Clothes dryer
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSeung-Phyo Ahn, Seung-Myun Baek, Jung-Wook Moon, Dae-Woong Kim, Byeong-Jo Ryoo
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Abstract
A clothes dryer is provided. In the dryer, air flowing into a drying container is provided with heat from heat pump. The clothes dryer comprises a cabinet, a drying container rotationally mounted in the cabinet, a motor providing the container with rotational force, a first air path connected to a side of the container, a second air path connected to another side of the container and to the outside of the cabinet, and a first heat exchanging member and a second heat exchanging member in the first air path. A damper may be additionally included in the second air path.
Claims5
A clothes dryer, comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drying container rotationally mounted in the cabinet;
- a motor providing the container with rotational force;
- a first air path connected to a side of the container;
- a second air path connected to another side of the container and to the outside of the cabinet;
- a first heat exchanger to remove heat and moister from air flowing along the first air path;
- a second heat exchanger to increase a temperature of air exiting the first heat exchanger, the air exiting the second heat exchanger flowing into the container;
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- an auxiliary air inlet to provide a flow of air at a location between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger, wherein the air from the auxiliary air inlet is combined with the air exiting the first heat exchanger and the combined air is heated by the second heat exchanger for input into the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.