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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2007
Masanori Komori, Matsubara, JP;
Yoshirou Hisai, Osaka, JP;
Nobutaka Matsunishi, Fujiidera, JP;
Takahisa Ikegami, Nara, JP;
Masashi Yamamoto, Habikino, JP;
Masanori Komori, Matsubara, JP;
Yoshirou Hisai, Osaka, JP;
Nobutaka Matsunishi, Fujiidera, JP;
Takahisa Ikegami, Nara, JP;
Masashi Yamamoto, Habikino, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A washer-dryer apparatus has a blower for sucking air from a water tank and blowing the air into a washing and dewatering tub. At an inlet of the blower is provided a filter, which is cleaned by a cleaning device (). The cleaning device () has a main body () pivotable about one end thereof relative to an outer bottom surface of the water tank, a brush () provided on the other end of the main body, and a bias spring () for biasing the main body toward an opening direction. The main body () is subjected to a dynamic pressure of water in the water tank and thereby pivots in an opening direction. When the main body () has the pivoting angle of 90°, the brush () is in contact with the filter.