Laundry drying apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9885145-B2
Application number	US-201414155983-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2014
Priority date	Jul 16, 2013
Publication date	Feb 6, 2018
Grant date	Feb 6, 2018

Abstract

A laundry drying apparatus having a cabinet including a front panel with an opening for introduction and removal of laundry, a drying drum horizontally installed within the cabinet, and an air supply device to collect air from inside the drying drum, direct the air through ducts, and then return the air into the drying drum. The front panel includes an upper region where a door is installed and a lower region located below the upper region, and the upper region is tilted rearward by a predetermined tilt angle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A laundry drying apparatus, comprising:
a cabinet including a front panel with an opening for introduction and removal of laundry and a door for opening and closing the opening;
a drying drum horizontally installed within the cabinet;
an air supply device to collect air from inside the drying drum, direct the air through ducts, and then return the air into the drying drum; and
a lint filter mounted in a lower portion of the opening and detachable in an opening direction of the door, the lint filter being inclined downward in a rearward direction,
an anti-jamming member provided between the opening and the door,
wherein the front panel includes an upper region where the door is installed and a lower region located below the upper region,
wherein the upper region is inclined downward in a forward direction by a predetermined tilt angle, and
wherein the lint filter includes a top inlet for introducing air through the anti-jamming member and a lateral inlet for introducing air downward in a forward direction through the anti-jamming member.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the door installed at the upper region is tilted by an angle corresponding to the predetermined tilt angle of the upper region.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined tilt angle of the upper region is within a range of 10-14 degrees.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the lower region is indented inward of the front panel with respect to the upper region, and
wherein a seam portion between the upper region and the lower region protrudes forward of the front panel.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the drying drum includes:
a cylindrical drum body;
a front plate configured to rotatably support a front end of the drum body; and
a rear plate configured to rotatably support a rear end of the drum body.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the front plate protrudes toward the front panel and includes an inclined aperture connected to the opening formed in the front panel of the cabinet.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the air supply device includes:
a collection duct coupled to a lower side of the inclined aperture;
a blowing fan positioned within the collection duct to move air;
a heating duct coupled to the blowing fan to heat the moved air; and
a condensation duct to supply the heated air into the drying drum through the rear plate.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a lint filter mount is formed at the lower side of the inclined aperture.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the lint filter is mounted on the lint filter mount and located inside the collection duct.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein an air collector is formed below the inclined aperture such that the drying drum communicates with the lint filter.

11. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the door includes a door glass protruding toward the drying drum, and
wherein the anti-jamming member is provided on the inclined aperture to prevent laundry from jamming in a gap between the inclined aperture and the door glass.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the anti-jamming member has a crescent shape and extends from an inner lower portion of the inclined aperture to both sides of an upper portion of the inclined aperture.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
an auxiliary device provided below the cabinet to increase the height of the cabinet.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the auxiliary device includes:
a housing to support the cabinet and to define a space therein; and
a drawer receivable in the housing so as to be drawn forward of the cabinet.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Bae Sanghun
• Cho Hongjun

Classifications

• D06F58/20

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

• D06F39/12

  Casings; Tubs · CPC title

• D06F58/24 Primary

  Condensing arrangements · CPC title

• D06F58/22

  Lint collecting arrangements · CPC title

• D06F58/04 Primary

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