WASHING/DRYING MACHINE

Japanese Patent JP3815366

B2

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a washing/drying machine possible to perform a drying process with a simple structure, and to prevent a filter which collects lint from being clogged without making the machine main body larger or without increasing the weight, and to prevent a heater from being clogged even when the filter is accidentally forgotten to be fitted in, in a washing/drying machine having a washing process of washing, rinsing and dehydrating, and a drying process.
SOLUTION: An internal tub 42 which houses laundry is enclosed in an external tub 41, and an approximately doughnut-shaped external tub cover 43 is arranged on the upper opening side of the external tub 41. Then, an internal lid 44 is freely openably/closably provided on the internal opening part of the external tub cover 43. By a hot air blowing means 49, the outside air is sucked in and heated, and the hot air is blown into the internal tank 42. An air discharging port 42 which discharges the hot air in the internal tub 42 is provided on the external tub cover 43, and a discharge air filter 54 is freely detachably attached to a supporting member 43 which covers the air discharging port 42 and is provided on the external tub cover 43. The discharge air filter 54 has a cross sectional shape of an approximate U-shape or an approximate semi-circle, and the opened surface 55 of which is set in the approximately vertical direction.

Hiroshi Kajiwara
鑓 健太郎
Kenji Terai

JP2002115844A

August 30, 2006

April 18, 2002

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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd

D06F25/00; D06F39/00; D06F39/04; D06F39/10; (IPC1-7): D06F25/00; D06F39/00; D06F39/04

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JP1082884U
JP50026149A
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