公开(公告)号：US20220090311A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-24

申请号：US17298200

申请日：2019-11-22

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hitoshi MINAI ,  Toshifumi HASHIMOTO ,  Shigenori HATO ,  Ryo AOKI

IPC: D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/02 ,  B01D46/681

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clothes dryer. The clothes dryer includes a drum configured to accommodate and dry clothes, and a lint removal device configured to remove lint in air flowing out of the drum. The lint removal device includes a filter part configured such that the lint is adhered thereto, and a screw rotatably disposed at an inner side of the filter part to push out the lint adhered to the filter part. The screw includes a shaft, and a blade extending from the shaft and having a helical shape, and the blade has elasticity to remove foreign substances introduced into the lint removal device without damage to the filter part.