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EP 4 775 725 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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21.10.2026 Bulletin 2026/43 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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15.07.2026 Bulletin 2026/29 |
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Date of filing: 28.06.2022 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC):
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL
NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR |
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Priority: |
28.09.2021 KR 20210127790
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Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC: |
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22876627.5 / 4310237 |
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Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
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Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 16677 (KR) |
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- LEE, Jaebok
16677 Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
- NOH, Taegyoon
16677 Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
- KIM, Hoyoung
16677 Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
- YOON, Namgyu
16677 Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
- CHOI, Junhoe
16677 Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
- HAN, Jeongsu
16677 Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
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Representative: Gulde & Partner |
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Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei mbB
Berliner Freiheit 2 10785 Berlin 10785 Berlin (DE) |
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(57) A clothes dryer (1) comprising: a cabinet (11) including a front panel (13) having
an inlet (13a) through which objects are placed, a drum (40) rotatably arranged in
the cabinet (11) and having a front opening (42) and a rear opening (43), the drum
(40) configured to have air flow along an interior of the drum (40) from the rear
opening (43) to the front opening (42), a front cover (70) formed to link the inlet
(13a) of the cabinet (11) and the front opening (42) of the drum (40), the front cover
(70) including a slope portion (72) formed to have a diameter decreasing toward the
inlet (13a)of the cabinet (11) from the front opening (42) of the drum (40), a rear
cover (90) formed to connect to the rear opening (43) of the drum (40) and having
an air inlet (24) formed at the rear cover (90) to guide the air to flow toward the
rear opening (43) of the drum (40) from an exterior of the drum (40), a fan (32) configured
to move the air into the drum (40), a heat exchanger arranged in the cabinet (11)
to cool the air discharged from the front opening (42) of the drum (40), an air outlet
(77) formed in a lower portion of the front cover (70) so that the air discharged
from the front opening (42) of the drum (40) flows to the heat exchanger, and a sensing
device (100) arranged on the slope portion (72) for sensing humidity in air discharged
from the front opening (42) of the drum (40), wherein the front cover (70) is arranged
in front of the drum (40) in the cabinet (11) and forms a flow path (71) connected
to an interior of the drum (40), and wherein the sensing device (100) includes a sensor
(110) facing the flow path (71), and is arranged to match the air inlet (24) along
a front-back direction.

