Patent ID: 7681420
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A washing machine comprising: a main body; a tub for storing washing water in an inside of the main body; a drum received in the tub and rotating a ventilation fan for supplying dry air to the tub; a ventilation duct for connecting the ventilation fan with the tub; an exhaust unit for providing a pipe through which the dry air containing humidity of an inside of the tub is exhausted from the tub; a filter provided to the exhaust unit, for filtering lint; and a nozzle for spraying air to the filter to remove collected lint from the filter, wherein the nozzle comprises an inlet end connected with a portion of an air flow-path of the ventilation duct between the tub and the ventilation fan, and wherein the lint removed from the filter is accommodated in the inside of the tub and exhausted to an outside of the tub when water is drained from the tub.