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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2021
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Inventors:
Tara Sriram, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marc Estruch Tena, San Jose, CA (US);
Fulya Yilmaz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/04 (2006.01); D06F 23/02 (2006.01); D06F 29/02 (2006.01); D06F 58/04 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 105/26 (2020.01); D06F 103/50 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/04 (2013.01); D06F 23/02 (2013.01); D06F 29/02 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01); D06F 58/04 (2013.01); D06F 58/206 (2013.01); D06F 2103/50 (2020.02); D06F 2105/26 (2020.02);
Abstract
A drum for a combination washer dryer can include a plurality of sections. The sections can be interconnected by a plurality of flexible gaskets. The drum can be configured to expand and contract radially. The drum can radially expand to dry wet laundry during a drying phase following a washing phase in which laundry is washed.