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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7694434 | Laundry drier A laundry drier is provided. The laundry drier includes a base, a drying drum, a front cover, a back cover, a top cover, and side covers. The base includes an air passage in the inside of the base, and at least one discharge port for discharging air that has flowed ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7426791 | Energy saving device for clothes dryer and clothes dryer system comprising same An energy savings apparatus configured for use with a clothes dryer comprising an air duct and a damper assembly. The air duct has a first end and a second end. The damper assembly includes an air duct portion and a damper device mounting on the duct portion. The ai... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7347009 | Clothes dryer with a dehumidifier A clothes dryer with a dehumidifier is disclosed. The clothes dryer includes a cabinet, a drying container rotatably installed in the cabinet, a driving unit for supplying a rotational force to the drying container, a first air passage connected to a side of the dry... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7325333 | Heat pump device and drying machine There are disclosed a heat pump device and a drying machine using the device in which abnormal water supplying into a water-cooling heat exchanger for use in water-cooling of a heat pump can be easily detected without disposing any water amount gauge particularly. T... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322125 | Dry heater fixing unit of drum-type washing machine combined with drier A heater fixing unit of a drum-type washing machine is provided. The heater fixing unit more stably supports a heater installed in a dry duct to reduce vibration and a noise of the heater. For that purpose, the heater fixing unit includes a duct body, a heater, two ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7168274 | Combination washer/dryer having common heat source The combination washer/dryer and method for operating a combination washer/dryer. The washer/dryer has a containment drum which receives wash water, and includes a perforated clothes drum which rotates within the containment drum. A heat plenum is provided in heat t... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7137772 | Retractable drum fan A retractable drum fan in which two housing sections are telescoped to form a housing, and an impeller is disposed in the housing for forcing air through the housing. The housing sections are movable between a retracted position and an extended position. ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7093374 | Clothes dryer and method of controlling the same A clothes dryer and a method of controlling the clothes dryer. The method detects conditions of clothes using a sensor, and performs at least one of: a complex drying function to perform a drying operation, a deodorizing operation, and a wrinkle removing operation; ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6941680 | Cost-efficient clothes dryer A clothes dryer that is operatively attached to a heating system is illustrated. The clothes dryer receives heated fluid when the dryer is turned on. The dryer has a radiator that receives the heated fluid from the circulating fluid flow system. The fluid-filled rad... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6832441 | Washing and drying machine and method for controlling drying process thereof Method for controlling a drying process of a washing and drying machine including a preheating step for tightly closing and heating an inner tub for preparing an environment favorable for vaporization of water by elevating a temperature of the inner tub within a sho... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6779279 | Dryer having a filter sensing system A dryer having a filter sensing system that warns a user that a filter requires servicing is provided. The dryer includes a drum that retains laundry. Hot air is drawn through the drum (for drying) and out an exhaust casing having a filter for removing lint and othe... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6725563 | Drying method, drying device, and drying machine A drying method, a drying device, and a drying machine, capable of remarkably reducing a drying time by assigning the standby time for an article to be dried to a preliminary drying time in drying, wherein hot air is supplied to the drying machine so as to dry the a... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6655047 | Fire arrester for use with a clothes dryer A fire arrester for use with a clothes dryer includes a fire detector at the dryer vent to detect fires starting in the dryer and provides an electrical power disconnect means to break the flow of electrical power being supplied to operate the dryer. Opti... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6647643 | Clothes dryer A clothes dryer, for drying washed clothes, including a drum supported in a case rotatably, for drying clothes inserted to the inside of the case, a driving means installed in the case, for rotating the drum, a suction duct connected to a side of the drum... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6643953 | Clothes dryer utilizing suction duct extending into drum interior A clothes dryer in accordance with the present invention includes a drum rotatably supported in a case having an interior space for drying clothes. Air for drying clothes is supplied to the suction duct that is connected to one side of the drum. An extens... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6393725 | Compact microwave clothes dryer and method Compact microwave clothes dryer and method in which the dryer is small enough to be placed on a countertop, and air is circulated past microwave generator and power supply components to the drying chamber to transfer heat from the components to clothes in... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6195910 | Device for coupling an exhaust tube to an exhaust port A coupling device for coupling a conventional dryer flexible exhaust tube to the wall mounted exhaust port. The coupling device includes first and second coupling components each having corresponding first and second base plates with first and second exha... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6116060 | Washing and drying laundry system A washer and dryer combination is provided including a housing having a fixed casing and a rotating basin rotatably mounted within the fixed casing. Also included is a rotation motor for rotating the rotating basin upon the actuation thereof, a hot air ge... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6098312 | Exhaust vent adapter for a clothes dryer An adapter for a clothes dryer provides for venting exhaust air from a drying chamber outlet within the clothes dryer cabinet to an exhaust opening in the cabinet wall. The adapter provides for alternative dryer vent exhaust locations without the need for... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6088932 | Efficiency clothes dryer A clothes dryer has a plurality of high energy lamps. The high energy lamps are mounted so as to emit high energy radiation toward a drying chamber. A blower is arranged to move air to the plurality of high energy lamps so as cool the high energy lamps. T... