US 11,026,492 B2 · Dryer

Abstract

A dryer includes a hollow casing accommodating a fan and a heater and having an open front and an open rear, and a display device disposed at the rear of the casing and covering at least a part of the open rear. The display device and a rear edge of the casing are spaced apart from each other to thereby form an air introduction area that is opened between the display device and a rear edge of the casing. The display device can display a graphic object on at least one of a plurality of display areas. A controller can select a drying object and change the graphic object to a suggested drying temperature based on pre-stored information of the drying object. The controller can also rotate the graphic object on the screen of the display panel based on a rotation posture of the dryer.

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Dependent claims

A dryer, comprising:

a hollow casing having a front opening and a rear opening:
a fan located within the casing to produce a flow of air;
a heater located within the casing to heat the flow of air;
a rear cover connected to a rear edge of the casing to cover a rear of the casing;
and
a display located at the rear of the casing and within a portion of the rear opening,
wherein the display is spaced apart from a rear edge of the casing to thereby provide an air introduction area between the display and the rear edge of the casing, and
wherein the rear cover comprises:
a cylindrical rear cover side wall, of which a front and a rear are open;
and
a rear cover plate covering the front of the rear cover side wall and being convex toward a front of the casing.

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A dryer, comprising:

a hollow casing having a front opening and a rear opening;
a rear cover connected to a rear edge of the casing to cover a rear of the casing, the rear cover including:
a cylindrical rear cover side wall, of which a front and a rear are open;
and
a rear cover plate covering the front of the rear cover side wall and being convex toward a front of the casing;
a display located at the rear of the casing and within a portion of the rear opening spaced apart from the rear edge of the casing to thereby provide an air introduction area between the display and the rear edge of the casing and having a plurality of display areas, the display being configured to display a graphic image on at least one of the display areas;
and
a controller configured to:
control the display to display the graphic image on the display as a drying object;
select the drying object;
derive a suggested drying temperature for the selected drying object from pre-stored information including at least one of an age of the selected drying object and a species of the selected drying object;
and
control the display to change the graphic image on the display to display the suggested drying temperature of the selected drying object.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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