A dryer, including a cabinet with an entry hole formed on the front surface thereof, a door being installed in the entry hole, a drum disposed within the cabinet and rotatable therein, an evaporator disposed in the cabinet to remove moisture from air circulating through the drum by condensing the mo
A dryer, including a cabinet with an entry hole formed on the front surface thereof, a door being installed in the entry hole, a drum disposed within the cabinet and rotatable therein, an evaporator disposed in the cabinet to remove moisture from air circulating through the drum by condensing the moisture, a drawer space disposed under the entry hole and depressed backward from the front surface of the cabinet, a drawer disposed in the drawer space to move with respect to the cabinet so that it is pulled out from the drawer space, a condensate discharge container to store condensate from the evaporator, the condensate discharge container being detachably held in the drawer, and exposed to a user when the drawer is pulled out, and a guide supporter to couple a cabinet-side structure and a drawer-side structure and to guide the pulling out of the drawer.
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1. A dryer, comprising: a cabinet with an entry hole formed on a front surface thereof;a door installed in the entry hole;a drum disposed within the cabinet and rotatable within the drum, the drum holding received laundry;an evaporator disposed within the cabinet to remove moisture from air circulat
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A dryer, comprising: a cabinet with an entry hole formed on a front surface thereof;a door installed in the entry hole;a drum disposed within the cabinet and rotatable within the drum, the drum holding received laundry;an evaporator disposed within the cabinet to remove moisture from air circulating through the drum by condensing the moisture;a condensate housing disposed within the cabinet, a condensate water condensed by the evaporator being collected at the condensate housing;a drawer space disposed under the entry hole and depressed backward from the front surface of the cabinet;a drawer disposed in the drawer space to move with respect to the cabinet in such a way as to be pulled out from the drawer space, the drawer being disposed separately from the cabinet;a condensate discharge container to store condensate from the evaporator, the condensate discharge container being detachably held in the drawer, and exposed to a user when the drawer is pulled out, and is disposed in the drawer space; anda guide supporter to couple a cabinet-side structure and a drawer-side structure and to guide the pulling out of the drawer,wherein the condensate discharge container has a length longer in a left and right width direction than in a front and back direction,wherein the condensate housing is disposed at a back of the condensate discharge container,wherein the evaporator is disposed within the condensate housing, andwherein the guide supporter has one side fixed to the structure on the cabinet side and has the other side fixed to the structure on a drawer assembly side, and supports the structure on the drawer assembly side. 2. The dryer of claim 1, wherein when the drawer is pulled out, the drawer is pulled out from the drawer space along with the condensate discharge container, wherein the guide supporter is configured to be extended. 3. The dryer of claim 1, wherein when the drawer is pulled out, the drawer is pulled out from the drawer space and the condensate discharge container remains in the drawer space, wherein the guide supporter is configured to be extended. 4. The dryer of claim 1, wherein the guide supporter couples the drawer and the cabinet, and supports the drawer. 5. The dryer of claim 1, further comprising: a condensate housing disposed within the cabinet to collect condensate from the evaporator,wherein the guide supporter couples the drawer and the condensate housing, and supports the drawer. 6. The dryer of claim 1, wherein a plurality of the guide supports are vertically stacked and coupled to the drawer and support the drawer, and are configured to be extended. 7. The dryer of claim 1, wherein a plurality of the guide supports are horizontally stacked and coupled to the drawer and support the drawer, and are configured to be extended. 8. The dryer of claim 1, wherein the guide supporter comprises: a first guide supporter fixed to the cabinet-side structure;a third guide supporter fixed to the drawer-side structure to support the structure on the drawer assembly side; anda second guide supporter to couple the first guide supporter and the third guide supporter. 9. The dryer of claim 8, further comprising: a latch to fix the drawer to the drawer space when the drawer is received in the drawer space,wherein the latch is disposed in at least one of the drawer-side structure and the cabinet-side structure and forms mutual engagement between the drawer-side structure and the cabinet-side structure. 10. The dryer of claim 8, further comprising: a latch to fix the drawer to the drawer space when the drawer is received in the drawer space,wherein the latch is disposed in at least one of the first guide supporter and the third guide supporter and forms mutual engagement between the first guide supporter and the third guide supporter. 11. The dryer of claim 10, further comprising: a drawer elastic member to provide an elastic force to the drawer-side structure when the latch is released. 12. The dryer of claim 11, wherein the drawer elastic member is disposed in the latch. 13. The dryer of claim 11, wherein the drawer elastic member is disposed in any one of the first, the second, and the third guide supporters. 14. The dryer of claim 11, wherein the drawer elastic member is disposed in at least one of the cabinet-side structure and the drawer-side structure. 15. The dryer of claim 1, wherein: the drawer further comprises a bucket to store overflow condensate from the condensate discharge container, andthe condensate discharge container is held in the bucket. 16. The dryer of claim 15, wherein the guide supporter is connected to the bucket and the cabinet-side structure. 17. The dryer of claim 15, further comprising: a condensate housing disposed within the cabinet to collect condensate from the evaporator,wherein the guide supporter couples the bucket and the condensate housing. 18. The dryer of claim 1, further comprising: a sensor disposed in at least one of the drawer-side structure and the cabinet-side structure to sense the pulling out of the drawer.
Underly, Kristina K.; Tomasi, Donald M.; Conrad, Daniel C.; Sunshine, Richard A.; Kendall, James W.; Viswanathan, Ameresh B.; Achterberg, Lorraine L.; Doyle, Colleen M., Modular laundry system.
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