EP 1849911 A1 20071031 - Condensing unit for washer/dryer
Title (en)
Condensing unit for washer/dryer
Title (de)
Kondensator für Waschtrockner
Title (fr)
Condenseur pour lave-linge/seche-linge
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 06425281 A 20060426
Abstract (en)
A condensing unit (C) for a washer/dryer having a tank (T) connected to a drying circuit, that includes a fan (F) suitable to generate an air stream in said circuit and a resistor (R) suitable to heat the air prior to returning it to the tank (T), includes a condensing duct with a flat and elongated cross-section made up of an air channel (A) and a condensing water channel (W) divided by a thermal exchange surface (E), the air stream coming from the tank (T) flowing in a direction opposite to the stream of water introduced at the top in the water channel (W) through an electrovalve, both the air channel (A) and the water channel (W) being connected to the drain pump of the machine. In this way, there is realized a counter-current heat exchanger that allows to improve the condensing effectiveness with a subsequent decrease of the drying time and lower power consumption.
IPC 8 full level
D06F 58/24 (2006.01); D06F 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
D06F 25/00 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 58/24 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [E] EP 1688524 A1 20060809 - LG ELECTRONICS INC [KR]
- [X] WO 2005090670 A2 20050929 - ARCELIK AS [TR], et al
- [X] DE 4303655 A1 19940811 - MIELE & CIE [DE]
- [X] US 4154003 A 19790515 - MULLER FRANZ [DE]
- [A] US 5146693 A 19920915 - DOTTOR GIAMBATTISTA [IT], et al
- [A] DE 19615823 A1 19971106 - BAUKNECHT HAUSGERAETE [DE]
- [A] EP 0704569 A1 19960403 - MERLONI ANTONIO SPA [IT]
- [A] US 2004045327 A1 20040311 - KIM JAE-MYONG [KR], et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA HR MK YU
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 06425281 A 20060426