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EP1857585A1
EP1857585A1 EP06114254A EP06114254A EP1857585A1 EP 1857585 A1 EP1857585 A1 EP 1857585A1 EP 06114254 A EP06114254 A EP 06114254A EP 06114254 A EP06114254 A EP 06114254A EP 1857585 A1 EP1857585 A1 EP 1857585A1
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cabinet
clothes
rack
clothes dryer
dryer according
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Jan Michalko
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Whirlpool Corp
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
    • D06F58/02—Domestic laundry dryers having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis
    • D06F58/04—Details 
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F57/00—Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired 
    • D06F57/12—Supporting means, other than simple clothes-lines, for linen or garments to be dried or aired  specially adapted for attachment to walls, ceilings, stoves, or other structures or objects

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  • the present invention relates to a clothes dryer comprising a cabinet, a clothes tumbling drum rotatably mounted within said cabinet, this latter having a front wall with an outlet opening for warm air from said drum.
  • the present invention is particularly related to a condenser dryer, but is can be used advantageously also for air vented dryers as well.
  • US 2799948 discloses a dryer provided with a delicate goods drying compartment placed on one side of the dryer cabinet and fed with warm air downstream the drum. Even if such solution does provide a good drying for delicate clothes, it makes the drying machine much larger and heavier than a traditional one. Moreover the user has not always delicate clothes to be dried, and this makes the added compartment useless for a usual drying cycle of the machine.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a clothes dryer of the type mentioned at the beginning of the description that, while solving the problem of treating delicate clothes and using the waste heat, remains simple and with an overall dimension of a traditional dryer.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a dryer in which the device for drying delicate clothes does not encumber when not in use.
  • a condenser dryer 10 comprises a cabinet 10a in which a drum (not shown) is rotatably mounted. The drum is accessible through a door 12 for loading the clothes to be dried.
  • the dryer 10 is provided with a grid through which hot air is discharged from the heat exchanger (not shown) in bottom part of the dryer.
  • the top portion of the dryer is provided with a seat 16a defined in the top wall 16 of the cabinet 10a.
  • This seat 16a is covered by a flat plastic cover 18 that defines, with the seat 16a, a hollow space or interspace 20 in which a hanging rack 22 is slidably mounted.
  • the hanging rack presents a front portion A and rear portion B (figure 4), the front portion A being provided with a front plastic handle 25.
  • the two side rods 22a of the rack 22 are connected by a plurality of parallel small rods 22b.
  • the handle 25 is shaped so that, in the idle configuration of the hanging rack 22 (i.e. inserted in the interspace 20) is flush with the outside surface of the cabinet 10a.
  • the rack 22 can be pulled out from the interspace 20 up to a predetermined position so that it remains suspended as a cantilever (figure 6).
  • the user according to the amount of delicate clothes to be hanged on the rack 22 can adjust the position of the rack 22 either by leaving it in a horizontal configuration (figure 6) or by tilting it upwards of about 30 degree (figures 4 and 7).
  • the warm air flowing from the heat exchanger in dryer plinth is directed by grid 14 in order to run over clothes (not shown) hanged on the rack 22.
  • a foldable deflector 24 to be used in connection with the grid 14 of the dryer 10 in order to convey warm air towards clothes hanged on the rack 22.
  • the foldable deflector 24 can be made of polymeric material and presents a polygonal shape defining a central rectangular portion 24a and two side triangular portions 24b linked to the central portion 24a by means of film hinges 26.
  • Each triangular portion 24b is provided, on a longer free edge 28, with a tab 30 adapted to be inserted in the lower portion of the grid 14 and with an elastic hook 31 adapted to grip an upper portion of the grid 14 in order to keep the deflector 24 in a stable position over the grid.
  • the deflector 24 In its flat configuration (figure 3) the deflector 24 can be easily inserted in the interspace 20 together with the rack 22. Therefore, by pulling out the rack 22, the user can take out the deflector 24, bend the two triangular portions 24b and then mount the deflector on the grid 14 as shown in figure 2 (in this figure the right triangular portion 24b is shown as only partially bent, i.e. in the process of being fixed to the grid). According to the invention, hot air from dryer heat exchanger is guide by deflector 24 to delicate clothes hanging on metal rack 22.
  • the two flat portions A and B of the rack 22 are linked together by a rotary mechanism 32.
  • the flat portion B acts as a cantilever support of the portion A and cannot be pulled out from the interspace 20.
  • the rotary mechanisms 32 is provided with knobs 32a (figures 6 and 7) allowing the portion A to assume several stable positions; one position is shown in figures 4 and 7, in which the portion A is inclined upwardly and it is therefore in a position substantially higher than the top wall 16 of the cabinet 10a, so that delicate clothes are better positioned, depending on clothes length, with respect to the air flow coming out from the heat exchanger, particularly if the grid 14 is provided with the deflector 24.
  • FIG. 5 Another position is shown in figure 5, where the portion A of the rack is in a fall down safety configuration in order to prevent the dryer from tilting down when, for instance, a child hangs on rack 22.
  • the rotary mechanism 32 is designed so that the rack falls down when a force of 10,5 ⁇ 2 kg is applied to the rack.
  • the plastic cover 18 may be translucent in order to make the hanging rack visible also in its retracted position, while the rack 22 can be realised in different ways, for instance by injection moulding a single piece of polymeric material.
  • the rack 22 instead of being built in two pieces hinged together, can be made of a single piece without the possibility of tilting it upward or downwards.

