DRYER

• US 20090165323A1
• Filed: 12/24/2008
• Published: 07/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Chang Hoo, Lee, Ju Dong
• Granted Patent: US 8,069,582 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 34/108
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 58/263 Gas heating equipment

Abstract

A dryer includes a cabinet; a drum rotatably mounted inside the cabinet; a front panel provided between the cabinet and the drum; a valve provided inside the cabinet to control supply and cutoff of gas and an amount of the supplied gas; a fixing piece for mounting the valve on one side thereof; and a bracket coupled to the other side of the fixing piece.

Claims

1. A dryer, comprising:

a cabinet;

a drum rotatably mounted inside the cabinet;

a front panel provided between the cabinet and the drum;

a valve provided inside the cabinet to control supply and cutoff of gas and an amount of the supplied gas;

a fixing piece for mounting the valve on one side thereof; and

a bracket coupled to the other side of the fixing piece.

2. The dryer of claim 1, wherein the bracket is provided with a projection which corresponds to a through hole part of the fixing piece.

3. The dryer of claim 1, wherein the fixing part includes a bended panel having a shape.

4. The dryer of claim 3, wherein the valve is mounted on an upper face of the fixing piece and the bracket is coupled to a side face of the fixing piece.

5. The dryer of claim 4, wherein the side face of the fixing piece is formed with a through hole part and the bracket is formed with a fastening hole part which corresponds to the through hole part.

6. The dryer of claim 1, wherein the front panel is provided with a service hole part.

7. The dryer of claim 6, wherein the service hole part is formed so as to corresponding to a position at which the valve is installed.

8. A dryer, comprising:

a cabinet;

a drum rotatably mounted inside the cabinet;

a front panel provided between the cabinet and the drum;

a valve provided inside the cabinet to control supply and cutoff of gas and an amount of the supplied gas;

a fixing piece for mounting the valve on one side thereof; and

a bracket slidingly mounted to the other side of the fixing piece.

9. The dryer of claim 8, wherein the bracket is provided with

a guide into which the fixing piece is slidingly inserted;

and

a support piece disposed at a lower side of the guide to support the fixing piece.

10. The dryer of claim 8, wherein the fixing part includes a bended panel having a shape.

11. The dryer of claim 10, wherein the valve is mounted on an upper face of the fixing piece and the bracket is coupled to a side face of the fixing piece.

12. The dryer of claim 11, wherein the side face of the fixing piece is formed with a through hole part and the bracket is formed with a fastening hole part which corresponds to the through hole part.

13. The dryer of claim 8, wherein the front panel is provided with a service hole part.

14. The dryer of claim 13, wherein the service hole part is formed so as to corresponding to a position at which the valve is installed.