Global Patent Index - EP 2163677 A1

EP 2163677 A1 20100317 - Air conditioning unit for a condensation dryer

Title (en)

Air conditioning unit for a condensation dryer

Title (de)

Klimaanlageneinheit für einen Kondensationswäschetrockner

Title (fr)

Unité de climatisation d'air pour un sèche-linge à condensation

Publication

EP 2163677 A1 20100317 (EN)

Application

EP 09161486 A 20090529

Priority

JP 2008233613 A 20080911

Abstract (en)

Air conditioning unit (39) for a drum-type washer-dryer (1), in which a heat exchange area of an air passage (393) from a suction inlet port (391) to a suction outlet port (392) is partitioned between a suction-inlet-side heat exchange area and a suction-outlet-side heat exchange area, and a heat exchanger (395) comprising an evaporator (31) and a condenser (32) disposed in the partitioned areas inside a unit case (38) having the suction inlet port (391) and the suction outlet port (392), wherein the water generated in the heat exchange area is discharged to a bottom portion of the heat exchange area through a drainage passage provided with a projection or a narrowed portion as obstruction portions for catching a foreign matter such as lint so as not to flow onward.

IPC 8 full level

D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/22 (2006.01); D06F 58/24 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D06F 58/206 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 58/22 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 58/24 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (applicant)

JP 2008079861 A 20080410 - MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD

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 2163677 A1 20100317; EP 2163677 B1 20120627; CN 101671942 A 20100317; CN 101671942 B 20120404; CN 201381451 Y 20100113; JP 2010063691 A 20100325; JP 4708462 B2 20110622; RU 2411317 C1 20110210; TW 201011138 A 20100316; TW I370861 B 20120821

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 09161486 A 20090529; CN 200910135376 A 20090424; CN 200920148990 U 20090424; JP 2008233613 A 20080911; RU 2009129451 A 20090730; TW 98109905 A 20090326