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Samsung patents dryer design with reinforced air path

Samsung has been granted a patent for a clothes dryer that features a specific internal structure for moving air. The design includes a recessed path in the back of the drum housing that guides air to a drying unit, which then heats and recirculates it. A bracket and reinforcing ribs are added to keep this air path strong during operation.

Why it mattersThis is a routine mechanical improvement that likely aims to make the dryer more durable or efficient without changing how the user operates it.

In the filing’s own words

A clothes treating apparatus comprises a tub including a back forming a rear side of the tub, the back having a first region including a plurality of ribs, and a second region including a tub exhaust port and a recessed portion forming an exhaust path along which air discharged through the tub exhaust port is flowable, a drum inside the tub, the drum configured to be rotatable and accommodate laundry, a rotatable shaft configured to rotate the drum, a drying device to remove moisture from air discharged from the tub, heat the discharged air, and supply the heated air to the tub, a bearing housing coupled to the tub and configured to support the rotatable shaft, and a bracket including an exhaust port corresponding to the tub exhaust port, and a rigidity reinforcing portion coupled to the recessed portion to reinforce a strength of the recessed portion.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A clothes treating apparatus comprising: a tub including a tub back forming a rear side of the tub, the tub back having a first region including a plurality of reinforcing ribs, and a second region including a tub exhaust port and a recessed portion forming an exhaust path along which air discharged through the tub exhaust port is flowable; a drum inside the tub, the drum configured to accommodate laundry and to be rotatable; a rotatable shaft connected to the drum and configured to rotate the drum; a drying device provided at an upper side of the tub and configured to remove moisture from air discharged from the tub along the exhaust path, heat the discharged air, and supply the heated air back to the tub; a bearing housing coupled to the tub and configured to support the rotatable shaft; and a reinforcing bracket including a bracket exhaust port corresponding to the tub exhaust port, and a rigidity reinforcing portion coupled to the recessed portion to reinforce a strength of the recessed portion.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
Clothes treating apparatus
Patent number
US12735829B2
Application number
19027497
Filed
Jan 17, 2025
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
14

Classified under

D06F 58/04 Textiles & paperD06F 58/20 Textiles & paperD06F 25/00 Textiles & paperD06F 37/267 Textiles & paperD06F 39/12 Textiles & paper
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