Drying machine and method with a predrying object-separating function

摘要

A drying machine has a predrying operation. In the predrying operation before heated air is supplied to the drying chamber to dry clothes in the drying chamber, the drum repeats the rotation of the clockwise and counterclockwise alternately in a short cycle, so that entwined clothes are got loose. During the predrying operation, cool air is supplied to the drying chamber. Then the heated air is supplied to the drying chamber, so that clothes are dried.