Laundry dryer and an air inlet structure thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsYoung Jin Doh, Soon Jo Lee, Young Hwan Park, Jun Seok Lee, Kyung Seop Hong, Soo Won Park, Hwan Joo Myung
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Abstract
There is provided an air inlet structure of a laundry dryer. In the air inlet structure, a base defines an air inlet, a front cabinet is disposed in front of the base and defines a suction hole to pass ambient air into the base, a cooling fan is stably disposed in the base to suck the ambient air, a blower tube forms a flow passage for the ambient air, a blower cover is fixed to the base to connect the blower tube and the cooling fan, and an air guide is disposed between the base and the blower cover, the air guide having a shroud at a center portion.
Claims22
An air inlet structure of a laundry dryer, comprising:
- a base defining an air inlet;
- a front cabinet disposed in front of the base and defining a suction hole to pass
- ambient air into the base;
- a cooling fan stably disposed in the base to suck the ambient air;
- a blower tube forming a flow passage for the ambient air;
- a blower cover fixed to the base to cover the cooling fan;
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- an air guide disposed between the base and the blower cover, the air guide having a shroud at a center portion.
An air inlet structure of a laundry dryer, comprising:
- a laundry dryer base defining an air inlet;
- a laundry dryer front cabinet disposed in front of the base and defining a suction hole to pass ambient air into the base;
- a laundry dryer cooling fan stably disposed in the base to suck the ambient air;
- a laundry dryer blower tube forming a flow passage for the ambient air;
- a laundry dryer blower cover fixed to the base to cover the cooling fan;
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- a laundry dryer air guide disposed between the base and the blower cover, the air guide having a shroud at a center portion.
An air inlet structure of a laundry dryer, comprising:
- a laundry dryer blower cover including an extended portion bent and extended by a predetermined length from an end thereof, a cover fixing tab protruded upwardly by a predetermined length from the other end thereof, and at least one laundry dryer guide protrusion projected from a bottom surface of the extended portion;
- a laundry dryer base on which the blower cover is mounted, the base including a tab keeper to hold the cover fixing tab;
- a laundry dryer air guide disposed between the base and the blower cover;
- a laundry dryer cooling fan stably disposed between the base and the blower cover, for sucking ambient air;
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- a motor for driving the laundry dryer cooling fan.
A laundry dryer comprising:
- a laundry dryer drum;
- a motor for driving the laundry dryer drum;
- a belt disposed along an outer circumference of the drum and an outer circumference of a shaft of the motor;
- a laundry dryer base in which the motor is disposed, the base including an air inlet for introducing an ambient air and a flow passage for the introduced ambient air;
- a laundry dryer cooling fan disposed in the base to suck the ambient air;
- a laundry dryer blower cover for enclosing the flow passage of the base;
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- a laundry dryer front cabinet disposed in front of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.