Lint cleaning assembly for a dryer appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsAlexander B. Leibman, Manidhar V V S Yandamuri, Michael Glenn Mattingly, Wayne E. Lawson
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Abstract
A lint cleaning assembly for a dryer appliance includes a vacuum aperture defined in a cabinet of the dryer appliance to allow a robotic vacuum cleaner to drive into the cabinet. A lint filter collects lint within a trap duct during operation and a lint collection duct extends from the trap duct to a vacuum docking station. The vacuum docking station is positioned within the cabinet for docking the robotic vacuum cleaner, fluidly coupling the robotic vacuum cleaner to the lint collection duct for lint removal, and/or charging the batteries of the robotic vacuum cleaner.
Claims20
A dryer appliance defining a vertical, a lateral, and a transverse direction, the dryer appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining a vacuum aperture configured for receiving a robotic vacuum cleaner;
- a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet, the drum defining a chamber for receipt of clothes for drying;
- an air handler for urging a flow of air through the chamber;
- a trap duct in fluid communication with the chamber and comprising a lint filter for filtering lint from the flow of air exiting the chamber;
- a vacuum docking station positioned within the cabinet for receiving the robotic vacuum cleaner;
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- a lint collection duct providing fluid communication between the trap duct and the vacuum docking station to permit the robotic vacuum cleaner to remove lint from the lint filter.
A lint cleaning assembly for a dryer appliance, the dryer appliance comprising a cabinet defining a vacuum aperture for receiving a robotic vacuum cleaner and a drum defining a chamber for receiving clothes for drying, the lint cleaning assembly comprising:
- a trap duct in fluid communication with the chamber and comprising a lint filter for filtering lint from a flow of air exiting the chamber;
- a vacuum docking station positioned within the cabinet for receiving the robotic vacuum cleaner;
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- a lint collection duct providing fluid communication between the trap duct and the vacuum docking station to permit the robotic vacuum cleaner to remove lint from the lint filter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.