Samsung patents washer that dries its own tub using dryer heat
This system connects a washing machine and dryer with ducts to remove moisture from the washing tub. A sensor checks humidity, and if needed, the dryer's heat pump blows warm air into the tub to dry it out.
In the filing’s own words
A clothes treating system may include a washing machine including a tub; a dryer including a heat pump and a fan; a first flow path; a damper to open and close the first flow path; a second flow path; a humidity sensor to detect humidity inside the tub; and a controller configured to: determine whether to perform a tub drying cycle, based on the detected humidity, and based on determining to perform the tub drying cycle, open the first flow path with the damper, operate the heat pump to heat air, and operate the fan to move the heated air through the first flow path, so that air flows into the tub through the first flow path and moisture from the tub is absorbed by the air and flows into the dryer through the second flow path.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A clothes treating system comprising: a washing machine including a tub; a dryer including a heat pump and a fan; a first duct to form a first flow path to move air heated by the heat pump to the tub; a damper configured to open and close the first flow path; a second duct to form a second flow path to move moisture from the tub to the dryer; a humidity sensor to detect humidity inside the tub; and a controller configured to: determine whether to perform a tub drying cycle to remove the moisture from the tub, based on the detected humidity, and based on determining to perform the tub drying cycle, open the first flow path with the damper, operate the heat pump to heat air, and operate the fan to move the heated air through the first flow path, so that the heated air flows into the tub through the first flow path and the moisture from inside the tub is absorbed by the heated air and flows with the heated air into the dryer through the second flow path.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Clothes treating system and method for controlling thereof
- Patent number
- US12768089B2
- Application number
- 18795772
- Filed
- Aug 6, 2024
- Granted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
D06F 29/005 Textiles & paperD06F 33/32 Textiles & paperD06F 34/26 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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