Samsung patents washing machine drum with built-in air ducts for drying

Samsung has filed a patent for a clothes care machine that combines washing and drying functions. The design features a tub with internal ribs for strength and a specific channel in the back that guides air from the drum up to a drying unit.

In the filing’s own words

A clothes care apparatus includes: a housing in which a laundry inlet is formed on a front; a tub provided in the housing and configured to store water and including a tub back forming a rear side of the tub; a drum configured to be rotatable in the tub and accommodate laundry; and a drying device disposed above the tub, and configured to remove moisture from air exhausted from the tub and supply heated air to the tub, wherein the tub back includes: a plurality of reinforcing ribs protruding rearward to reinforce a rigidity of the tub back; and a tub duct formed in a portion of the tub back, configured to guide the air exhausted from the tub to the drying device.

Facts

Company

Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)

Official title

CLOTHES CARE APPARATUS

Publication number

US20260297835A1

Application number

19709112

Filed

Jun 16, 2026

Published

Oct 1, 2026

Inventors

5

Claims

19

Classified under

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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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