Samsung patents flexible filter for garment care machines
Samsung has been granted a patent for a garment care device that uses a flexible filter to trap dust from the air. The filter is designed with specific cuts that allow it to bend, making it easier to install or remove from the machine. The system also includes a feature to dry the filter using heat and fans after it has collected dirt.
In the filing’s own words
A garment care apparatus comprises: a main body including a garment care room formed therein, the garment care room having a front side opened; and a filter installable in the main body to collect dust included in the air in the garment care space, wherein the filter comprises a bending guide formed by cutting away parts of the filter, and the cut parts and uncut parts of the filter make the filter bendable.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A garment care apparatus comprising: a main body including a garment care room formed therein, the garment care room having a front side that is openable; a filter installable in the main body and configured to collect dust included in air in the garment care room; a first fan inside the main body and adjacent to the filter; an inputter configured to receive a user command including a filter drying command; a heat exchanger configured to perform heat exchange of the air in the garment care room, the heat exchanger including: a compressor, and a second fan adjacent to the heat exchanger; and a controller configured to, based on receipt of the filter drying command, control an operation of at least one of the first fan, the second fan, and the compressor of the heat exchanger to dry the filter, wherein the filter includes: a filter body, and a filter frame configured to support the filter body, the filter frame including a bending guide having a plurality of portions that are cut from only a first side of an edge of the filter frame toward a second side of the edge of the filter frame that is without cut portions so as to make the filter bendable in a direction in which the plurality of portions are cut.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Garment care apparatus and control method therefor
- Patent number
- US12741242B2
- Application number
- 18094720
- Filed
- Jan 9, 2023
- Granted
- Sep 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
B01D 35/02 Operations & transportB01D 35/30 Operations & transportB01D 41/04 Operations & transportD06F 58/45 Textiles & paperMore from Samsung in Other
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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