EP2860304A3 - Rotary-drum laundry dryer - Google Patents

Rotary-drum laundry dryer Download PDF

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EP2860304A3
EP2860304A3 EP20140199832 EP14199832A EP2860304A3 EP 2860304 A3 EP2860304 A3 EP 2860304A3 EP 20140199832 EP20140199832 EP 20140199832 EP 14199832 A EP14199832 A EP 14199832A EP 2860304 A3 EP2860304 A3 EP 2860304A3
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tubular body
supporting
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gasket
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Marco Santarossa
Alessandro Vian
Marco Constantin
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Electrolux Home Products Corp NV
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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 

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Rotary-drum laundry dryer (1) comprising an outer casing (2) having a front wall (2a) and a rear wall (2b), a rotatable drum (3) which is structured for housing the laundry to be dried and is fixed in axially rotating manner inside the casing (2), and a hot-air generator (6) structured to circulate a stream of hot air through the rotatable drum (3); said rotatable drum (3) comprising a substantially cylindrical, tubular body (3) having its front rim (3f) coupled in axially rotating manner to the front wall (2a) of the casing (2) and its rear rim (3r) coupled in substantially airtight and axially rotating manner to the rear wall (2b) of the casing (2) with the interposition of a rear circular sealing gasket (10); the rotary-drum laundry dryer (1) being characterized in that said substantially cylindrical, tubular body (3) is structured for resting on a number of idle supporting rollers (8) which are arranged approximately at the two axial ends of the tubular body (3) so as to allow the tubular body (3) to rotate about its longitudinal reference axis (L) inside the casing (2), and the rear wall (2b) of the casing (2) comprises: a substantially vertically-oriented supporting bulkhead (14) which is made of plastic material and has a permeable-to-air central portion (14c) which is aligned/faced to the rear mouth of the tubular body (3) delimited by said rear rim (3r); a lid or cover (18) which is fixed in substantially airtight manner to the outer face of the supporting bulkhead (14) immediately above said permeable-to-air central portion (14c) of the supporting bulkhead (14), and is shaped so as to form, together with said supporting bulkhead (14), an inner cavity (19) which is fluidly connected to the hot-air generator (6) and to the inside of said tubular body (3); and a substantially cylindrical gasket-supporting collar (16) which protrudes from the inner face of the supporting bulkhead (14) towards the tubular body (3) while remaining substantially coaxial to the rear rim (3r) of said tubular body (3), and has a nominal diameter greater than that of the rear rim (3r) of the tubular body (3); the rear circular sealing gasket (10) being firmly fixed in abutment against the gasket-supporting collar (16) and the gasket-supporting collar (16) being realized in one piece with said supporting bulkhead (14).
EP14199832.8A 2012-02-27 2012-02-27 Rotary-drum laundry dryer Active EP2860304B1 (en)

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EP14199832.8A EP2860304B1 (en) 2012-02-27 2012-02-27 Rotary-drum laundry dryer

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EP12157177.2A EP2631353B1 (en) 2012-02-27 2012-02-27 Rotary-drum laundry dryer
EP14199832.8A EP2860304B1 (en) 2012-02-27 2012-02-27 Rotary-drum laundry dryer

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EP12157177.2A Previously-Filed-Application EP2631353B1 (en) 2012-02-27 2012-02-27 Rotary-drum laundry dryer
EP12157177.2A Division-Into EP2631353B1 (en) 2012-02-27 2012-02-27 Rotary-drum laundry dryer

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EP2860304A3 true EP2860304A3 (en) 2015-04-29
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EP2843114B1 (en) * 2013-08-27 2018-05-02 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag Rotary-drum laundry dryer
EP2843116A1 (en) * 2013-08-27 2015-03-04 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag Rotary-drum laundry dryer
EP2990521B1 (en) * 2014-08-29 2017-03-08 Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag Laundry dryer
DE102015105255B4 (en) * 2015-04-08 2017-12-21 Miele & Cie. Kg Dryer with a rotatably mounted in a housing drum for receiving dry material
KR20220114167A (en) * 2021-02-08 2022-08-17 엘지전자 주식회사 Laundry apparatus
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US3816942A (en) * 1972-07-24 1974-06-18 Maytag Co Bulkhead seal for clothes dryer
US4669200A (en) * 1985-11-27 1987-06-02 Whirlpool Corporation Bulkhead seal for clothes dryer
US5127169A (en) * 1991-01-25 1992-07-07 Maytag Corporation Clothes dryer
EP2423375A1 (en) * 2010-08-24 2012-02-29 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Rotary-drum laundry dryer

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US3816942A (en) * 1972-07-24 1974-06-18 Maytag Co Bulkhead seal for clothes dryer
US4669200A (en) * 1985-11-27 1987-06-02 Whirlpool Corporation Bulkhead seal for clothes dryer
US5127169A (en) * 1991-01-25 1992-07-07 Maytag Corporation Clothes dryer
EP2423375A1 (en) * 2010-08-24 2012-02-29 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Rotary-drum laundry dryer

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