Global Patent Index - EP 1022373 A3

EP 1022373 A3 20001018 - Air-exhaust type clothes tumble drier

Title (en)

Air-exhaust type clothes tumble drier

Title (de)

Wäschetrommeltrockner mit Abluft

Title (fr)

Sèche-linge à tambour avec évacuation de l'air

Publication

EP 1022373 A3 20001018 (EN)

Application

EP 99122974 A 19991119

Priority

IT PN990001 U 19990119

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1022373A2] Clothes drier comprising, within an outer casing (1), a rotating drum (6) adapted to be loaded with the clothes and any other possible items to be dried, means (11) for heating, means (10, 12) for forcing the air to flow through the drum (6), means (15) for exhausting the air from the drier upon said air having become saturated, inside the drum (6), with the moisture contained in the clothes being dried. The present invention calls for filtering means (22), adapted to retain impurities carried by or anyway contained in the air taken in from the environment of the room where the appliance is installed, to be inserted along the flow-path (10) comprised between the air intake zone (21) of the appliance and the zone (13) at which said air enters the drum (6). <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

D06F 58/22

IPC 8 full level

D06F 58/22 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D06F 58/22 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1022373 A2 20000726; EP 1022373 A3 20001018; EP 1022373 B1 20040331; DE 69916006 D1 20040506; DE 69916006 T2 20041028; ES 2215356 T3 20041001; IT 248008 Y1 20021209; IT PN990001 U1 20000719

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 99122974 A 19991119; DE 69916006 T 19991119; ES 99122974 T 19991119; IT PN990001 U 19990119