Patent ID: 7251906

Claim:
A drum type washing and drying machine comprising: a rotary drum to accommodate laundry therein; a front frame for forming a front surface of a main body of the washing and drying machine, wherein the front frame is provided with a laundry loading/unloading opening through which laundry is loaded into or unloaded from the rotary drum; a detergent dispenser accommodated in the front frame; a dryer filter, accommodated in the front frame, for collecting therein lint generated during a drying process; and a control panel for setting an operation of the main body and displaying an operating state thereof, wherein the dryer filter and the detergent dispenser are substantially symmetrically disposed with respect to the control panel interposed therebetween, and wherein a forwardly biased handle cover is rotatably installed on a front face of each of the detergent dispenser and the dryer filter, and the handle covers are almost symmetrically disposed with respect to the control panel.