Clothing dryer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9822479-B2
Application number	US-201414554507-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2014
Priority date	Dec 2, 2013
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

A clothing dryer including a cabinet; a drying tub that is disposed in the cabinet and accommodates laundry; a drying shelf disposed in the drying tub; and a supporting member disposed to support the drying shelf and provided to be movable at a first position in which one side of the drying shelf is supported in the cabinet and at a second position in which the supporting member is mounted on the drying shelf. Through this configuration, supporting force of the drying shelf can be improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A clothing dryer comprising:
a cabinet;
a drying tub that is disposed in the cabinet and accommodates laundry;
a drying shelf disposed in the drying tub; and
a supporting member disposed to support the drying shelf and provided to be movable at a first position in which one side of the drying shelf is supported in the cabinet and at a second position in which the supporting member is mounted on the drying shelf,
wherein the supporting member comprises a pivoting portion pivotally connected to the drying shelf, a support part extending from the pivoting portion, and a fixed hanging portion formed at an end of the support part, the fixed hanging portion being configured to be fixed to a rear side of the drying tub.

2. The clothing dryer of claim 1 , wherein the drying shelf comprises:
a base on which an object to be dried is mounted; and
a hanging member which is provided at one side of the base and to which the pivoting portion is coupled using a hinge.

3. The clothing dryer of claim 2 , wherein, when a lengthwise direction of the base is a first direction, the hanging member protrudes from the base in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and
the supporting member is pivoted around the second direction that is a central axis.

4. The clothing dryer of claim 1 , wherein the drying shelf comprises:
a mounting groove on which the supporting member at the second position is mounted; and
fixing protrusions provided on the mounting groove to fix the supporting member.

5. The clothing dryer of claim 4 , wherein the drying shelf further comprises a separation groove that is disposed in the mounting groove so as to pivot the supporting member at the second position and is formed to have a larger width than the mounting groove.

6. The clothing dryer of claim 1 , wherein the drying tub comprises:
a cylindrical portion that is rotatably provided; and
a rear side portion having an outlet through which dry air is introduced into the drying tub and disposed at a rear side of the cylindrical portion, and
the fixed hanging portion is provided to be hung in the outlet.

7. The clothing dryer of claim 1 , wherein the drying shelf comprises a base on which an object to be dried is mounted, and
when the supporting member is at the first position, the support part is provided to form an obtuse angle with the base.

8. The clothing dryer of claim 7 , wherein the drying tub comprises:
a cylindrical portion that is rotatably provided; and
a rear side portion disposed at a rear side of the cylindrical portion, and
the drying shelf comprises a pair of supporting protrusions that protrude from the base so as to be supported by the rear side portion.

9. The clothing dryer of claim 8 , wherein
the pivoting portion is disposed between the pair of supporting protrusions.

10. A clothing dryer comprising:
a cabinet;
a drying tub that is disposed in the cabinet and accommodates laundry;
a drying shelf disposed in the drying tub; and
a supporting member comprising
a pivoting portion that is pivotably provided at one side of the drying shelf; and
a support that extends from the pivoting portion and is supported by a rear side of the drying tub,
wherein the supporting member is disposed to support the drying shelf and provided to be pivotable at a first position in which the drying shelf is supported by the rear side of the drying tub and at a second position in which the supporting member is mounted on the drying shelf.

11. The clothing dryer of claim 10 , wherein the drying shelf comprises:
a base on which an object to be dried is mounted; and
a hanging member which is provided at one side of the base and to which the pivoting portion is coupled using a hinge, and
the pivoting portion is coupled to the hanging member using a hinge so that the supporting member is capable of being pivoted.

12. The clothing dryer of claim 11 , wherein the hanging member protrudes from the base in a direction of a first axis that is a horizontal direction, and
the supporting member is pivoted around the first axis.

13. The clothing dryer of claim 10 , wherein the supporting member is provided so that the first position and the second position constitute an obtuse angle.

14. The clothing dryer of claim 11 , wherein the drying shelf further comprises supporting protrusions that protrude from the base toward the rear side of the drying tub so as to be supported by the rear side of the drying tub.

15. The clothing dryer of claim 10 , wherein the supporting member further comprises a fixed hanging portion that is bent from an end of the support and extends so as to be fixed to the rear side of the drying tub at the first position.

16. The clothing dryer of claim 10 , wherein the drying shelf further comprises:
a mounting groove formed concavely to correspond to a lengthwise direction of the supporting member so that the supporting member is capable of being mounted on the mounting grooves; and
fixing protrusions that are provided on the mounting groove to fix sides of the support.

17. The clothing dryer of claim 16 , wherein the fixing protrusions comprise a pair of fixing protrusions that support both sides of the supporting member that is at the second position.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Bae Byeong Won
• Jang Sam Young
• Choi Gyu Min

Classifications

• D06F2103/10

  expressed as capacitance or resistance · CPC title

• D06F58/38

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

• D06F58/04 Primary

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

• D06F2058/2838

  Textiles & Paper · mapped topic

• D06F59/02

  for garments · CPC title