Clothes dryer

US7644514B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Reinhard Heyder · Berlin, DE
• Thomas Nawrot · Berlin, DE
• Andreas Ziemann · Potsdam, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 2004
• Grant date: Jan 12, 2010
• Expiry date: May 17, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16C2340/00
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A clothes dryer which comprises a housing, a rotatable drum for receiving the clothes and a bearing for rotatably receiving the drum in the housing. In order to protect the bearing from overheating, a cooling air device for cooling the bearing is provided.