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US 2019/0093278 A1Published application
Laundry drying machine with adjustable baffle
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsBryan T. Snook, Christopher G. Hoppe
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Abstract
An adjustable baffle and method of adjusting the baffle for a laundry machine. A dryer drum may include one or more adjustable baffles that may adjust tumbling characteristics of the clothes within the dryer drum. The adjustable baffles may include one or more flexible members.
Claims20
A dryer drum for a laundry drying machine comprising:
- a dryer drum having a cylindrical wall, wherein the cylindrical wall has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end defines an opening therein;
- at least one adjustable baffle attached to the cylindrical wall and defining a baffle angle between the adjustable baffle and the cylindrical wall;
- the at least one adjustable baffle includes a longitudinal axis between opposing ends;
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- wherein the at least one adjustable baffle is adjustable through a range of baffle angles about a pivot axis coincidentally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the at least one adjustable baffle between a first position and one or more second positions thereby adjusting the baffle angle, wherein the tumbling characteristics of clothes within the dryer drum are affected by the baffle angle of the at least one adjustable baffle.
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A laundry drying machine comprising:
- a housing;
- a dryer drum positioned within the housing, wherein the dryer drum includes a cylindrical wall;
- at least one adjustable baffle attached to the cylindrical wall of the dryer drum, the at least one adjustable baffle including a base portion and a blade portion hinged to the base portion about a pivot axis, wherein the blade portion includes a longitudinal axis coincidentally aligned with the pivot axis;
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- wherein the blade portion is adapted to have a range of baffle angles about the pivot axis relative to the base portion, wherein the range of baffle angles includes a first position and one or more second positions.
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A method of adjusting a baffle angle of a dryer drum baffle for a laundry drying machine, comprising the steps of:
- providing a dryer drum having a cylindrical wall, wherein the cylindrical wall has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end defines an opening, and the cylindrical wall has attached thereto a plurality of adjustable baffles;
- each one of the plurality of adjustable baffles includes a longitudinal axis;
- pivoting one or more of the plurality of adjustable baffles relative to the cylindrical wall between a first position and one or more second positions about a pivot axis coincidentally aligned with the longitudinal axis wherein the tumbling characteristics of clothes within the dryer drum are affected by the first position or the one or more second positions of the one or more adjustable baffles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.