Dryer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10329709-B2
Application number	US-201615200590-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2016
Priority date	Jul 2, 2015
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

A dryer, including a cabinet with an entry hole, a door being installed in the entry hole, a drum disposed within the cabinet, 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 to collect condensate from the evaporator, a drawer space disposed under the entry hole, a drawer disposed in the drawer space to be rotated based on one side of the drawer and pulled out from the drawer space, a condensate discharge container to store the condensate moved from the condensate housing, the condensate discharge container being detachably held in the drawer, and exposed to a user when the drawer is pulled out, and a guide supporter to couple a cabinet-side structure and a drawer-side structure and to guide the rotation of the drawer with respect to the cabinet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A dryer, comprising:
a cabinet with an entry hole formed on a front surface thereof;
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 be rotated based on a first side of the drawer and pulled out from the drawer space, the drawer being disposed separately from the cabinet;
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
a guide supporter to couple a cabinet-side structure and a drawer-side structure and to guide the rotation of the drawer with respect to the cabinet,
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 when the drawer is pulled out, the drawer is pulled out from the drawer space along with the condensate discharge container.

3. The dryer of claim 1 , wherein when the drawer is pulled out, the drawer is pulled out from the drawer space and the condensate discharge container remains in the drawer space.

4. The dryer of claim 1 , wherein the drawer is installed in a horizontal direction in such a way as to be rotated around the cabinet, and
wherein the guide supporter comprises a pivot disposed on the first side of the drawer to form a vertical rotating center of the drawer.

5. The dryer of claim 4 , wherein the guide supporter further comprises a rotation guide disposed on a second side of the drawer to guide the rotation of the drawer.

6. The dryer of claim 5 , wherein the rotation guide couples the drawer and the cabinet.

7. The dryer of claim 5 , wherein the rotation guide couples the drawer and the condensate housing.

8. The dryer of claim 1 , wherein the drawer is installed in such a way as to be rotated around the cabinet, and
the guide supporter comprises pivots disposed on both sides of the drawer to form a horizontal rotating center of the drawer.

9. The dryer of claim 1 , wherein the drawer comprises a bucket to store overflow condensate from the condensate discharge container.

10. The dryer of claim 9 , wherein the drawer is installed in a horizontal direction in such a way as to be rotated around the cabinet, and
wherein the guide supporter comprises a pivot disposed on a first side of the bucket to form a vertical rotation center of the drawer.

11. The dryer of claim 10 , wherein the guide supporter further comprises a rotation guide disposed on a second side of the drawer to guide the rotation of the drawer.

12. The dryer of claim 9 , wherein the drawer is installed in a horizontal direction in such a way as to be rotated around the cabinet, and
wherein the guide supporter comprises pivots disposed on both sides of the bucket to form a horizontal rotation center of the drawer.

13. The dryer of claim 9 , further comprising:
an overflow path disposed between the bucket and the condensate housing to recover overflow condensate 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.

14. The dryer of claim 1 , wherein a latch is disposed in at least one of the drawer-side structure and the cabinet-side structure,
wherein a hook is disposed in another of the drawer-side structure and the cabinet-side structure, and
wherein a state in which the drawer-side structure has been received in the drawer space is maintained by mutual engagement of the latch and the hook.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Nam Hyunsu
• Je Haeyoon
• Park Simong

Classifications

• D06F58/02

  having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis · CPC title

• D06F58/24 Primary

  Condensing arrangements · CPC title

• D06F58/20 Primary

  General details of domestic laundry dryers  (D06F59/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• D06F58/10

  Drying cabinets or drying chambers having heating or ventilating means · CPC title