公开(公告)号：US20200378055A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16767094

申请日：2018-11-23

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Shigenori HATO ,  Toshifumi HASHIMOTO ,  Hitoshi MINAI

IPC: D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/04

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clothes dryer capable of reducing pressure loss of air due to a lint removal device. The clothes dryer includes a case, a drum rotatably supported inside the case, an air supply port configured to guide air into the drum, an exhaust port configured to guide air inside the drum to the outside of the drum, an exhaust duct configured to guide air passed through the exhaust port to the air supply port, a connecting duct connecting the exhaust port and the exhaust duct, and a lint removal device configured to remove lint in the air passed through the exhaust port, wherein the lint removal device is disposed inside the exhaust duct and configured to communicate with the connecting duct.

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.