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US 2006/0230630 A1Published application
Laundry dryer and impurity entry preventing structure for the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSoon Lee, Hwan Myung, Hung Cho
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Abstract
Provided is a laundry dryer. The laundry dryer includes a drying drum for inserting laundry in, a base, and a cabinet enclosing the drying drum and the base. The base includes an outside air intake port that suctions indoor air, an air passage for moist air from the drying drum to pass through, and an impurity descending slot recessed a predetermined depth at a front of the outside air intake port for impurities to fall into.
Claims21
A laundry dryer comprising:
- a drying drum for inserting laundry in;
- a base including an outside air intake port for suctioning indoor air, an air passage for moist air from the drying drum to pass through, and an impurity descending slot recessed a predetermined depth at a front of the outside air intake port for impurities to fall into;
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- a cabinet enclosing the drying drum and the base.
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A laundry dryer comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drying drum disposed within the cabinet;
- a base disposed within the cabinet, the base including:
- a lower base having an outside air intake port for suctioning indoor air and an impurity separating slot for separating impurities from air entering the outside air intake port;
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- an upper base coupled at a top of the lower base;
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- a lint cap formed in the outside air intake port, for filtering impurities in a second stage that have not been separated by the impurity separating slot.
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A laundry dryer comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drying drum disposed within the cabinet;
- a lower base installed below the drying drum, and including an outside air intake port for suctioning indoor air, a lint entry preventing member permanently or detachably installed to the outside air intake port, and an air passage for guiding a flow of moist air from the drying drum;
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- an upper base coupled at a top of the base lower for covering the air passage.
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A laundry dryer comprising:
- a drying drum;
- a lower base installed below the drying drum, and including an outside air intake port for suctioning indoor air and a recessed portion for preventing comparatively heavy impurities contained in the indoor air from passing through the outside air intake port and accumulating the impurities;
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- an upper base coupled at a top of the base lower;
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- a lint blocking member permanently or detachably coupled to the outside air intake port, for preventing impurities from entering the drying drum through the outside air intake port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.