Tumble dryer and a drying method
US10570557B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 2014 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 9, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD06F2105/46
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A clothes dryer comprises an inner drum, an outer drum, an air heating and supplying means and an air duct, and at least two air chambers each in communication with the air duct. The air chambers are respectively arranged corresponding to two sides along which clothes rise or fall as the inner drum rotates, the air chamber at one side starts supplying air and the air chamber at the other side stops supplying air according to a rotation direction of the inner drum, all air chambers are distributed in the order of front and rear of the outer drum in an axial direction, and the rotation direction of the inner drum is controlled according to the distribution of the air chambers, such that air is supplied in different positions corresponding to the front part and the rear part of the inner drum at different clothes drying stages, in order to dry clothes.
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