# US 2020/0399819 A1 · Clothes dryer

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- Number: US 2020/0399819 A1
- Document ID: US20200399819A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/975,181
- Filed: 2019-02-18
- Published: 2020-12-24
- Earliest claimed: 2018-02-23
- Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Seung-Mok Lee; Sam Young Jang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200399819A1

## CPC

- D06F 58/04: Details (controlling or regulating devices D06F34/00)
- D06F 58/20: General details of domestic laundry dryers (D06F59/00 takes precedence)
- D06F: LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES

## Abstract

Provided is a clothes dryer having an improved structure which allows a drying performance to be improved. The clothes dryer includes a cabinet having an inlet, a support frame having a laundry inlet corresponding to the inlet and disposed inside the cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet and having an opening corresponding to the laundry inlet, and a sealing member disposed between the laundry inlet of the support frame and the opening of the drum, wherein the sealing member includes a seal body having an elastic material.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A clothes dryer comprising:
a cabinet having an inlet;
a support frame having a laundry inlet corresponding to the inlet and disposed inside the cabinet;
a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet and having an opening corresponding to the laundry inlet; and
a sealing member disposed between the laundry inlet of the support frame and the opening of the drum,
wherein the sealing member includes a seal body having an elastic material, and
the seal body includes:
a base portion disposed on a seal body seating portion formed on the laundry inlet of the support frame;
an extension portion extended from one end portion of the base portion in a bent shape and facing an inner surface of the opening of the drum; and
a lip portion extended from one end portion of the extension portion in a bent shape,
wherein the lip portion has a length shorter than a length of the extension portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The clothes dryer of claim 1, wherein the seal body seating portion is formed along a circumference of the laundry inlet of the support frame.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The clothes dryer of claim 2, wherein the seal body includes at least one protrusion portion extended from the extension portion toward the base portion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The clothes dryer of claim 1, wherein the sealing member further includes a seal cover coupled to the extension portion and having a fabric material.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The clothes dryer of claim 4, wherein the seal cover makes a surface contact with the inner surface of the opening of the drum.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The clothes dryer of claim 4, wherein the seal cover includes a plurality of protrusions that make a contact with the inner surface of the opening of the drum.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The clothes dryer of claim 4, wherein the extension portion includes a seal cover coupling surface to which the seal cover is coupled, and the seal cover coupling surface is provided with a plurality of protrusions.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The clothes dryer of claim 7, wherein the seal cover includes a drum counterpart surface that faces the inner surface of the opening of the drum, and
the drum counterpart surface is provided with an uneven portion corresponding to the plurality of protrusions.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The clothes dryer of claim 1, wherein the support frame includes a separation preventing step protruding from the seal body seating portion and configured to prevent the seal body from being separated from the seal body seating portion.

### Claim 10 (depends on 3)

The clothes dryer of claim 3, wherein the seal body includes:
a first end portion formed by overlapping the base portion and the lip portion; and
a second end portion formed by overlapping the base portion and the extension portion.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The clothes dryer of claim 10, wherein the seal body further includes an intermediate wall formed by overlapping the base portion, the extension portion, and the at least one protrusion portion.