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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Hitoshi Minai, Yokohama, JP;
Toshifumi Hashimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Shigenori Hato, Yokohama, JP;
Ryo Aoki, Yokohama, JP;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a clothes dryer. The clothes dryer includes a drum configured to accommodate and dry clothes, and a lint removal device configured to remove lint in air flowing out of the drum. The lint removal device includes a filter part configured such that the lint is adhered thereto, and a screw rotatably disposed at an inner side of the filter part to push out the lint adhered to the filter part. The screw includes a shaft, and a blade extending from the shaft and having a helical shape, and the blade has elasticity to remove foreign substances introduced into the lint removal device without damage to the filter part.