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US 2010/0146803 A1Published application
Dryer and foreign material removing apparatus thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSeung Phyo AHN, Jeong Yun KIM, Sang Ik LEE
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Abstract
The embodiment relates to a dryer and a foreign material removing apparatus thereof. With the dryer and the foreign material removing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, it can clearly remove the foreign materials adhered to the filter only by the simple operation without the user effort.
Claims20
A dryer, comprising:
- a cabinet that forms an exterior;
- a drum that is provided in the cabinet and houses a drying target;
- a base that has a rotation motor rotating the drum and a blowing fan moving air in the drum;
- a drum cover that is coupled to the base and supports the drum;
- a case configured to be mounted on the drum cover, the case having an air introduction hole into which air discharged from the drum is introduced and an air discharge hole that discharges air from which foreign materials are removed;
- and
- a filtering unit that is separately mounted on the case and filters the foreign materials in the air introduced through the air introduction hole,
- wherein the filtering unit includes a filter member in which a plurality of parts configured to be folded based on a curved portion are provided.
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A foreign material removing apparatus of a dryer, comprising:
- a case that includes an air introduction hole into which air discharged from a drum is introduced and an air discharge hole that discharges air introduced through the air introduction hole from which foreign materials are separated;
- a filter member that is mounted on the case to filter the foreign materials from air and is provided with a plurality of parts;
- a curved portion that connects the plurality of parts and can relatively rotate the plurality of parts;
- and
- a guide part that extends along at least one side of the filter member and guides the rotation of the plurality of parts.
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A dryer, comprising:
- a drum that houses a drying target;
- a base configured to be provided on one side of the drum, the base including a rotation motor that rotates the drum and a blowing fan that moves air;
- a foreign material removing apparatus that filters foreign materials from air moved by the operation of the blowing fan and cleans the filtered foreign materials;
- and
- a foreign material case that is provided on one side of the foreign material removing apparatus and stores the foreign materials cleaned in the foreign material removing
- wherein the foreign material removing apparatus includes:
- a filter member that separates the foreign materials from air and perform a folding movement;
- a filter case that movably supports the filter member;
- and
- a guide groove that is provided on one side of the filter case and guides the folding movement of the filter member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.