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AssigneeElectrolux Home Products, Inc.
InventorsAlberto Bison, Calum Armstrong, Gabriele Missio, Giuseppe Rossi, Kim Michel, Nicola Reid
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Laundry dryer (1) comprising an outer casing (2) having a front wall (2a) provided with a laundry loading/unloading pass-through opening, and an air-filtering cartridge (15) which is fitted in removable manner into an air-vent (10) which is passed through by a laundry drying airflow (f), said air-filtering cartridge (15) comprising a first substantially bag- or pocket-shaped, air-filtering shell or vessel (20, 120) which is dimensioned for being inserted/plugged into said air-vent (10) and is structured to restrain the fluff and/or lint particles in suspension into the airflow (f); the air-filtering cartridge (15) furthermore comprising: a second, completely separated, substantially bag- or pocket-shaped, air-filtering shell or vessel (30, 130) which is fitted/recessed into said first air-filtering shell or vessel (20, 120) so as to be crossed by substantially the same airflow (f) that crosses the first air-filtering shell or vessel (20, 120), and which is structured to restrain the fluff and/or lint particles in suspension into the airflow (f); and an extraction-aid member (26, 138) which is fixed/associated to one of the two completely-separated, air-filtering shells or vessels (20, 30; 120, 130), and is structured so as to allow the manual extraction of both air-filtering shells or vessels (20, 30; 120, 130) at a time from the air-vent (10).
Laundry dryer (1) comprising an outer casing (2) having a front wall (2a) provided with a laundry loading/unloading pass-through opening, and an air-filtering cartridge (15) which is fitted in removable manner into an air-vent (10) which is passed through by a laundry drying airflow (f), said air-filtering cartridge (15) comprising a first substantially bag- or pocket-shaped, air-filtering shell or vessel (20, 120) which is dimensioned for being inserted/plugged into said air-vent (10) and is structured to restrain the fluff and/or lint particles in suspension into the airflow (f);
Laundry dryer according to any one of the foregoing claims, characterized in air-filtering cartridge (15) furthermore comprises a permeable-to-air upper lid (35, 135) which is rigidly associated/fixed to the top of the second air-filtering shell or vessel (30, 130) so as to close the upper mouth of the second air-filtering shell or vessel (30, 130).
Laundry dryer according to any one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that each of said first and the second air-filtering shells or vessels (20, 120;
Laundry dryer according to any one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that each of said first and the second air-filtering shells or vessels (20, 120;
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