US 12,338,570 B2
Dryer
Changbae Yeom, Suwon-si (KR); Yeonju Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyemin Cha, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/563,666.
Application 17/563,666 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/014980, filed on Oct. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0156628 (KR), filed on Nov. 20, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0034627 (KR), filed on Mar. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0162795 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 58/26 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 58/26 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A dryer, comprising:
a cabinet;
a drum disposed inside the cabinet;
a heat exchanger disposed inside the cabinet; and
a dehumidification unit configured to:
introduce air from outside the cabinet to the heat exchanger via a first flow path disposed in the dehumidification unit, to lower a humidity of the air, wherein the air is introduced from the outside via an inlet port disposed on a front side of the dehumidification unit, and is discharged to the heat exchanger via a discharge port disposed on a rear side of the dehumidification unit,
receive, via the drum, that has passed through the heat exchanger and the drum, and
discharge the air received via the drum to the outside of the cabinet via a second flow path disposed in the dehumidification unit and partitioned from the first flow path.