公开(公告)号：US20190330791A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-31

申请号：US16473229

申请日：2017-11-13

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yeon-Young NAM ,  Tim ROCHFORD ,  Ji Hyeoung LEE

IPC: D06F58/10 ,  D06F58/16 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/26

Abstract: Provided are a drying device having an improved structure in which an object to be dried is prevented from being damaged during a drying operation, and a clothes treating apparatus including the same. The drying device may include a casing, a drying chamber positioned inside the casing, a first drying rack positioned inside the drying chamber, and a second drying rack positioned above the first drying rack.

公开(公告)号：US20190249355A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-15

申请号：US16273651

申请日：2019-02-12

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Bio PARK ,  Beomjun KIM ,  Sangwook HONG

IPC: D06F58/26 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/28 ,  D06F58/20

CPC classification number: D06F58/263 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F58/02 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/206 ,  D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/28 ,  D06F2058/2829 ,  D06F2058/2841 ,  D06F2232/10

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus include: a cabinet; a tub disposed in the cabinet; a drum rotatably disposed in the tub, and having a cylindrical portion formed of a ferromagnetic material and a rear wall portion for closing an open rear end of the cylindrical portion, wherein the cylindrical portion has a plurality of through-holes formed therein and allows laundry to be loaded thereinto through an opening portion formed on a front surface; an induction heater disposed in the tub and configured to heat the drum by inducing an eddy current in the cylindrical portion; a duct disposed on an outer side of the tub, having an inlet communicating with an open front surface of the cylindrical portion, and an outlet communicating with the tub through a side surface of the tub surrounding the cylindrical portion; and an air blower configured to suction air, discharged from the drum, into the inlet.

公开(公告)号：US20190203406A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US15771247

申请日：2016-10-28

Applicant: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jindong BING ,  Rongfeng CHENG ,  Yijin LI

IPC: D06F58/08 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/26

CPC classification number: D06F58/08 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F2058/2864 ,  D06F2058/2877

Abstract: A dryer comprises a drying drum, a drum motor driving the drying drum to rotate, and a drying fan for making dried hot air enter into the drying drum. The drying fan comprises a volute, a fan disposed in the volute, and a drying motor driving the fan to rotate. The drum motor and the drying motor share one motor, and the motor is capable of forward and reverse rotation, and drives the drying drum and the fan to rotate forward and reversely. The amount of air flow passed by the fan is same in both cases of forward and reverse rotation. The forward and reverse rotation of the drying drum can more effectively shake the clothes in the drying drum, so that the drying efficiency is higher and the drying is more uniform.

公开(公告)号：US20190100866A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-04

申请号：US16087257

申请日：2017-03-21

Applicant: MAIKOLOGY DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY

Inventor： Patricia MANGAN ,  Colin KEOGH ,  Sean TOOMEY

IPC: D06F58/10 ,  D06F58/26

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes dryer and method of drying clothes. A clothes dryer (10) comprising:—a drying chamber (31), arranged to accommodate clothes, defined by at least one wall,—an air pathway, along which air is arranged to flow from an air inlet to an air outlet, comprising the drying chamber (31), wherein,—the at least one wall comprises a cavity wall comprising a first curved surface (11), a cavity (16) and a second curved surface (15),—the first curved surface (11) of the cavity wall being arranged to define an exterior surface of the dryer and to facilitate a transmission of light energy to the cavity (16) and/or the second curved surface (15),—the cavity (16) being arranged as comprised in the air pathway, and,—the second curved surface (15) of the cavity wall being arranged to define at least a part of the drying chamber (31).

公开(公告)号：US20190048517A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-14

申请号：US16059263

申请日：2018-08-09

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Seulgi PARK ,  Sangwook HONG

IPC: D06F58/26 ,  D06F39/04

Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus configured to directly heat a drum containing laundry therein. The laundry treatment apparatus comprising: a tub; a drum configured to rotate within the tub and to contain laundry therein, the drum being formed of a metallic material; and an induction module provided at an outer surface of the tub and configured to heat a surface of the drum within the tub via induction, the induction module comprising: a coil that comprises a wire through which an electric current is configured to pass so as to generate a magnetic field; and a base housing configured to accommodate the coil by defining a coil slot in which the wire of the coil is received, the coil slot having a width that is less than a diameter of the wire.

公开(公告)号：US10184718B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-22

申请号：US15369967

申请日：2016-12-06

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Mark L. Herman ,  Garry L. Peterman

IPC: F26B3/28 ,  F26B3/34 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/02 ,  H05B6/54 ,  H05B6/62 ,  F26B3/347

Abstract: A method for drying an article with a radio frequency (RF) applicator having anode elements and cathode elements includes capacitively coupling the anode elements, capacitively coupling the cathode elements, capacitively coupling an anode element to a cathode element, and energizing the RF applicator to generate an RF field between anode and cathode elements wherein liquid residing within the field will be dielectrically heated.

