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US 2010/0146804 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 thereof, the convenience of user can be maximized by separating and cleaning only a case when the foreign materials are stored in the case above a predetermined amount without the user needing to clean the filter each time the dryer is used.
Claims17
A dryer, comprising:
- a cabinet that forms an exterior;
- a drum that is provided inside the cabinet and houses a drying target;
- a base that includes a motor rotating the drum and a suction fan that moves air in the inside of the drum;
- a cyclone part that is disposed between the drum and the suction fan and guides the cyclone flow of the air discharged from the drum;
- and
- a removable foreign material case that stores the foreign materials separated from the air by the cyclone flow.
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A foreign material removing apparatus of a dryer, comprising:
- a guide part that guides air discharged from a drum;
- a cyclone part that is provided on one side of the guide part and generates cyclone flow;
- an air introduction part that introduces air in a tangential direction from the guide part;
- a filter member that has a plurality of through holes that are provided inside the cyclone part and separates the foreign materials in the air;
- and
- a foreign material discharge part that extends to the outside of the cyclone part and discharges the foreign materials separated from the air;
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- a foreign material case that is provided on one side of the cyclone part and stores the foreign materials discharged from the air discharge part.
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A dryer, comprising:
- a drum that houses a drying target and is rotatably provided;
- a drum cover that rotatably supports the drum;
- an air duct that extends to one side of the drum cover and moves the air discharged from the drum;
- and
- a foreign material removing apparatus that is coupled to the air duct and separates the foreign materials from the air,
- wherein the foreign material removing apparatus includes:
- a cyclone part that generates the cyclone flow and includes a filter member that separates the foreign materials;
- a guide part that is coupled to one side of the air duct and guides the air flow to the cyclone part;
- and
- a foreign material case in which the foreign materials separated from the cyclone part drop and are stored and is separately coupled to the cyclone part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.