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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2008
Applicants:
Tai Eun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jeong Han Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Byoung Yull Yang, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed herein are a dryer and a method of controlling a cleaning operation thereof that are capable of supplying moisture into a drying chamber of the dryer to wet contaminants in the drying chamber and blowing air to the wetted contaminants to remove the contaminants. The method includes supplying moisture into a drying chamber to wet contaminants in the drying chamber and removing the contaminants wetted by the moisture.