Patent ID: 7257969

Claim:
A detergent supplying apparatus in a washer including a cabinet, a drum rotatably provided in the cabinet and a tub fixedly installed outside the drum, the apparatus comprising: a water feed pipe for feeding water; a detergent container including a water storage pool having a water inlet opening connected to the water feed pipe, for being supplied with water through the water inlet opening, a detergent pool dividedly formed at a side of the water storage pool by an overflow wall, for storing detergent, and a drain provided at a passage end of the detergent pool, whereby the water fed to the water storage pool overflows the overflow wall to be fed to the detergent pool, and then discharges through the drain; a 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; a condensing pool provided in a corner portion of the detergent container and divided from the water storage pool and the detergent pool via a partition; and a guide duct having one end connected to the tub and the other end connected to a connecting pipe fixed to an upper lateral side of the condensing pool, for guiding air from the tub to the condensing pool.