(19)
(11) EP 0 893 533 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.06.1999 Bulletin 1999/22

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.01.1999 Bulletin 1999/04

(21) Application number: 98305572.4

(22) Date of filing: 14.07.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: D06F 58/28
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 26.07.1997 GB 9715712

(71) Applicant: General Domestic Appliances Limited
Peterborough PE2 9JB (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Watts, Derek John
    Wildwood, Stafford, ST17 4SQ (GB)

(74) Representative: Waters, Jeffrey 
GEC PATENT DEPARTMENT, Waterhouse Lane
Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QX
Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QX (GB)

   


(54) Laundry dryer


(57) A laundry dryer comprises a drum 1, a motor for rotating the drum and a heater for heating air to be passed through the drum. Conventionally, laundry left in the drum on completion of a drying programme (selected by means of heat setting selector 5 and timer control 6), begins to crease and becomes difficult to iron. The invention provides means, selectively operable by turning timer control 6 to mark 7, for producing a conditioning sequence, to reduce creases in laundry in the drum, with heated air and unheated air being passed through the rotating drum.






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