Patent ID: 9133575
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A washing machine, comprising: a cabinet; a tub provided in the cabinet to hold water therein, the tub having a heated-air inlet located at a front side of the tub and a heated-air outlet located in an upper side of the tub to allow inflow and exhaustion of hot air; a drum rotatably provided in the tub; a dry duct connected to the heated-air inlet and the heated-air outlet in fluid communication to provide a passage for the hot air to flow into the tub; a heater provided in the dry duct to generate hot air; a fan located between the heated-air outlet and the dry duct; an air-cooled type condensation device that condenses moisture on at least a predetermined area of an inner circumferential surface of the tub by heat-exchanging external air drawn into the cabinet with at least a predetermined area of an outer circumferential surface of the tub; and a first sensor that senses an amount of condensate generated in the tub.