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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Hyemin Cha, Suwon-si, KR;
Changbae Yeom, Suwon-si, KR;
Yeonju Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Kisu Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A dryer includes a main body having an opening for an object to be dried to be entered therethrough, a drum arranged inside the main body for accommodating the object entered through the opening, a door opening or closing the opening, an input device configured to receive an input to perform a dehumidification mode, and output a control signal corresponding to the received input, a heat exchanger heating air supplied to the drum, a fan forming a flow of air along a fluid path connected to the drum through the heat exchanger from outside of the main body, and a controller configured to control the fan to introduce air from the outside of the main body to flow along the fluid path in response to the control signal received from the input device.