Drum washing machine

• Main Authors: Yoo Sang Oh, Kang Geun, Seok Hye Joon, Bae Seok Geun, Lim Hyung Sub, Kang Min Hee
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.08.2017
• Subjects: BLASTING; DRYING; DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HEATING; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; WEAPONS

A drum washing machine having an improved air circulation structure thereof. The drum washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub arranged within the cabinet, a drum rotatably arranged within the tub, a drying unit which heats and circulates air discharged from the tub so as to dry laundry within the drum, the drying unit including a drying duct equipped with a heater to heat air therein, a circulation passage provided such that air circulates between the tub and the inside of the drying duct, and a suction member which is coupled to one side of the drying duct and introduces air outside the tub onto the circulation passage, and a discharge member which is coupled to one side of the tub and discharges part of the air in the circulation passage to the outside of the cabinet.