Patent ID: 9045854
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: D06F,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A clothes dryer comprising: a drum configured to hold an article; a lint compartment in communication with the drum and set apart from the drum; a heating element; a fan; and a circuit loop, wherein the drum, the lint compartment, the heating element, and the fan form part of the circuit loop, the fan being configured to move air through the circuit loop, the heating element being configured to heat the air in the circuit loop, the heated air passing over the article to draw moisture out of the article and into the air, the lint compartment being configured to receive the moist air from the drum, to filter lint from the moist air that leaves the drum, and to collect the moisture from the moist air before the resulting drier air returns to the fan, wherein the lint compartment comprises a domed upper surface having an outer surface and an inner surface, the outer surface being exposed to the ambient air such that the inner surface achieves a temperature that allows the inner surface to collect the moisture in the lint compartment.