Patent ID: 8713813
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. An industrial tumble dryer with a filter-cleaning device comprising a casing ( 1 ) wherein the following elements are found: a drum ( 2 ); means for introducing drying air into said drum ( 2 ) for drying clothes contained within the drum ( 2 ); a low-pressure chamber ( 3 ); means for drawing in said drying air from said drum ( 2 ) with the low-pressure chamber; and an air-filtering device ( 4 ) interposed in said low-pressure chamber ( 3 ), said air-filtering device ( 4 ) comprising a filtering element ( 5 ) means for retaining fuzz suspended in the drying air by attachment of the fuzz to said filtering element ( 5 ); means for causing detachment of the fuzz from said filtering element ( 5 ) with the filtering element ( 5 ) interposed in the low-pressure chamber ( 3 ), and a build-up enclosure ( 6 ) positioned with respect to the filtering element ( 5 ) to collect the detached fuzz falling off the filtering element ( 5 ) in response to the detachment of the fuzz from the filtering element ( 5 ) by said means for causing detachment of the fuzz so as to enable the fuzz to fall off the filtering element ( 5 ) and into said build-up enclosure ( 6 ); a cleaning opening ( 7 ) provided in said casing ( 1 ) in communication with said build-up enclosure ( 6 ), said cleaning opening ( 7 ) being configured to receive by socket coupling a suction nozzle ( 8 a ) of a portable vacuum cleaner ( 8 ) to remove the fuzz from the build-up enclosure ( 6 ) through suction with the filtering element ( 5 ) interposed in the low-pressure chamber ( 3 ); and a lid ( 13 ) associated with the casing ( 1 ) for closing the cleaning opening ( 7 ) when said suction nozzle ( 8 a ) of said portable vacuum cleaner is not connected to the cleaning opening ( 7 ).