Global Patent Index - EP 2116647 A1

EP 2116647 A1 20091111 - Laundry dryer or washing/drying machine

Title (en)

Laundry dryer or washing/drying machine

Title (de)

Wäschetrockner oder Wasch-/Trocknermaschine

Title (fr)

Machine à laver/sécher le linge

Publication

EP 2116647 A1 20091111 (EN)

Application

EP 09159319 A 20090504

Priority

IT TO20080337 A 20080506

Abstract (en)

The present invention relates to a method for drying laundry (3) in a ventilation laundry dryer or washing/drying machine (1,10), wherein the laundry is dried in a drum (2) where it is subjected to the action of an air flow that causes the water contained therein to evaporate, wherein a drying cycle comprises at least one closed circuit step, during which an air flow consisting of a single air mass (1,10) makes several passages through the drum (3), and at least one open circuit step, during which the air flow comprises an air mass taken in from the outer environment and then exhausted into the outer environment after having flowed through the drum (2) once, and wherein the air is heated during the closed circuit step.

IPC 8 full level

D06F 58/02 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D06F 58/38 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 25/00 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 58/02 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 58/20 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 2103/08 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2103/32 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2103/34 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2103/36 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2103/38 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2105/24 (2020.02 - EP US); D06F 2105/28 (2020.02 - EP US)

Citation (applicant)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2116647 A1 20091111; EP 2116647 B1 20120201; AT E543941 T1 20120215; IT TO20080337 A1 20091107; PL 2116647 T3 20120731; RU 2009117163 A 20101110; RU 2474633 C2 20130210

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 09159319 A 20090504; AT 09159319 T 20090504; IT TO20080337 A 20080506; PL 09159319 T 20090504; RU 2009117163 A 20090505