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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1985
Filed:
May. 22, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toru Ozawa, Hitachi, JP;
Hiroshi Kinoshita, Hitachi, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34 82 ; 34133 ;
Abstract
A drum type laundry dryer has an outer frame, a drying drum rotatably supported by the outer frame and adapted to receive laundry to be dried, a fan for introducing air into the drying drum, a heater for heating air to be introduced into the drying drum, air outlet ports in the drying drum and a filter device adjacent to the air outlet ports. The filter device is formed by a net and a lint collector disposed in opposite relationship to the net. The lint collector is annular and spaced from the net a distance which is smaller in the inlet section of the lint collector than in an inner section thereof.