Dryer
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDong-woo Lee, Dong-wook Kim, Seong-ho Kil, Dong-il Back
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Abstract
A dryer is disclosed. The dryer comprises: a body having a first opening disposed at one side thereof; a first drum rotatably disposed in the body and including a first drying chamber connected to the first opening; a first hot-air unit for supplying hot air to the inside of the first drum; a first door coupled to the body to open or close the first opening; a second drum disposed at the first door; and a second hot-air unit for supplying hot air to the inside of the second drum.
Claims13
A dryer comprising:
- a body including a first opening in one side thereof;
- a first drum rotatably disposed in the body and including a first drying chamber connected to the first opening;
- a first hot-air supplier configured to supply hot air into the first drum;
- a first door coupled to the body to open or close the first opening;
- a second drum disposed on the first door;
- a second hot-air supplier configured to supply hot air into the second drum;
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- a second drum case coupled to the first door, the second drum being rotatably disposed in the second drum case,
- wherein the second drum case includes an inlet port through which hot air is introduced from the second hot-air supplier and an exhaust port through which the introduced hot air is discharged,
- the second drum includes a plurality of vents facing the inlet port and the exhaust port, and
- the second hot-air supplier is disposed above the second drum case when the first door is in a closed state.
A dryer comprising a door configured to open or close an opening formed in one side of a body, a drying chamber rotatably disposed inside the body, and a hot-air supplier configured to supply hot air into the drying chamber, wherein
- an auxiliary drying chamber is disposed inside the door, and
- an auxiliary hot-air supplier is disposed adjacent to the auxiliary drying chamber to supply hot air into the auxiliary drying chamber,
- the door comprises an inlet port through which hot air is introduced from the auxiliary hot-air supplier and an exhaust port through which the introduced hot air is discharged, the inlet port and the outlet port disposed between the auxiliary hot-air supplier and the auxiliary drying chamber,
- the auxiliary drying chamber comprises a plurality of vents facing the inlet port and the exhaust port, and
- the auxiliary hot-air supplier is disposed above the auxiliary drying chamber when the door is in a closed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.