Laundry processing apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsHyun Su Nam, Jun Seok Lee, In Baeg Jang
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Abstract
A laundry processing apparatus includes a filter assembly that is detachably supported by a filter holder positioned between a processing module and a guide duct, and an inner filter and an outer filter that are overlappingly assembled with each other, and removes debris contained in circulated air and then supplies the circulated air into the guide duct. The filter holder is assembled with a sealing member, and the sealing member is provided to cover at least a part of an outer surface of the outer filter to seal a gap between the outer filter and the filter holder, and a part of the sealing member protrudes toward the inner filter to seal a gap between the inner filter and the outer filter.
Claims20
A laundry processing apparatus comprising:
- a drum that defines a receiving space for receiving an object and that includes an open side for discharging air that circulates in the receiving space;
- a guide duct that guides the circulating air toward a heat exchange module;
- and
- a filter holder that is positioned between the drum and the guide duct and that is configured to detachably support a filter assembly,
- wherein the filter assembly includes an inner filter and an outer filter that at least partially overlap with each other and are configured to remove debris contained in the circulating air that is supplied to the guide duct, and
- wherein a sealing member at least partially covers the outer filter and seals a first gap between the outer filter and the filter holder, and wherein the sealing member includes a portion that contacts the inner filter and that seals a second gap between the inner filter and the outer filter,
- wherein the sealing member comprises:
- a first sealing part that protrudes from the outer filter toward the filter holder and that seals the first gap;
- and
- a second sealing part that protrudes from the outer filter toward the inner filter and that seals the second gap, and
- wherein the second sealing part of the sealing member is positioned between a lateral surface of a seating end of the outer filter and a portion of the inner filter that is received in the filter holder.
A laundry processing apparatus comprising:
- a drum that defines a receiving space for receiving an object and that includes an open side for discharging air that circulates in the receiving space;
- a guide duct that guides the circulating air toward a heat exchange module;
- and
- a filter holder that is positioned between the drum and the guide duct and that is configured to detachably support a filter assembly that removes debris contained in the circulating air that is supplied to the guide duct,
- wherein the filter assembly comprises:
- an outer filter that is mounted to the filter holder;
- an inner filter that is inserted in an insert hole of the outer filter and that overlaps with the outer filter;
- and
- a sealing member covers at least partially the outer filter and seals a first gap between the outer filter and the filter holder, the sealing member including a portion that contacts the inner filter and that seals a second gap between the inner filter and the outer filter,
- wherein the sealing member comprises:
- a first sealing part that protrudes from the outer filter toward the filter holder and that seals the first gap;
- and
- a second sealing part that protrudes from the outer filter toward the inner filter and that seals the second gap, and
- wherein the second sealing part of the sealing member is positioned between a lateral surface of a seating end of the outer filter and a portion of the inner filter that is received in the filter holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.