Clothes dryer
AssigneeMorus Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
InventorsEr-Xuan Yi, Guan-Fen Ye
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Abstract
A clothes dryer includes a drum with a first flow path and a flow guiding component with a second flow path. These paths are fluidly connected. Positioned between the drum and component is a switching valve. This valve comprises an air-exchange chamber with a first and second chamber. The first chamber has a first inlet linked to the second flow path and a first outlet linked to the environment. The second chamber has an inlet connected to the environment and an outlet connected to the first flow path. A through hole exists between both chambers. The sealing assembly includes a driving member and two sealing members. The driver rotates the first sealing member, which can selectively cover the first outlet and through hole, while the second member can cover the second outlet.
Claims20
A clothes dryer comprising:
- a drum having a first airflow path;
- a flow guiding component having a second airflow path, the first airflow path in communication with the second airflow path;
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- a switching valve disposed between the drum and the flow guiding component, wherein the switching valve comprises:
- an air-exchange chamber comprising a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber is provided with a first inlet in communication with the second airflow path and a first outlet in communication with an ambient environment, the second chamber is provided with a second inlet in communication with the ambient environment and a second outlet in communication with the first airflow path, and a through hole is disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber;
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- a sealing assembly comprising a driving member, a first sealing member, and a second sealing member, wherein the driving member is connected to the first sealing member and configured to drive the first sealing member to rotate, the second sealing member is pivotally connected to the first sealing member, the first sealing member is configured to selectively cover the first outlet and the through hole, and the second sealing member is configured to movably cover the second outlet;
- wherein the clothes dryer is in a first circulation state or a second circulation state,
- in the first circulation state, the first sealing member seals the first outlet and does not seal the through hole, and the second sealing member seals the second inlet, and
- in the second circulation state, the first sealing member does not seal the first outlet and seals the through hole, and the second sealing member does not seal the second outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.