Drying apparatus having front support mounting assembly
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorSung Gi Hwang
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Abstract
In a drying apparatus having a drum and a front support mounting assembly, a front support is fixed directly to a cabinet using fixing brackets, to maintain a consistent distance between opposing surfaces of the drum and the front support. The front support mounting assembly includes a cabinet; a rotatable drum, horizontally installed within the cabinet as a drying chamber for holding an object to be dried, the rotatable drum having an open end; a front support for rotatably supporting the open end of the rotatable drum; and a fixing bracket for fixing the front support directly to the cabinet.
Claims24
A drying apparatus having a front support mounting assembly, the assembly comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a rotatable drum, horizontally installed within said cabinet as a drying chamber for holding an object to be dried, said rotatable drum having an open end;
- a front support which is an annular structure having front and back ends, wherein the back end rotatably supports the open end of said rotatable drum;
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- means for fixing said front support directly to said cabinet, wherein said cabinet comprises a mounting flange for receiving said fixing means wherein said fixing means comprises:
- a cabinet-fixing flange, formed at a first end, for providing a first mounting surface for coupling with said mounting flange;
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- a front support-fixing flange, formed at a second end, for providing a second mounting surface for coupling with said front support wherein said cabinet-fixing flange comprising a pair of hanging protrusions formed on a rear surface, and wherein said mounting flange of said cabinet has a pair of hanging holes for respectively receiving said hanging protrusions.
A drying apparatus having a front support mounting assembly, comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a rotatable drum horizontally installed within said cabinet as a drying chamber for holding an object to be dried, said rotatable drum having an open end;
- a front support for rotatably supporting the open end of said rotatable drum;
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- a plurality of fixing brackets for fixing said front support directly to said cabinet, wherein said cabinet has a forward edge bent to form a mounting flange for receiving at least one of said plurality of fixing brackets, and the at least one of said plurality of brackets comprises:
- a cabinet-fixing flange, formed at a first end, for providing a first mounting surface for coupling with said mounting flange;
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- a front support-fixing flange, formed at a second end, for providing a second mounting surface for coupling with said front support.
A drying apparatus having a front support mounting assembly, the assembly comprising:
- a cabinet having a forward edge formed as a mounting flange;
- a rotatable drum, horizontally installed within said cabinet as a drying chamber for holding an object to be dried, said rotatable drum having an open end;
- a front support for rotatably supporting the open end of said rotatable drum;
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- means for fixing said front support directly to the mounting flange of said cabinet, wherein said fixing means is a plurality of brackets, and each of said plurality of brackets comprises:
- a cabinet-fixing flange, formed at a first end, for providing a first mounting surface for coupling with said mounting flange;
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- a front support-fixing flange, formed at a second end, for providing a second mounting surface for coupling with said front support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.