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6067730 | Textile drying system suitable for installation in a laundry room located within or adjacet to a clean room facility A textile drying system is presented which draws in a quantity of air from an external space substantially equal to a quantity of air exhausted to the external space. The textile drying system includes one or more textile drying appliances (i.e., dryers) ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5881473 | Drying device for a coating machine A drying device for a coating machine equipped with a rotary pan (1), in which the products to be coated are introduced, includes air injecting means (5) for supplying air to dry the products inside the rotary pan (1), and an exhaust air pipe (7), equippe... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5860224 | Testing for blocked dryer vent A test instrument inserted into a filter access port of a clothes dryer blocks air flow through the port and has a sensor which senses a pressure difference between its front and back faces. A display responsive to the sensor gives indication of whether t... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5669157 | Apparatus and method for separating pieces of laundry A apparatus for separating pieces of laundry, comprising a drum which is rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis and with an open front and an open rear, which drum is accommodated in a housing, in which the rear of the drum is almost closed off b... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5397393 | Pan coating apparatus A pan coating apparatus wherein a blow-out portion is provided at the forward end of an air supply pipe inserted into a rotatable container, and the total opening area of gas outlets provided in the blow-out portion is set at 0.1-1 time that of perforatio... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5312599 | Rotary furnace apparatus for making chemically activated carbon An improved apparatus and method for the manufacture of activated carbon wherein a carbonaceous raw material impregnated with a chemical activating agent is treated by controlling the rate of heat transfer to the particles via indirect heating of the acti... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5302201 | Device for carrying out a sugar-coating and/or film coating method A device for carrying out a method of sugar-coating and/or film coating is provided with a partially perforated drum (48) which rotates about an axis (50). The inner space (47) of the drum can be exposed to a fluid flow (gas, fluid). The inner space (47) ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5270017 | Apparatus for making chemically activated carbon An improved apparatus and method for the manufacture of activated carbon wherein a carbonaceous raw material impregnated with a chemical activating agent is treated by controlling the rate of heat transfer to the particles via indirect heating of the acti... | 12/14/1993 |
| 4989347 | Dryer transition duct A transition duct assembly for a dryer air handling system, connecting a lint duct assembly to a blower housing includes two duct pieces assembled together with locking tabs and a tongue and groove arrangement at the longitudinal seams of the two duct pie... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4875298 | Preheater for clothes dryer An improved preheater for a clothes dryer delivers hot exhausted air from a dryer through a loop of tubing within a box-like housing for heat exchange with ambient air drawn through the housing. Valving is provided for selectively drawing ambient air to t... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4395831 | Dryer vent A vent apparatus for controlling the flow of heated exhaust air from a clothes dryer has a housing connected to the heated exhaust conduit and a filter within the housing for filtering the exhaust gases. Controls regulate the relative amounts of exhaust g... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4380126 | Heat recycling apparatus A heat recycling apparatus operatively connected to a hot air chamber having an exhaust pipe and an intake. The apparatus includes an intake conduit having one end in which there is an opening. A peripheral edge surrounds the opening. The exhaust pipe has... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4348818 | Device for recovering the exhaust heat of a clothes dryer The invention provides a device for recovering heat from an appliance which provides an exhaust of warm moist air, comprising an appliance exhaust duct connectable between the exhaust outlet of the appliance and a condensing chamber which is adapted to be... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4279082 | Solar assist and filter construction for dryer inlet An air inlet construction for a domestic clothes dryer and including a pair of selectively usable air inlet ports. One of the air inlet ports opens outwardly to the area immediately adjacent and exterior of the dryer and the other inlet port opens into th... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4275510 | Heat recovery in a laundry system In a laundry system including a washer, a dryer, and a water heater, the improvement of using a heat pipe to recover waste heat, whether it be from the hot air exhaust of the dryer or from the conductive losses from the dryer and to transfer that heat to ... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4270281 | Combined drum washer and drying arrangement A washing and drying machine comprises a perforate drum 14 rotatable with a liquid container 11 having, in its upper portion, a recess 12 in which is disposed a heat-register or heating element 18 and a reflector 13 providing for direct irradiation of the... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4106214 | Dryer attachment A heat reclaimer for use with a gas clothes dryer of the type including a rotary drum. The dryer includes a housing in the upper portion of which is a gas burner chamber. The heat generated in the gas burner is moved downwardly through the rotary drum by ... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4086053 | Clothes dryer gas heater assembly An automatic clothes dryer having a gas heater assembly for heating the air includes a gas control valve and a gas nozzle in gas flow communication with the valve. The gas nozzle has an exit orifice having spaced therefrom a plate member such that gas wil... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4019023 | Electrically heated dryer A dryer for articles such as a clothes dryer having a container for the articles and an air duct leading to the container for directing an air stream into the container for contact with the articles therein. Located in the duct is a heater for heating the... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4003138 | Air curtain for clothes dryer An inflow of air to a commercial clothes dryer is preheated by passage through a heated air curtain established by discharge of heated air from a nozzle outlet of an expansion chamber housing. The housing is supplied with heated air from a vertical exhaus... | 01/18/1977 |
