CLOTHES DRYER

• Main Author: MUNAKATA HIDEAKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.08.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make possible to visually confirm the condition of the bottom inside a drum from a low line of sight, and reduce a possibility of failing to take out clothes after drying, by providing a mirror section that allows to confirm visually the condition of the inside bottom of the drum, on the inside of a door. SOLUTION: A clothes dryer 100 is placed in the upper part or a washing machine 200, in many cases, as illustrated. In such case, the line of sight 21 of a user 22 is lower than the lower end 20-1 of a clothes inlet 20, the user 22 cannot see the bottom 3-3 inside the drum 3 directly, which becomes a blind spot. Therefore, it is difficult for him to make sure visually whether clothes are present or not. However, a mirror 2-1a is provided in the inside of the door 2, the mirror 2-1a reflects the bottom 3-3 of the drum 3. Therefore, if clothes 23 remain at the bottom 3-3 of the drum 3, the mirror image help the user see it. The mirror may be a convex mirror obtained by mirror-finished a stainless steel plate and fitted to the entire surface of the inside of the door 2.