Patent ID: 8046933

Claim:
An apparatus for detecting a belt-cutoff of a dryer, comprising: a drying drum accommodating a laundry therein; a motor applying a rotational force to the drying drum and provided with a pressing element protruded from one side of an outer circumference thereof; a base on which the motor is seated; a belt wound around the drying drum and a rotating shaft of the motor; and a belt cut detecting unit provided adjacent to the motor for detecting the belt-cutoff, wherein the belt cut detecting unit is pressed as the motor is rotated by a turning moment when the belt is cut off, wherein the pressing element is formed on the outer circumference of the motor as it is curved at a predetermined curvature, and wherein the pressing element includes: a first bending portion which is curved at a specific curvature in order to prevent the belt cut detecting unit from being pressed by the pressing element; a second bending portion which is connected to the first bending portion and is curved at a curvature that is greater than the curvature of the first bending portion in order to prevent the belt cut detecting unit from being damaged when the motor is not correctly assembled while the motor is seated on the base; and a tip in which the first bending portion is converted into the second bending portion.