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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2007
Masafumi Nishino, Osaka, JP;
Kazushige Murakami, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuru Naganawa, Osaka, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Sanyo Electric Techno Create Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A laundry apparatus according to the present invention ensures an improved laundry drying efficiency. In the laundry apparatus, an air guide () is provided on an upper edge portion of an outer tub opening () as being opposed to an air inlet (). Drying air flowing downward from the air inlet () to be supplied to the outer tub opening () impinges on an inclined wall () of the air guide (). The drying air impinging on the inclined wall () is deflected into a drum () through a drum opening () (as indicated by a broken-line arrow). Thus, the drying air is prevented from further flowing downward in the outer tub opening () into a gap () defined between the outer tub () and the drum (), but supplied to laundry in the drum ().