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Home laundry drier

US8631585B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 19, 2009
Grant dateJan 21, 2014
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Expiry dateMay 18, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06F58/22
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A home laundry drier (1) having a casing (2), a laundry drying tub (3) housed inside the casing (2), and a hot-air generator (5) for circulating hot air into the drying tub (3) along a drying circuit (4). The drier (1) has an air filter (11) fitted stably, but easily removably, inside a pocket (12) located along the drying circuit (4). And the filter (11) has a first mesh (18) defining a mesh wall of the filter (11), and the openings (18a) of which are sized to filter fluff/fibers of a size greater than or equal to a first size threshold (S1); and a second mesh (19) defining another mesh wall of the filter (11), and the openings (19a) of which are sized to filter fluff/fibers of a size greater than a minimum second size threshold (S2) lower than the first size threshold (S1).

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