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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2011
Chang Bong Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
Jin Wook Yoon, Yongin-si, KR;
Sin AE Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Byeong Cheol Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
Seok MO Chang, Bucheon-si, KR;
Chang Bong Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
Jin Wook Yoon, Yongin-si, KR;
Sin Ae Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Byeong Cheol Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
Seok Mo Chang, Bucheon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A device and method for cleaning a lint filter in a clothes dryer. The clothes dryer includes an air channel connected to a drum to supply air into the drum and to guide air discharged from the drum, a dehumidification unit disposed in the air channel to condense moisture contained in the air discharged from the drum, a waterspout to collect condensed water created by the dehumidification unit, a filter to filter lint from the air discharged from the drum, a cleaning nozzle to spray water to the filter to remove the lint from the filter, a recovery water tank to receive water from the waterspout, and a cleaning water tank connected to the recovery water tank to receive water from the recovery water tank and to supply the water to the cleaning nozzle.