Auxiliary dryer and multiple laundry machine

a technology of auxiliary dryer and laundry machine, which is applied in the direction of laundry drier, other washing machines, textiles and paper, etc., can solve the problems of excessive energy consumption, increased costs for consumers to perform both washing operation and drying operation, and difficulty in sterilization using ultraviolet rays, etc., to achieve convenient use, reduce energy consumption, and easy to add
US20080053164A1Inactive Publication Date: 2008-03-06LG ELECTRONICS INC
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
LG ELECTRONICS INC
Publication Date
2008-03-06
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Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

An auxiliary dryer that can be coupled to a general laundry machine and a multiple laundry machine constructed in a structure in which the auxiliary dryer is coupled to the general laundry machine are disclosed. The multiple laundry machine includes a laundry machine that performs washing or drying laundry received in a body thereof, an auxiliary dryer body having a laundry receiving part defined therein for receiving laundry, a coupling unit for coupling the auxiliary dryer body to one side of the laundry machine, and an ultraviolet ray sterilizing unit provided at the auxiliary dryer body for sterilizing the laundry, received in the laundry receiving part, using ultraviolet rays. According to the present invention, it is possible to treat and sterilize a small quantity of laundry using the auxiliary dryer without the operation of the relatively large-sized laundry machine. Consequently, the present invention has the effect of accomplishing convenient use and reducing the energy consumption.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

[0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2006-0083383, filed on Aug. 31, 2006, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety as if fully set forth herein.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] 1. Field of the Invention

[0003] The present invention relates to an auxiliary dryer, and more particularly, to an auxiliary dryer that can be coupled to a general laundry machine. Also, the present invention relates to a multiple laundry machine constructed in a structure in which the auxiliary dryer is coupled to the general laundry machine.

[0004] 2. Discussion of the Related Art

[0005] Generally, laundry machines are electric home appliances that are capable of washing and / or drying laundry. Specifically, the respective laundry machines perform a washing operation, a drying operation, or a washing-and-drying operation. Recently, there has been increasingly used a laundry machine, including a steam supply unit, that ...

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