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Title:
DRYER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/155520
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This dryer is provided with: a rotary tank (34) having an annular balancer device (44) provided in an opening (43); an outer tank (33) which contains the rotary tank (34); a motor (36) which drives the rotation of the rotary tank (34); and a suspension device (32) for damping and supporting the outer tank (33). The balancer device (44) has: an outer hull which is formed into a hollow annular shape; an annular wall part which divides the inside of the outer hull into a plurality of layers in the radial direction of the rotary tank (34); and a fluid sealed within the plurality of layers divided by the wall part. The outer hull and the wall part are formed separately, and watertightness is maintained with respect to the fluid between the plurality of layers. As a result of this configuration, provided is a dryer which achieves an improvement in imbalance correcting ability by thinning the walls of the balancer device, and an improvement in watertightness, is capable of inhibiting drying vibration, and has a large opening in the rotary tank.

Inventors:
KUNUGI KOTA
MATSUI EIJI
HOSOKAWA AKIHIRO
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/006328
Publication Date:
August 30, 2018
Filing Date:
February 22, 2018
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Assignee:
PANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
D06F37/12; D06F49/02
Foreign References:
JPH1157279A1999-03-02
JPS52109772A1977-09-14
JP2016106942A2016-06-20
US20130312464A12013-11-28
JP2004261589A2004-09-24
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KAMATA Kenji et al. (JP)
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