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EP06114254A 2006-05-19 2006-05-19 Sécheur Withdrawn EP1857585A1 (fr)

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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2196575A1 (fr) 2008-12-12 2010-06-16 Electrolux Home Products N.V. Sèche-linge domestique
US7946054B2 (en) * 2005-03-18 2011-05-24 Bsh Bosch Und Siemens Hausgeraete Gmbh Front assembly for a tumble dryer
US8015727B2 (en) * 2003-11-11 2011-09-13 Lg Electronics Inc. Dryer rack
EP2980302A1 (fr) * 2014-07-29 2016-02-03 Paolo Serafino Mongardi Élément d'assemblage pour une colonne de produits blancs

Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1146161A1 (fr) * 2000-04-10 2001-10-17 Whirlpool Corporation Accessoire pour sèche-linge à tambour
WO2003035961A2 (fr) * 2001-10-24 2003-05-01 Arçeli̇k A. Ş. Plan de travail pour appareils electromenagers
EP1431442A1 (fr) * 2002-12-18 2004-06-23 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Dispositif pour le séchage et pour le conditionnement de linge en liason avec un sèche-linge domestique
EP1710342A1 (fr) * 2005-04-04 2006-10-11 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Appareil domestique pour laver et/ou sécher le linge

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1146161A1 (fr) * 2000-04-10 2001-10-17 Whirlpool Corporation Accessoire pour sèche-linge à tambour
WO2003035961A2 (fr) * 2001-10-24 2003-05-01 Arçeli̇k A. Ş. Plan de travail pour appareils electromenagers
EP1431442A1 (fr) * 2002-12-18 2004-06-23 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH Dispositif pour le séchage et pour le conditionnement de linge en liason avec un sèche-linge domestique
EP1710342A1 (fr) * 2005-04-04 2006-10-11 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Appareil domestique pour laver et/ou sécher le linge

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8015727B2 (en) * 2003-11-11 2011-09-13 Lg Electronics Inc. Dryer rack
US7946054B2 (en) * 2005-03-18 2011-05-24 Bsh Bosch Und Siemens Hausgeraete Gmbh Front assembly for a tumble dryer
EP2196575A1 (fr) 2008-12-12 2010-06-16 Electrolux Home Products N.V. Sèche-linge domestique
WO2010066425A1 (fr) 2008-12-12 2010-06-17 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Sèche-linge domestique
EP2980302A1 (fr) * 2014-07-29 2016-02-03 Paolo Serafino Mongardi Élément d'assemblage pour une colonne de produits blancs

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