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US 11,078,616 B2Granted
Washing machine
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMyung-Hee Ryu, Kyoung Woo Lee, Dong-Won Kim, Yongjie Jin, Jun Hong Park
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Abstract
Disclosed is a washing machine including a drying function. Here, a height of a bottom end of a dryer disposed above a tub is lower than a height of a top end of the tub to have a space for integrating other devices having additional functions above the tub.
Claims8
A washing machine comprising:
- a housing;
- a tub disposed in the housing;
- a drum disposed to be rotatable in the tub;
- a dryer configured to supply hot air to an inside of the drum and disposed above the tub to deviate toward one side of the tub with a height of a bottom end of the dryer being lower than a height of a top end of the tub;
- a connector which connects the dryer to the tub, and comprises an inside air inlet into which air in the tub flows and an outside air inlet into which air in the housing flows, wherein a height of a bottom surface of the outside air inlet is lower than a height of a bottom surface of the inside air inlet;
- a suction hose which connects the inside air inlet of the connector to the tub;
- and
- a residual water drain hose which connects the bottom surface of the outside air inlet of the connector to the suction hose.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.