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US 10,895,034 B2Granted
Clothes dryer
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsHongjun Cho, Byeongjo Ryoo, Youngjoo Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a clothes dryer. The clothes dryer includes a casing in which a first drum is provided, the casing being formed with an introduction opening of clothes, and a door provided at the casing to open or close the introduction opening, the door including a drum assembly. The drum assembly includes a second drum to be rotatable, so that clothes are introduced into and dried in the first and second drums.
Claims20
A clothes dryer comprising:
- a casing having a first drum disposed therein, the casing comprising an introduction opening configured to receive an article of clothing therethrough;
- a door attached to the casing and having an opening formed therein, the door being movable between a closed position in which the door closes the introduction opening and an open position in which access can be had through the introduction opening to an interior volume of the first drum;
- a drum assembly disposed within the opening,
- wherein the drum assembly comprises:
- a second drum that is rotatable;
- a first cover disposed at a first side of the second drum, the first cover having a first roller device to guide rotation of the second drum;
- and
- a second cover disposed at a second side of the second drum, the second cover having a second roller device to guide the rotation of the second drum,
- wherein the first roller device and the second roller device are provided to be in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the second drum.
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A clothes dryer comprising:
- a casing having a main drum disposed therein, the casing being comprising an introduction opening configured to receive an article of clothing therethrough;
- a door attached to the casing and having an opening formed therein, the door being movable between a closed position in which the door closes the introduction opening and an open position in which access can be had through the introduction opening to an interior volume of the main drum;
- and
- a drum assembly disposed within the opening,
- wherein the drum assembly comprises:
- a sub drum that is rotatable;
- a first cover provided between the sub drum and the main drum, and comprising a through-hole, the main drum is in communication with the sub drum through the through-hole;
- a drum drive device comprising a motor to provide the sub drum with a rotational force;
- and
- a power transmission device provided on the sub drum and in communication with the motor,
- wherein the first cover includes a cover door being movable between a closed position in which the cover door closes access to an inside of the sub drum and an open position in which access can be had to the inside of the sub drum.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.