A dryer includes a main body having an opening for an object to be dried to be entered therethrough, a drum arranged inside the main body for accommodating the object entered through the opening, a door opening or closing the opening, an input device configured to receive an input to perform a dehumidification mode, and output a control signal corresponding to the received input, a heat exchanger heating air supplied to the drum, a fan forming a flow of air along a fluid path connected to the drum through the heat exchanger from outside of the main body, and a controller configured to control the fan to introduce air from the outside of the main body to flow along the fluid path in response to the control signal received from the input device.

A displaying apparatus includes a communication interface, a display, a drum accommodating a subject to be dried, a sensing device that constructs a wireless communication link with the communication interface by using power generated through self-power generation according to a rotation of the drum, a hot air supplying device that supplies hot air to the drum, and a processor configured to, based on constructing the wireless communication link between the sensing device and the communication interface, display a first object on the display.

A displaying apparatus includes a communication interface, a display, a drum accommodating a subject to be dried, a sensing device that constructs a wireless communication link with the communication interface by using power generated through self-power generation according to a rotation of the drum, a hot air supplying device that supplies hot air to the drum, and a processor configured to, based on constructing the wireless communication link between the sensing device and the communication interface, display a first object on the display.

A dryer includes a cabinet, a drum disposed inside the cabinet to accommodate an object to be dried, a first opening disposed on a front side of the cabinet to enable the object to be dried to be placed into the drum, a heat exchanger disposed inside the cabinet to exchange heat with air, a second opening disposed on the front side of the cabinet, and a dehumidification unit. The dehumidification unit is configured to supply outside air to the heat exchanger and air supplied to the heat exchanger is circulated from the heat exchanger into the drum and discharged from the drum to the dehumidification unit. The air discharged from the drum to the dehumidification unit is then discharged outside of the cabinet by the dehumidification unit.

A laundry treating appliance comprising a chassis including a chassis opening, a tub with a tub opening, a drum defining a treating chamber, an annular bellows extending between the tub opening and the chassis opening having an inner peripheral surface, a closure to selectively open/close the chassis opening, and an air recirculating system including a recirculating conduit and deflection component that can crate a circumferential airflow about the annular bellows.

A laundry treating appliance comprising a chassis including a chassis opening, a tub with a tub opening, a drum defining a treating chamber, an annular bellows extending between the tub opening and the chassis opening having an inner peripheral surface, a closure to selectively open/close the chassis opening, and an air recirculating system including a recirculating conduit and deflection component that can crate a circumferential airflow about the annular bellows.

A dryer includes a main body; a drum in the main body, the drum being rotatable and configured to receive an object to be dried by the dryer; a driving motor configured to rotate the drum; an input module configured to receive a command to perform a dry mode or a dehumidification mode from a user; a heat exchanger in the main body; and a controller configured to: in response to receiving the command to perform the dry mode, control the driving motor to rotate the drum at a first rotation speed, and in response to receiving the command to perform the dehumidification mode, control the driving motor to rotate the drum at a second rotation speed different from the first rotation speed.

A dryer includes a main body; a drum in the main body, the drum being rotatable and configured to receive an object to be dried by the dryer; a driving motor configured to rotate the drum; an input module configured to receive a command to perform a dry mode or a dehumidification mode from a user; a heat exchanger in the main body; and a controller configured to: in response to receiving the command to perform the dry mode, control the driving motor to rotate the drum at a first rotation speed, and in response to receiving the command to perform the dehumidification mode, control the driving motor to rotate the drum at a second rotation speed different from the first rotation speed.

Exemplary dryer appliances are provided herein including a cabinet having an upper portion and a lower portion. A drum is rotatably mounted in the upper portion of the cabinet. A slideable first drawer housing a filter is mounted in the lower portion of the cabinet. A slideable second drawer is mounted below the drum. One or more fans circulates air through the drum, through the filter of the first drawer, and through the second drawer before the air is exhausted from the dryer appliance, providing drying of articles within both the drum and the second drawer.

An energy efficient autonomous laundry system includes a plurality of combination washing and drying machines each one of which includes heated and cold side heat exchangers disposed in series within a dedicated closed air loop at each machine, a heat pump providing separate streams of heated and cooled fluid to the heat exchangers, one or more sensors disposed in the closed air loop, and a controller in operative communication with all of these system components. The controller is configured to receive an output signal of one or more air sensors in the closed air loop, analyze the output signal, determine, based on the analysis, whether the at least one air characteristic is within a range of values for at least one of air temperature, air flow, and air humidity, and adjust one or more controls, including controls for adjusting at least one of air temperature, air flow, and air humidity.