Dryer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10240277-B2
Application number	US-201615200460-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2016
Priority date	Jul 2, 2015
Publication date	Mar 26, 2019
Grant date	Mar 26, 2019

Abstract

A dryer including a cabinet with an entry hole formed on a front surface therefore; a door installed in the entry hole; a drum disposed within the cabinet and rotatable therein, the drum holding received laundry; an evaporator disposed within the cabinet to remove moisture from air circulating through the drum by condensing the moisture; a condensate housing disposed within the cabinet, condensate from the evaporator being collected in the condensate housing; a drawer space disposed under the entry hole and depressed backward from the front surface of the cabinet; a drawer disposed in the drawer space to move relative the cabinet in such a way as to be pulled out from the drawer space; and a condensate discharge container to store the condensate moved from the condensate housing, the condensate discharge container detachably held in the drawer, and exposed to a user when the drawer is pulled out.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A dryer, comprising:
a cabinet with an entry hole formed on a front surface therefore;
a driving motor disposed to the cabinet;
a door installed in the entry hole;
a drum disposed within the cabinet and rotatable by the driving motor, the drum holding received laundry;
an evaporator disposed within the cabinet to remove moisture from air circulating through the drum by condensing the moisture;
a condensate housing disposed within the cabinet, a condensate water condensed by the evaporator being collected at the condensate housing;
a drawer space disposed under the entry hole and depressed backward from the front surface of the cabinet;
a drawer disposed in the drawer space to move with respect to the cabinet in such a way as to be pulled out from the drawer space, the drawer being disposed separately from the cabinet; and
a condensate discharge container to store the condensate moved from the condensate housing, the condensate discharge container detachably held in the drawer, and exposed to a user when the drawer is pulled out, and is disposed in the drawer space,
wherein the evaporator is disposed within the condensate housing,
wherein the condensate housing is disposed at a back of the condensate discharge container, and
wherein the condensate discharge container has a length longer in a left and right width direction than in a front and back direction.

2. The dryer of claim 1 , wherein the condensate discharge container is pulled out forward from the cabinet.

3. The dryer of claim 1 , wherein the drawer is installed to linearly move back and forth with respect to the cabinet.

4. The dryer of claim 1 , wherein the drawer space is placed under the entry hole.

5. The dryer of claim 1 , wherein the drawer space is placed inside the front surface of the cabinet.

6. The dryer of claim 1 , wherein the drawer is placed under at least one of the drum and the door.

7. The dryer of claim 1 , wherein the condensate discharge container is disposed in a width direction of the cabinet.

8. The dryer of claim 1 , wherein a front and back direction length w 1 on a top surface of the condensate discharge container is smaller than a front and back direction length w 2 on a bottom surface of the condensate discharge container.

9. The dryer of claim 1 , wherein an incline plane is formed on a back surface of the condensate discharge container, and
wherein a front surface of the condensate housing is inclined in accordance with the incline plane of the condensate discharge container.

10. The dryer of claim 1 , wherein the drawer covers at least part of the condensate discharge container.

11. The dryer of claim 1 , wherein the drawer further comprises a bucket for storing overflow condensate from the condensate discharge container.

12. The dryer of claim 11 , further comprising:
an overflow path disposed between the bucket and the condensate housing to recover the condensate overflowed from the condensate discharge container toward the condensate housing,
wherein the overflow path is disposed on at least one of a bucket side and a condensate housing side,
wherein a coupling of the bucket and the condensate housing by the overflow path is released when the drawer is pulled out from the drawer space, and
wherein the bucket and the condensate housing are coupled by the overflow path when the drawer is received in the drawer space.

13. The dryer of claim 11 , wherein the drawer comprises:
a drawer cover to cover at least part of the condensate discharge container; and
the bucket disposed on a back surface of the drawer cover to hold within the bucket the condensate discharge container.

14. The dryer of claim 13 , further comprising:
a guide supporter to guide a pulling out of the drawer by coupling the bucket and the cabinet and to support a load of the drawer and the condensate discharge container.

15. The dryer of claim 13 , further comprising:
a guide supporter to guide a pulling out of the drawer by coupling the bucket and the condensate housing and to support a load of the drawer and the condensate discharge container.

16. The dryer of claim 13 , wherein the drawer further comprises a drawer holder disposed in the drawer cover, coupled to the cabinet, to support a load of the condensate discharge container, and
wherein the dryer further comprises a guide supporter to guide a pulling out of the drawer by coupling the drawer holder and the cabinet and to support a load of the drawer and the condensate discharge container.

17. The dryer of claim 1 , wherein the drawer comprises a drawer holder disposed in the drawer cover, coupled to the cabinet, to support a load of the condensate discharge container, and
wherein the dryer further comprises a guide supporter to guide a pulling out of the drawer by coupling the drawer holder and the condensate housing and to support a load of the drawer and the condensate discharge container.

18. The dryer of claim 1 , wherein an incline plane is formed on a back surface of the condensate discharge container.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Nam Hyunsu
• Lee Junseok

Classifications

• D06F58/24 Primary

  Condensing arrangements · CPC title

• D06F58/02 Primary

  having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis · CPC title

• D06F2103/40

  Opening or locking status of doors · CPC title

• D06F34/20

  Parameters relating to constructional components, e.g. door sensors · CPC title