Samsung patents dryer design with reinforced back and air recycling
Samsung has been granted a patent for a clothes dryer that features a back panel with specific areas for structural support and air duct mounting. The design includes a duct made of stronger material than the tub itself to handle the airflow. A drying unit removes moisture from the air, heats it, and sends it back into the drum to dry the laundry.
In the filing’s own words
A clothes treating apparatus may include: 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 duct mounting portion; a drum inside the tub and configured to accommodate laundry; a rotatable shaft connected to the drum and configured to rotate the drum; a bearing housing coupled to the tub and supporting the rotatable shaft; an exhaust duct on the tub back and including a duct body mounted on the duct mounting portion, coupled to the bearing housing, and including a material having a strength that is higher than a strength of the tub; and a drying device configured to remove moisture from air discharged from the tub through the exhaust duct, heat the discharged air from which the moisture was removed, and supply the heated air back to the tub.
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 duct mounting portion; a drum inside the tub and configured to accommodate laundry; a rotatable shaft connected to the drum and configured to rotate the drum; a bearing housing coupled to the tub and supporting the rotatable shaft; an exhaust duct on the tub back and including a duct body mounted on the duct mounting portion, coupled to the bearing housing; and a drying device above the tub and configured to remove moisture from air discharged from the tub through the exhaust duct, heat the discharged air from which the moisture was removed, and supply the heated air back to the tub.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Clothes treating apparatus
- Patent number
- US12753541B2
- Application number
- 19037751
- Filed
- Jan 27, 2025
- Granted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 17
Classified under
D06F 37/267 Textiles & paperD06F 25/00 Textiles & paperD06F 37/264 Textiles & paperD06F 58/02 Textiles & paperD06F 58/206 Textiles & paperD06F 58/24 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.
Patent data and drawings: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USPTO.