Washing machine with dryer
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYounghyun KIM
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Abstract
A washing machine with a dryer is disclosed. The washing machine includes a cabinet wherein a laundry inlet is provided on a front surface thereof, a tub arranged inside the cabinet, and including a front opening and a rear opening connected with the laundry inlet, a drum configured to rotate inside the tub, a heat pump including an evaporator, a compressor, a condenser, and an expansion valve so as to heat air provided to an inside of the drum, a steam generator configured to spray water to the condenser and generate steam by heat generated from the condenser, and a blast fan arranged on a steam supply flow channel continued from the condenser to the drum, and configured to transfer the steam generated at the steam generator to the inside of the drum.
Claims20
A washing machine with a dryer, comprising:
- a cabinet comprising a front surface having a laundry inlet;
- a tub arranged inside the cabinet, the tub comprising a front opening and a rear opening, wherein the rear opening is connected with the laundry inlet;
- a drum configured to rotate inside the tub;
- a heated air supply device provided above the tub, the heated air supply device including an evaporator, a compressor, and a condenser;
- a nozzle configured to spray water onto the condenser while heated air generated by the heated air supply device is provided to the condenser, so as to generate steam;
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- a blast fan configured to transfer the steam into the drum.
A washing machine with a dryer comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a tub arranged inside the cabinet, the tub comprising a front opening and a rear opening, wherein the rear opening is connected with a laundry inlet of the cabinet;
- a drum configured to rotate inside the tub;
- a heated air supply device provided above the tub, and configured to heat air provided into the drum;
- a nozzle comprising a plurality of spray holes configured to spray water onto some parts of the heated air supply device to generate steam using heat from the some parts of the heated air supply device;
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- a blast fan configured to transfer at least one of heated air and the steam generated by the nozzle to an inside of the drum,
- wherein the some parts of the heated air supply device comprise a plurality of heat radiation plates arranged at a specific interval along a longitudinal direction, and
- wherein each of the plurality of spray holes is arranged between two adjacent heat radiation plates among the plurality of heat radiation plates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.