Clothing dryer
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoung Chung, Jung Lee
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Abstract
A clothing dryer capable of removing impurities, such as dust, accumulated in a hot air outlet duct thereof. The clothing dryer includes a drying tub to dry laundry contained therein using hot air supplied thereto, a hot air outlet duct to discharge the hot air, coming from the drying tub, to the outside, and a connecting unit to connect an external suction device to the hot air outlet duct. Accordingly, impurities, such as dust, accumulated in the hot air outlet duct can be removed by a suction force of the suction device, thereby enabling the cleaning of the hot air outlet duct.
Claims9
A clothing dryer comprising:
- a drying tub for drying laundry contained therein using hot air supplied thereto;
- a hot air outlet duct which discharges the hot air, coming from the drying tub, to the outside;
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- a connecting unit which transmits an external suction force to the hot air outlet duct to allow impurities accumulated in the hot air outlet duct to be removed by the external suction force, thereby enabling cleaning of the hot air outlet duct.
A clothing dryer comprising:
- a drying tub for drying laundry contained therein using hot air supplied thereto;
- a hot air outlet duct which discharges the hot air, coming from the drying tub, to the outside;
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- a connecting unit which connects an external vacuum cleaner with the hot air outlet duct to allow impurities contained in the hot air outlet duct to be suctioned into the vacuum cleaner by a suction force of the vacuum cleaner, thereby enabling cleaning of the hot air outlet duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.