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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2012
Seok Keun Bae, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Seong Min Oak, Hwanseong-si, KR;
Phil Soo Chang, Seongnam-si, KR;
Min Hee Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Hye Joon Seok, Incheon, KR;
Seok Keun Bae, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Seong Min Oak, Hwanseong-si, KR;
Phil Soo Chang, Seongnam-si, KR;
Min Hee Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Hye Joon Seok, Incheon, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A drying apparatus having a structure capable of improving condensation efficiency, and a washing machine having the same. The washing machine including a cabinet, a tub installed inside the cabinet, a drum rotatably installed inside the tub, a condenser duct configured to condense moisture in air introduced from the inside the drum, a drying duct configured to heat the air introduced from the condenser duct and supply the heated air to the inside the drum, and a condensation water storage unit formed at a circumference of the condenser duct to store condensation water that is used to condense the moisture in the air moving inside the condenser duct.