公开(公告)号：US20180355548A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-13

申请号：US16061168

申请日：2016-11-23

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Seong-Min OAK ,  Jung Sang CHOI

IPC: D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/26 ,  F26B21/00 ,  F26B25/06 ,  D06F18/00

CPC classification number: D06F58/24 ,  D06F18/00 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/26 ,  F26B3/02 ,  F26B21/00 ,  F26B21/001 ,  F26B25/06

Abstract: A drying apparatus according to the present invention and a laundry drying machine including the same circulate only some of humid air introduced from a drum and discharge the remaining humid air through a discharge port, and then introduce mixed air, in which external air introduced through an introduction port and circulated humid air are mixed, into the drying duct to supply the air to the drum. Accordingly, since air in which there is little moisture may be circulated, drying performance of the drying apparatus may be improved.Further, by disposing an introduction fan or a discharge fan adjacent to the discharge port and mixing the humid air with the external air, since the air of which the moisture amount is little may be discharged to the outside of a cabinet, or the air discharged through the discharge port may be quickly discharged to the outside of the cabinet by the discharge fan, occurrence of dew condensation in the cabinet may be prevented.

公开(公告)号：US10151060B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-11

申请号：US14950109

申请日：2015-11-24

Applicant: WATER-GEN LTD

Inventor： Sharon Dulberg ,  Arye Kohavi

IPC: F26B3/00 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/20 ,  F26B21/00 ,  D06F58/28

Abstract: A dryer apparatus is disclosed comprising a container having a container inlet and outlet, a pump that is configured to motivate a first air-vapor mixture flow via the container inlet and via the container outlet, a heating device configured to heat the first air-vapor mixture, a selector with at least two states, a compressor that is configured to compress and motivate a part of the first air-vapor mixture flow as a second air-vapor mixture flow, to flow through a first heat exchanger and to flow through a second heat exchanger and a pressure reducing device that is configured to reduce the pressure of said second air-vapor mixture downstream said first heat exchanger. The selector is configured to direct most of the first air-vapor mixture to flow in a closed cycle through the container, or configured to exchange most of the first air-vapor mixture with air located outside the apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US09976817B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-22

申请号：US14859910

申请日：2015-09-21

Applicant: WATER-GEN LTD

Inventor： Arye Kohavi ,  Sharon Dulberg

IPC: F28F3/08 ,  F16L53/00 ,  F24F3/14 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/26

CPC classification number: F28F3/086 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/26 ,  F16L53/00 ,  F24F3/1405 ,  F28D1/0426 ,  F28D1/0461 ,  F28D1/0477 ,  F28D7/085 ,  F28D9/0062 ,  F28D2021/0038 ,  F28F1/32 ,  F28F9/001 ,  F28F9/0265 ,  F28F9/0275 ,  F28F17/005 ,  Y10T137/6579

Abstract: Planar element adapted to form, when stacked with a plurality of other such elements, a heat exchanger, comprising an inlet region, a first zone adapted to direct flow from the inlet region towards a second zone, a second zone comprising at least one cutout in the plane of the planar element, adapted to accommodate a cooling core, a third zone, adapted to direct flow from the second zone towards an outlet region and an outlet region, the planar element comprising a first blockage protrusion disposed along a first group of said side edges, the first group comprising at least a side edge adjacent to said outlet region, and a second blockage protrusion disposed along a second group of said side edges, the second group comprising at least a side edge adjacent to said inlet region.

公开(公告)号：US20180010289A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-11

申请号：US15505710

申请日：2016-02-02

Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.

Inventor： LIHONG ZHAO ,  LUCK WEE PNG ,  YONG JIANG ,  CRISAN POPESCU

IPC: D06F58/20 ,  A61L2/08 ,  D06F58/10 ,  D06F58/26

Abstract: The invention relates to a garment care device (D) comprising a chamber (C) to receive at least one garment (G). The garment care device (D) also comprises a heating system (HS) for heating the at least one garment (G). The garment care device (D) also comprises a lighting system (LS) for emitting inside the chamber (C), a radiation having wavelength in the range [280; 500] nm. The garment care device (D) also comprises a metal oxide photocatalyst element (MO) disposed inside the chamber (C) such that the metal oxide photocatalyst element (MO) can receive the radiation. The chamber (C) comprises receiving means to receive the at least one garment (G) such that the at least one garment (G) remains spaced from the metal oxide photocatalyst element (MO). The garment care device according to the invention allows the combination of drying and sanitizing of garments, while imparting pleasant smell to garment in a safe and eco-friendly way.