Drying apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12029356-B2
Application number	US-202117151942-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 19, 2021
Priority date	Aug 31, 2020
Publication date	Jul 9, 2024
Grant date	Jul 9, 2024

Abstract

A drying apparatus is proposed. The main body ( 100 ) may constitute the frame of the drying apparatus. The fan receiving part ( 104 ) may be provided in an upper part of the main body ( 100 ), and the fan assembly ( 160 ) may be installed in the fan receiving part ( 104 ). In the fan receiving part ( 104 ), the fan of the fan assembly ( 160 ) may be relatively located at a side of a rear end of the main body ( 100 ), and a fan motor ( 170 ) may be relatively located at a side of the front end of the main body ( 100 ). Accordingly, outside air may be introduced through the side edges of the rear end of the main body ( 100 ); may flow through a filter assembly ( 180 ) directly to the fan housing ( 162 ); and may flow through the air exit ( 169 ) of the fan housing ( 162 ) directly to the duct ( 130 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A drying apparatus comprising:
a main body having a front end frame and a rear end frame constituting an exterior thereof and having an entrance hole through which air is introduced into the rear end frame, the main body allowing the air to be discharged by surrounding edges of a front surface of the front end frame;
a fan assembly disposed inside the entrance hole of the main body to receive the air from the rear end frame of the main body and generate a flow of the air;
a duct communicating with the fan assembly and allowing the flow of the air to be delivered to the surrounding edges of the front surface of the front end frame of the main body to be discharged; and
a moving bar movably mounted to the main body to discharge air introduced from an outside of the moving bar while moving up and down along the main body,
wherein the main body includes a fan receiving part disposed at an upper part of the front end frame and protruding therefrom toward a front of the main body in which the fan assembly is disposed therein.

2. The drying apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the fan assembly comprises:
a fan housing having an air entrance and an air exit, and having an air flow space therein;
a fan motor disposed outside the fan housing to supply a driving force; and
a fan rotated by the fan motor and disposed in the fan housing.

3. The drying apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the air entrance of the fan housing communicates with a filter assembly, and the air exit of the fan housing communicates with the duct.

4. The drying apparatus of claim 2 , wherein in the fan housing, a housing cover to which the fan motor is mounted is disposed at a side opposite to the air entrance, and in the fan receiving part, the fan motor is disposed at a side at which the front end frame is located.

5. The drying apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the air entrance of the fan housing is open toward a rear surface of the rear end frame, and the air exit of the fan housing is open toward a duct entrance of the duct disposed at a position lower than the fan housing inside the main body.

6. The drying apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising a heater disposed between the air exit of the fan housing and the duct entrance of the duct to set a temperature of the air.

7. The drying apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a filter assembly installable at the entrance hole of the rear end frame to purify the air introduced into the entrance hole.

8. The drying apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the air is introduced into the rear end frame through side edges of the filter assembly, and flows into the fan assembly through an inside of the filter assembly.

9. The drying apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the fan of the fan assembly has a rotational center corresponding to a center of the air entrance of the fan housing, and discharges the air introduced through the air entrance in radial directions, thereby allowing the air to flow to the air exit open toward a duct entrance.

10. A drying apparatus comprising:
a main body having an entrance hole through which air is introduced thereinto and having outlets through which the air is discharged toward a front of the main body;
a fan assembly disposed inside the entrance hole of the main body to receive the air from a rear surface of the main body and generate a flow of the air;
a duct communicating with the fan assembly and allowing the flow of the air to be delivered to the outlets; and
a moving bar movably mounted to the main body to discharge air introduced from an outside of the moving bar while moving up and down along the main body,
wherein the main body includes a fan receiving part at an upper part of the main body and protruding forward therefrom in which the fan assembly is disposed therein.

11. The drying apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the fan assembly comprises:
a fan housing having an air entrance and an air exit, and having an air flow space defined therein;
a fan motor disposed outside the fan housing to supply a driving force; and
a fan rotated by the fan motor and disposed in the fan housing.

12. The drying apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the air entrance of the fan housing communicates with a filter assembly that purifies the air introduced into the main body.

13. The drying apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the air exit of the fan housing communicates with the duct.

14. The drying apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising a heater disposed between the fan housing and the duct to set a temperature of the air.

15. The drying apparatus of claim 11 , wherein in the fan housing, a housing cover to which the fan motor is mounted is disposed at a side opposite to the air entrance, and in the fan receiving part of the main body, the fan motor is disposed at a side of a front end of the main body.

16. The drying apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the air entrance of the fan housing is open toward the rear surface of the main body, and the air exit of the fan housing is open toward a duct entrance of the duct disposed at a position lower than the fan housing inside the main body.

17. The drying apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the fan of the fan assembly operates to introduce the air in a direction of a rotational shaft thereof and discharges the air in radial directions thereof, so that the air flows in the air flow space of the fan housing and is delivered to the air exit open toward a duct entrance.

18. The drying apparatus of claim 10 , wherein a filter assembly to purify the air is installable in the entrance hole located in a rear surface of the fan receiving part of the main body.

19. The drying apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the air is introduced into the main body through side edges of the filter assembly, and flows into the fan assembly through an inside of the filter assembly.

20. The drying apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the entrance hole of the main body is open in a direction facing a wall surface to which the main body is located.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Dae Woong
• Lee Seung Yup
• Oh Min Kyu
• Kim Hyun Ki
• An Seong Woo
• No Yang Hwan
• Lee Sang Yoon
• Oh Byung Soo
• Jo Yeon A
• Kwon Gi Seop

Classifications

• F26B21/20

  Circulating air or gases in closed cycles, e.g. wholly within the drying enclosure · CPC title

• F04D25/06

  the pump being electrically driven (F04D25/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F04D29/701

  especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title

• F04D29/281

  for fans or blowers · CPC title

• F04D29/441

  especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title