Patent ID: 7934403

Claim:
A dispenser of a detergent supply apparatus for a washing machine, comprising: a dispense chamber including a main dispense chamber which supplies washing water to a main detergent storing section of a detergent container and a subsidiary dispense chamber which supplies washing water to a preliminary detergent storing section of the detergent container; a main water passage formed in each of the main dispense chamber and the subsidiary dispense chamber to enable washing water flowed into the dispense chamber to flow and spread out therein, wherein each main water passage includes: an inlet water passage where washing water flows into the dispense chamber and flows toward one side of the dispenser; a turning water passage where washing water flowed in the dispense chamber changes direction; an end water passage placed in an end portion of the main water passage such that washing water is supplied to the end water passage after passing through the turning water passage, the end water passage being disposed adjacent to the inlet water passage to be parallel to the inlet water passage; and a first rib upwardly protruded between the inlet water passage and the end water passage and terminating at a junction of the inlet water passage and the turning water passage, at least one first main slit formed at the first rib of the main dispense chamber to supply some quantity of washing water flowing through the inlet water passage of the main dispense chamber to the end water passage of the main dispense chamber, washing water supplied to the end water passage of the main dispense chamber flowing in a same direction as washing water supplied to the inlet water passage of the main dispense chamber; and at least one first subsidiary slit formed at the first rib of the subsidiary dispense chamber to supply some quantity of washing water flowing through the inlet water passage of the subsidiary dispense chamber to the end water passage of the subsidiary dispense chamber, washing water supplied to the end water passage of the subsidiary dispense chamber flowing in an opposite direction as washing water supplied to the inlet water passage of the subsidiary dispense chamber.