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US 8,627,580 B2Granted
Dryer
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSungmin Kim, Jongseok Kim, Daeyun Park, Sogkie Hong
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Abstract
A dryer is provided. The dryer may include a main body having an inner space formed therein, a fixed drum provided in the inner space of the main body, and a tumbling device coupled to the drum. The fixed drum may have a non-circular cross-section as it is rotated. The tumbling device may tumble laundry items received in the fixed drum as it slides along an inner circumferential surface of the fixed drum.
Claims20
A dryer, comprising:
- a main body having an inner space formed therein;
- a fixed drum installed in the inner space of the main body, the fixed drum including a front wall having an opening formed therein, a rear wall facing the front wall, and a sidewall having a non-circular vertical cross section;
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- a tumbling device coupled to the fixed drum, wherein the tumbling device slides along an inner circumferential surface of the fixed drum as the fixed drum remains stationary to tumble laundry items received in the fixed drum.
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A dryer, comprising:
- a main body having a receiving space formed therein;
- a stationary drum fixed in the receiving space and having an opening formed at a front end thereof, the fixed drum having a non-circular vertical cross section;
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- a lint collector that maintains contact with and moves along an inner circumferential surface of the stationary drum to collect lint accumulated on the inner circumferential surface of the stationary drum.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.