Dryer
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsWonjun Jang, Ho Choi, Hyungjin Choe
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Abstract
A dryer comprises: a cabinet; a drum rotatable inside the cabinet; and a hot air supply device for supplying the inside of the drum with hot air. The drum includes: a rear plate to be arranged on the rear side of the drum, the rear plate including a hot air supply hole through which hot air flows toward the drum; and a hot air supply rod protruding along a direction toward the front of the drum and through which the hot air from the hot air supply hole flows toward the drum, the hot air supply rod includes: a humidity sensor to be arranged on the front of the hot air supply rod to measure the humidity of object to be dried; and a self-generation device to generate power as a magnet rotatable with the drum rotates, to supply power generated to the humidity sensor.
Claims15
A dryer comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drum rotatable inside the cabinet, the drum being configured to accommodate an object to be dried;
- and
- a hot air supply device configured to supply hot air into the drum,
- wherein the drum includes:
- a rear plate to be arranged on a rear side of the drum, the rear plate including a hot air supply hole through which hot air supplied from the hot air supply device flows toward the drum;
- and
- a hot air supply rod protruding along a direction toward a front side of the drum and through which the hot air from the hot air supply hole flows toward the drum,
- wherein the hot air supply rod includes:
- a humidity sensor to be arranged on a front side of the hot air supply rod to measure humidity of the object which is accommodated in the drum to be dried;
- and
- a self-power generation device configured to generate power as a magnet rotatable together with the drum rotates while the drum is being rotated and to supply power generated to the humidity sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.