Drum for clothes dryer
US8042282B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 26, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/4891
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A drum for a clothes dryer in which an internal structure, especially, a baffle structure, of the drum is improved to prevent target items from being entangled and damaged during a drying operation to thereby improve the drying efficiency of the clothes dryer. Rotatable balls are inserted in the baffles mounted on an internal surface of the drum, the mounting arrangement of the baffles is changed, or the baffles are modified to thus improve the drying operation. In addition, an absorbent is filled in the baffles to thus increase the drying efficiency.
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