Patent ID: 7640678

Claim:
A laundry dryer, comprising: a cabinet; a drying drum disposed within the cabinet; a drying duct installed at an outer rear surface of the cabinet and having an outlet end thereof connected to an inlet into the drying drum; a base disposed within the cabinet, the base including: a lower base, including: an air passage that receives exhaust air from the drying drum and discharges the exhaust air from the cabinet; an air intake port that guides air from a space formed between the drying drum and the base within the cabinet into an inlet end of the drying duct; and a slot positioned upstream of the air intake port so as to separate impurities from air before it flows through the air intake port; and an upper base coupled to a top of the lower base so as to define an upper portion of the air passage; and a lint blocking member installed in the air intake port, wherein the lint blocking member filters impurities from air flowing through the air intake port that have not been separated by the slot provided with the lower base, wherein the slot is positioned immediately upstream of the air intake port such that impurities included in air from the space formed between the drying drum and the base within the cabinet fall into the slot before the air flows through the air intake port, through the drying duct and into the drum, wherein the slot is formed as a downward recess of predetermined depth in the lower base.