| CPC D06F 58/38 (2020.02) [D06F 34/04 (2020.02); D06F 34/28 (2020.02); D06F 58/08 (2013.01); D06F 58/26 (2013.01); D06F 2103/40 (2020.02); D06F 2103/46 (2020.02); D06F 2105/30 (2020.02); D06F 2105/46 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02)] | 14 Claims |
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1. A dryer comprising:
a main body having an opening for an object to be dried to be entered therethrough;
a drum arranged inside the main body and configured to accommodate the object entered thorough the opening;
a door configured to open or close the opening;
an input device configured to receive an input to perform a dehumidification mode, and output a control signal corresponding to the received input;
a heat exchanger configured to heat air supplied to the drum;
a fan configured to form a flow of air along a fluid path connected to the drum through the heat exchanger from outside of the main body; and
a controller configured to control the fan to introduce air from the outside of the main body to flow along the fluid path in response to the control signal received from the input device; and
a dehumidification unit including:
a first fluid path to guide the introduced air from the outside of the main body to the heat exchanger,
a second fluid path to guide air discharged from the from to the heat exchanger,
a fluid path guide configured to be in a first position to provide the first fluid path or in a second position to provide the second fluid path, and
a fluid path position detecting sensor configured to detect a position of the fluid path guide, and output a fluid path position detection signal in response to the detected position of the fluid path guide,
wherein the controller is configured to control the fan based on the position detection signal received from the fluid path position detecting sensor.
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