EP 2559805 A1 20130220 - Clothes dryer with lint cleaning mechanism
Title (en)
Clothes dryer with lint cleaning mechanism
Title (de)
Wäschetrockner mit Flusenfilterreinigung
Title (fr)
Sèche-linge doté d'un nettoyage du filtre à peluches
Publication
Application
Priority
SE 1150742 A 20110815
Abstract (en)
The invention relates to a clothes tumble dryer (10) comprising a rotating drum (12) and a closed processing air duct adapted to circulate processing air (14) through the drum. The dryer further comprises a heater or first heat exchanger adapted to heat the processing air before it enters the drum (12) and a second heat exchanger adapted to remove moisture from the processing air (14) after it has passed through the drum (12). Further, a lint filter (18) is positioned in the duct to remove lint from the process air (14). Furthermore, the dryer (10) comprises an accumulator tank adapted to collect condense water from the second heat exchanger and a water pump (20) adapted to pump the water from the accumulator tank. The invention is characterized in that the water pump (20) is fluidly connected to a nozzle means (24) via a cleaning circuit (26, 28,30a-d), wherein the circuit is adapted to hold a water pressure generated by the pump (20) and guide the condense water from the pump (20) to the nozzle means (24) in order to spray condense water onto the lint filter (18).
IPC 8 full level
D06F 58/22 (2006.01); D06F 58/24 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP SE US)
D06F 58/22 (2013.01 - EP SE US); D06F 58/24 (2013.01 - EP SE US)
Citation (search report)
- [XYI] EP 0816549 A2 19980107 - CANDY SPA [IT]
- [Y] JP H04156908 A 19920529 - MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD
- [Y] DE 19705616 A1 19980820 - MIELE & CIE [DE]
- [XI] DE 102009046921 A1 20110526 - BSH BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE [DE]
- [XI] WO 2009015919 A1 20090205 - IMAT S P A [IT], et al
- [A] DE 3738031 A1 19890518 - BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE [DE]
- [A] DE 102009046683 A1 20110519 - BSH BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE [DE]
- [A] DE 102007016074 A1 20081009 - BSH BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE [DE]
- [A] JP 2001070697 A 20010321 - SANYO ELECTRIC CO
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
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 2559805 A1 20130220; EP 2559805 B1 20190626; EP 2559805 B2 20230419; SE 1150742 A1 20130216; SE 537671 C2 20150929
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 12180492 A 20120815; SE 1150742 A 20110815