Clothes dryer
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsTaedong GOH, Minhee Kim, Bohwan Choi, Jinsoo Choi, Youngho Ryu
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Abstract
A clothes dryer includes: a cabinet; a drum configured to rotate in the cabinet; a plurality of electrodes between the cabinet and the drum; a radio frequency (RF) power supply configured to apply a voltage to the plurality of electrodes to generate an electric field for dielectric heating of an object accommodated in the drum; and at least one lifter provided in the drum, formed of a metal material, electrically floated, and configured to rotate with the drum, each of the at least one lifter including a first portion in contact with the drum and a second portion bent from the first portion and facing an inner side of the drum.
Claims20
A clothes dryer comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drum configured to rotate in the cabinet;
- a plurality of electrodes between the cabinet and the drum;
- a radio frequency (RF) power supply configured to apply a voltage to the plurality of electrodes to generate an electric field for dielectric heating of an object accommodated in the drum;
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- at least one lifter provided in the drum, formed of a metal material, electrically floated, and configured to rotate with the drum, each of the at least one lifter comprising a first portion in contact with the drum and a second portion bent from the first portion and facing an inner side of the drum.
A clothes dryer comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drum configured to rotate in the cabinet;
- a plurality of electrodes spaced apart along an outer circumference of the drum between the cabinet and the drum;
- a radio frequency (RF) power supply configured to apply a voltage to the plurality of electrodes to generate an electric field for dielectric heating of an object accommodated in the drum;
- a direct current (DC) power supply configured to provide DC power to the RF power supply;
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- at least one lifter in the drum and configured to rotate with drum, the at least one lifter being electrically floated and being formed of metal without electrical connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.