Global Patent Index - EP 0816549 B1

EP 0816549 B1 20020502 - Domestic washing machine having a closed drying circuit, air condensation of vapour and self cleaning filter

Title (en)

Domestic washing machine having a closed drying circuit, air condensation of vapour and self cleaning filter

Title (de)

Haushalts-Wasch- und Trockenmaschine mit geschlossenem Trocknungskreislauf, Luftkondensation und selbstreinigendem Filter

Title (fr)

Machine à laver domestique comportant un circuit fermé de séchage, un système de condensation de la vapeur et un filtre auto-nettoyant

Publication

EP 0816549 B1 20020502 (EN)

Application

EP 97200837 A 19970320

Priority

IT MI961295 A 19960626

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0816549A2] A domestic laundry washer-dryer machine in which the closed drying circuit comprises an air/air heat exchanger (14), which is readily removable for inspection, and a self-cleaning filter (13) for trapping fluff, which filter is readily removable and is cleaned automatically, in a washing machine programme, with rinsing water in the course of a washing operation or also with the water of condensation itself at the end of a drying operation, with substantial savings in the consumption of water and optional recovery of the drying heat from the surroundings. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

D06F 25/00

IPC 8 full level

D06F 25/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D06F 25/00 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 58/22 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 58/24 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0816549 A2 19980107; EP 0816549 A3 19980304; EP 0816549 B1 20020502; DE 69712267 D1 20020606; DE 69712267 T2 20021219; IT 1284443 B1 19980521; IT MI961295 A0 19960626; IT MI961295 A1 19971226

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 97200837 A 19970320; DE 69712267 T 19970320; IT MI961295 A 19960626