Samsung patents dryer filter that seals itself to prevent air leaks
Samsung has filed a patent for a clothes dryer design that improves how the air filter attaches to the machine. The system uses a specific rail and guide mechanism to ensure a sealing material presses tightly against the housing when the filter is installed, creating an airtight connection.
In the filing’s own words
A clothes treating apparatus may include a tub, a drying device configured to supply dry air to the tub and including a drying case on which an evaporator and a condenser are mounted, a filter detachably mountable on the drying device, and a sealing member configured to seal between the filter and the drying case when the filter is mounted on the drying device. The drying case may include a filter rail configured to guide the filter so that the sealing member is spaced apart from the drying case while the filter is mounted on the drying device, and a close-contact guide configured to guide the filter so that the sealing member comes into close contact with the drying case when the filter is mounted on the drying device.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A clothes treating apparatus comprising: a tub; a drying device configured to supply dry air to the tub and comprising a drying case on which an evaporator and a condenser are mounted; a filter configured to be detachably mountable on the drying device; and a sealing member, comprising sealing material, configured to seal between at least the filter and the drying case when the filter is mounted on the drying device, wherein the drying case comprises: a filter rail configured to guide the filter so that the sealing member is spaced apart from the drying case while the filter is mounted on the drying device; and a close-contact guide configured to guide the filter so that the sealing member comes into close contact with the drying case when the filter is mounted on the drying device.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- CLOTHES TREATING APPARATUS
- Publication number
- US20260327895A1
- Application number
- 19468256
- Filed
- Feb 3, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
D06F 58/22 Textiles & paperB01D 46/0002 Operations & transportB01D 46/4227 Operations & transportD06F 58/04 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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