Clothing dryer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9816223-B2
Application number	US-201615229433-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 5, 2016
Priority date	Dec 2, 2013
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

A clothing dryer includes a drying tub configured to hold laundry and having an opening to load laundry; a filter housing disposed at a front of the opening and configured to accommodate a filter; and a first sensor and a second sensor disposed at the filter housing such that the first sensor is electrically connected to the second sensor through wet laundry contacting the first sensor and the second sensor simultaneously. Each of the first sensor and the second sensor includes a sensing part exposed to an inside of the drying tub and a bent part inserted to the filter housing. The filter housing includes a partition wall to separate at least a portion of the first sensor and the second sensor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A clothing dryer, comprising:
a drying tub configured to hold laundry and having an opening to load laundry;
a filter housing disposed at a front of the opening and configured to accommodate a filter; and
a first sensor and a second sensor disposed at the filter housing such that the first sensor is electrically connected to the second sensor through wet laundry contacting the first sensor and the second sensor simultaneously,
wherein each of the first sensor and the second sensor comprises a sensing part exposed to an inside of the drying tub and a bent part inserted to the filter housing, and
wherein the filter housing comprises a partition wall to separate at least a portion of the first sensor and the second sensor.

2. The clothing dryer of claim 1 , wherein the first sensor and second sensor are formed in a circumferential direction of the drying tub, and
the first sensor and second sensor are formed in parallel to each other.

3. The clothing dryer of claim 1 , wherein the filter housing comprises:
first sensor mounting parts at which the sensing parts of the first sensor and the second sensor are disposed, respectively; and
second mounting parts provided at end portions of the first mounting parts at which the fixing-bent parts of the first sensor and the second sensor are insertedly mounted, respectively.

4. The clothing dryer of claim 3 , wherein the second mounting parts are open toward a lower side thereof such that accumulated moisture is discharged therethrough.

5. The clothing dryer of claim 3 , wherein the partition wall comprises a sensing part partition wall to divide the sensing parts of the first sensor and the second sensor from each other,
wherein the sensing part partition wall is provided in between the first mounting parts.

6. The clothing dryer of claim 3 , wherein the partition wall comprises a fixing-bent part partition wall to divide the fixing-bent parts of the first sensor and the second sensor from each other,
wherein the fixing-bent part partition wall is provided in between the second mounting parts.

7. The clothing dryer of claim 3 , wherein the partition wall comprises:
a sensing part partition wall to divide the sensing parts of the first sensor and the second sensor from each other, the sensing part partition wall being provided in between the first mounting parts; and
a fixing-bent part partition wall to divide the fixing-bent parts of the first sensor and the second sensor from each other, the fixing-bent part partition wall being provided in between the second mounting parts.

8. The clothing dryer of claim 3 , wherein each of the fixing-bent parts comprise a hook inclination surface inclined in a direction opposite to an insertion direction in which the fixing bent part is inserted into the second mounting parts.

9. The clothing dryer of claim 2 , wherein each of the first sensor and the second sensor further comprise a terminal connecting part.

10. A clothing dryer, comprising:
a drying tub configured to hold laundry;
a filter housing disposed adjacent to the drying tub;
a filter accommodated by the filter housing; and
a first sensor and a second sensor disposed at the filter housing such that the first sensor is electrically connected to the second sensor through wet laundry contacting the first sensor and the second sensor simultaneously;
wherein each of the first sensor and the second sensor comprises a sensing part exposed to an inside of the drying tub and a bent part inserted to the filter housing, and
at least a portion of the first sensor and the second sensor are separated from each other by a partition wall formed at the filter housing.

11. The clothing dryer of claim 10 , wherein the first sensor and second sensor are formed in a circumferential direction of the drying tub, and
the first sensor and second sensor are formed in parallel to each other.

12. The clothing dryer of claim 10 , wherein the partition wall comprises a sensing part partition wall to divide the sensing parts of the first sensor and the second sensor from each other.

13. The clothing dryer of claim 10 , wherein the partition wall comprises a fixing-bent part partition wall to divide the fixing-bent parts of the first sensor and the second sensor from each other.

14. The clothing dryer of claim 10 , wherein the partition wall comprises:
a sensing part partition wall to divide the sensing parts of the first sensor and the second sensor from each other; and
a fixing-bent part partition wall to divide the fixing-bent parts of the first sensor and the second sensor from each other.

15. The clothing dryer of claim 10 , wherein each of the fixing-bent parts comprise a hook inclination surface inclined in a direction opposite to an insertion direction in which the fixing bent part is inserted into the filter housing.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Bae Byeong Won
• Yeom Chang Bae
• Jang Sam Young

Classifications

• D06F2103/10

  expressed as capacitance or resistance · CPC title

• D06F58/38

  of drying, e.g. to achieve the target humidity · CPC title

• D06F2058/2838

  Textiles & Paper · mapped topic

• D06F58/04

  Details  (controlling or regulating devices D06F34/00) · CPC title

• D06F58/28

  Textiles & Paper · mapped topic