Dryer

• US 8,069,582 B2
• Filed: 12/24/2008
• Issued: 12/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Ju Dong, Kim, Chang Hoo
• Primary Examiner(s): Gravini, Stephen M.
• Application Number:
  US12/343,526
• Publication Number:
  US 20090165323A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,077 Days
• Field of Search: 34/90, 341/05, 341/08, 346/01, 346/02, 346/03, 346/10, 68/5.R
• 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,

wherein the front panel is provided with a service hole part, and the service hole part is formed at a location corresponding to a position at which the valve is installed.

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. 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,

wherein the front panel is provided with a service hole part, and the service hole part is formed at a location corresponding to a position at which the valve is installed.

7. The dryer of claim 6, 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.

8. The dryer of claim 6, wherein the fixing part includes a bended panel having a shape.

9. The dryer of claim 8, 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.

10. The dryer of claim 9, 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.