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US 7,251,905 B2Granted
Condensed water storing apparatus of a dryer
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsYoung Jin Doh, Chang Wook Kim
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Abstract
Disclosed is a drawer structure for storing condensed water generated during the drying procedure. The drawer prevents the condensed water form being leaked out of the dryer though the condensed water is fully filled in the drawer and overflowed from the drawer. Thus, a user may not throw away the condensed water whenever the laundry is dried.
Claims27
A condensed water storing apparatus of a dryer, comprising:
- a sump for storing condensed water;
- a drawer to which the condensed water carried from the sump is introduced;
- and
- a dispenser depressed a predetermined depth to receive the drawer;
- wherein the dispenser has a recess depressed in the bottom surface of the dispenser as much as a predetermined depth to store the condensed water overflowed from the drawer.
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A condensed water storing apparatus of a dryer, comprising:
- a condenser that generates condensed water;
- a sump in which the condensed water generated by the condenser is stored;
- a drawer for storing the condensed water carried from the sump, the drawer including an overflow controller depressed a predetermined depth from an outer circumference in order to collect overflowed condensed water, and a recess for preventing the condensed water overflowed out of the overflow controller from being flowed to the front, and
- a dispenser for receiving the drawer.
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A condensed water storing apparatus of a dryer, comprising:
- a sump for storing condensed water;
- a drawer to which the condensed water carried from the sump is introduced;
- and
- a dispenser depressed a predetermined depth to receive the drawer, wherein the dispenser includes:
- a dispenser recess formed in the bottom surface of the dispenser with a predetermined depth so that an overflowed condensed water is collected;
- and
- a protrusion protruded a predetermined height from a bottom surface of the dispenser recess and formed to be higher than the bottom surface of the dispenser as much as a predetermined length so as to lift up an end of the drawer slightly.
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A condensed water storing apparatus of a dryer, comprising:
- a condensed water storing sump in which condensed water generated in a condenser is collected;
- a drawer for storing the condensed water carried from the condensed water storing sump;
- and
- a dispenser for receiving the drawer, the dispenser having separation rib protruded from an inner circumference of at least one sidewall thereof, and
- wherein the separation rib is elongated from a front portion to a rear portion of the dispenser so as to prevent the condensed water overflowed from the drawer from being flowed to the front along a wall of the drawer.
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A condensed water storing apparatus of a dryer, comprising:
- a condensed water storing sump in which condensed water generated in a condenser is collected;
- a drawer for storing the condensed water carried from the condensed water storing sump;
- and
- a dispenser for receiving the drawer, the dispenser having a separation rib protruded from an inner circumference of at least one sidewall thereof, and
- wherein the separation rib is protruded on an inner side of the dispenser and there is formed at least one separation rib in front and rear direction at a predetermined interval to prevent an outer circumference of the drawer from contacting an inner circumference of the dispenser and the condensed water overflowed out of the drawer is thus flowed along the contact surface in front of the dispenser.
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A condensed water storing apparatus of a dryer, comprising:
- a cabinet configuring an appearance of the dryer;
- a drying drum received in the cabinet;
- and
- a drawer for storing condensed water, the drawer including:
- a front cover for configuring a front surface of the drawer;
- a drawer body mounted at a rear of the front cover to configure a rear surface of the drawer;
- and
- a combination rib integrally formed in a rear surface of the front cover so that the front cover is combined with the drawer body, a part of the rib being inclined to a predetermined height to form at least one locking hook to keep the drawer inserted in the dispenser from being separated from the dispenser;
- and
- a condensed water dispenser for receiving the drawer.
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A condensed water storing apparatus of a dryer, comprising:
- a cabinet configuring an appearance of the dryer;
- a drying drum received in the cabinet;
- a drawer for storing condensed water, the drawer including:
- a front cover for configuring a front surface of the drawer;
- a drawer body mounted at a rear of the front cover to configure a rear surface of the drawer;
- and
- a combination rib integrally formed in a rear surface of the front cover so that the front cover is combined with the drawer body;
- and
- a dispenser for receiving the drawer;
- wherein at least one combining protrusion is protruded on an outer circumference of the drawer body, and an insert groove to which the combining protrusion is inserted is formed in the combination rib so as to ensure compact combination between the front cover and the drawer body.
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A condensed water storing apparatus of a dryer, comprising:
- a cabinet configuring an appearance of the dryer;
- a drying drum received in the cabinet;
- a drawer for storing condensed water, the drawer including:
- a front cover for configuring a front surface of the drawer;
- a drawer body mounted at a rear of the front cover to configure a rear surface of the drawer;
- and
- a combination rib integrally formed in a rear surface of the front cover so that the front cover is combined with the drawer body;
- a dispenser for receiving the drawer;
- and
- further comprising a drawer recess depressed a predetermined depth in order to prevent the condensed water overflowed out of the drawer from being flowed to the front of the dispenser.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.