the sump case having coupling bosses protruded upward; a sump cover seating on an upper portion of the sump case, the sump cover having a first coupling boss and a second coupling boss; a self-cleaning filter assembly mounted on a top surface of the sump cover to filter foreign objects, the self-cleaning assembly having a first coupling hole and a second coupling hole; a fluid passage guide thermal-bonded on a bottom of the sump cover; a pump lower having a first coupling boss formed on a frame portion and a second coupling boss formed therein; a washing pump disposed between the fluid passage guide and the pump lower, for pumping out the washing water reserved in the sump case and guided by the fluid passage guide; a first coupling member inserted into the first coupling boss of the pump lower through the first coupling hole of the self-cleaning filter and the first coupling boss of the sump cover; and a second coupling member inserted into the coupling boss of the sump case through the second coupling hole of the self-cleaning filter, the second coupling boss of the sump cover, and the second coupling boss of the sump lower; wherein the first coupling member and the second coupling member are inserted after the fluid passage guide is mounted on the bottom of the sump cover.