Patent ID: 7805856
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A device for drying laundry, the device comprising: a drum receiving the laundry; a ducting system guiding a current of air, said ducting system having a section downstream of the drum, in which the current of air is directed downwardly; a filter disposed within the section and for capturing lint carried in the current of air from the drum; a scraper disposed adjacent the filter to clear trapped lint, wherein the filter includes a channel arranged in an approximately horizontal manner and in the form of an inverted arch and oriented with an upward facing arch opening and the scraper having a curved foil resting on the filter in a sprung manner and curved according to the shape of the channel, and wherein the scraper has a rest position at a first end of the channel, the scraper being movable in a linear direction from the first end of the channel to a second end of the channel to scrape lint off of the filter.