Washing machine
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSang Byun, Jae Kim
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Abstract
Provided is a washing machine having an enhanced drying performance. The washing machine includes: a housing; a tub installed inside the housing, for storing washing water; a drum rotatably installed inside the tub and configured to wash laundry; a drying duct connected to the tub, for generating hot air and feeding the generated hot air to an inside of the drum; a condensation duct connected to the tub and the drying duct, for removing moisture from an air discharged from the tub to guide the moisture-removed air to the drying duct and allowing the hot air to cross the inside of the drum together with the drying duct; and a radiation mechanism disposed at the drying duct, for radiating heat of the drying duct.
Claims20
A washing machine comprising:
- a housing;
- a tub installed inside the housing, for storing washing water;
- a drum rotatably installed inside the tub and configured to wash laundry;
- a drying duct connected to the tub, for generating hot air and feeding the generated hot air to an inside of the drum;
- a condensation duct connected to the tub and the drying duct, for removing moisture from an air discharged from the tub to guide the moisture-removed air to the drying duct and allowing the hot air to cross the inside of the drum together with the drying duct;
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- a radiation mechanism disposed at the drying duct, for radiating heat of the drying duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.