Global Patent Index - EP 2513368 B1

EP 2513368 B1 20160420 - HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE COMPRISING AN EXPANSION SYSTEM

Title (en)

HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE COMPRISING AN EXPANSION SYSTEM

Title (de)

HAUSHALTSGERÄT MIT EINEM EXPANSIONSSYSTEM

Title (fr)

APPAREIL ÉLECTROMÉNAGER COMPRENANT UN SYSTÈME D'EXPANSION

Publication

EP 2513368 B1 20160420 (EN)

Application

EP 10782275 A 20101124

Priority

  • ES 200931159 A 20091214
  • EP 2010068074 W 20101124

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2011072999A2] The invention relates to a household appliance (1) comprising a treatment chamber (2) for treating articles (3), a process air guide (5) for guiding process air through said treatment chamber (2), said process air guide (5) comprising a blower (6) for driving the process air, a heater (7) for heating the process air and placed upstream of said treatment chamber (2), and a heat pump (7, 8, 9, 10, 11), wherein said heater (7) is a heat source (7) for transferring heat from a refrigerant circulating through said heat pump (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) to the process air, and wherein said heat pump (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) further comprises a heat sink (8) for transferring heat into the refrigerant, a compressor (9) for compressing the refrigerant, an expansion system (10) for expanding the refrigerant, and a refrigerant guide (11) for circulating the refrigerant through said heat pump (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) in a closed circuit. Said expansion system (10) has a variable restriction which may be controllable by a control unit (14) in response to signals from a sensor unit (15, 16).

IPC 8 full level

D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 34/14 (2020.01)

CPC (source: EP ES US)

D06F 58/206 (2013.01 - EP ES US); D06F 34/14 (2020.02 - EP ES US); D06F 58/02 (2013.01 - EP ES US); D06F 58/20 (2013.01 - EP ES US); D06F 2103/32 (2020.02 - EP ES US); D06F 2103/50 (2020.02 - EP ES US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL 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 RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2011072999 A2 20110623; WO 2011072999 A3 20110818; CN 102656314 A 20120905; CN 102656314 B 20150826; EP 2513368 A2 20121024; EP 2513368 B1 20160420; ES 2373135 A1 20120131; ES 2373135 B1 20121213; PL 2513368 T3 20161031

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 2010068074 W 20101124; CN 201080056724 A 20101124; EP 10782275 A 20101124; ES 200931159 A 20091214; PL 10782275 T 20101124