Patent ID: 8276602

Claim:
A garbage collecting apparatus of a dishwasher, the apparatus comprising: a first net case; a first garbage collecting net coupled to the first net case; a second net case; a second garbage collecting net coupled to the second net case and having a mesh size relatively greater than that of the first garbage collecting net; a third net case; a third garbage collecting net coupled to the third net case and positioned between a washing pump connecting passage and a drain pump connecting passage; an inter-net dividing portion formed between the first net case and the second net case, so as to divide the first net case from the second net case; an insertion groove formed in a lower end of the inter-net dividing portion such that the third net case is inserted therein, thereby allowing the coupling of the third net case; and a backflow preventing portion for preventing non-collected garbage from flowing backwardly disposed in at least one of the first garbage collecting net and the second garbage collecting net, wherein the backflow preventing portion is formed at a periphery of garbage passing holes formed in at least one of the first garbage collecting net and the second garbage collecting net and extends downwardly to a lower end of the garbage passing holes, and wherein the backflow preventing portion is formed by portions remaining after punching the garbage passing holes in the at least one of the first garbage collecting net and the second garbage collecting net.