Lint collection assembly for a dryer appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsAlexander B. Leibman, Sasikumar Durairaj, Jay Pareshbhai Shinde
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Abstract
A dryer appliance includes a drum defining a chamber for receipt of clothes for drying, an air handler for urging a flow of air through the chamber, an exhaust conduit fluidly coupled to the chamber for discharging the flow of air, and a lint collection assembly operably coupled with the exhaust conduit. The lint collection assembly includes a filter housing defining a filter plenum, a filter frame positioned within the filter plenum, a lint filter mounted to the filter frame, and a filter cleaning mechanism operably coupled to the filter frame for periodically knocking collected lint off the lint filter under the force of the flow of air.
Claims20
A dryer appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet, the drum defining a chamber for receipt of clothes for drying;
- an air handler for urging a flow of air through the chamber;
- an exhaust conduit fluidly coupled to the chamber for discharging the flow of air;
- and
- a lint collection assembly operably coupled with the exhaust conduit, the lint collection assembly comprising:
- a filter housing defining a filter plenum;
- a filter frame positioned within the filter plenum;
- a lint filter mounted to the filter frame;
- and
- a filter cleaning mechanism operably coupled to the filter frame for periodically knocking collected lint off the lint filter.
A lint collection assembly for a dryer appliance, the dryer appliance comprising a drum defining a chamber for receipt of clothes for drying, an air handler for urging a flow of air through the chamber, and an exhaust conduit fluidly coupled to the chamber for discharging the flow of air, the lint collection assembly comprising:
- a filter housing defining a filter plenum;
- a filter frame positioned within the filter plenum;
- a lint filter mounted to the filter frame;
- and
- a filter cleaning mechanism operably coupled to the filter frame for periodically knocking collected lint off the lint filter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.