EP 2662486 A1 20131113 - Laundry dryer
Title (en)
Laundry dryer
Title (de)
Wäschetrockner
Title (fr)
Sèche-linge
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 12167147 A 20120508
Abstract (en)
A laundry dryer (1) is disclosed, which comprises a casing (2) supporting a drying chamber (3) for receiving a load to be dried and having a basement (24); a process air conduit (11) in communication with the drying chamber (3) where an air process stream is apt to flow; A heat pump (30) having a heat pump circuit in which a refrigerant (R) can flow, said heat pump circuit including a condenser (31) and an evaporator (32); said evaporator (32) and/or said condenser (31) being thermally coupled to the process air conduit (11) to perform heat exchange between said refrigerant (R) flowing in said heat pump circuit and said process air stream. The heat pump circuit further comprises a heat exchanger module (10) including an inlet header (5) to direct a flow of said refrigerant (R) into said heat exchanger module (10); an outer header (6) to discharge said refrigerant (R) from said heat exchanger module (10); and a plurality of channels (7) extending along a longitudinal direction connecting the inlet (5) to the outlet header (6) to enable the refrigerant (R) to flow from said inlet (5) to said outlet header (6) and/or vice versa; the plurality of channels (7) being at least in part subject to the flow of the air process stream.
IPC 8 full level
D06F 58/20 (2006.01)
CPC (source: CN EP US)
D06F 58/206 (2013.01 - CN EP US)
Citation (applicant)
- EP 0467188 A1 19920122 - BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE [DE], et al
- DE 4330456 C1 19950316 - BLOMBERG WERKE GMBH [DE]
Citation (search report)
- [XAY] EP 1209277 A2 20020529 - ELECTROLUX ZANUSSI ELETTRODOME [IT]
- [YA] US 2011280736 A1 20111117 - LEE YONGJU [KR], et al
- [YA] DE 10002743 A1 20010802 - WHIRLPOOL CO [US]
- [A] DE 202009016426 U1 20100512 - ARUP ALU ROHR UND PROFIL GMBH [DE]
- [A] FR 2810729 A1 20011228 - VALEO THERMIQUE MOTEUR SA [FR]
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 2662486 A1 20131113; AU 2013258286 A1 20141113; AU 2013258286 B2 20170629; CN 104334788 A 20150204; CN 104334788 B 20161214; EP 2847374 A1 20150318; EP 2847374 B1 20201118; PL 2847374 T3 20210614; WO 2013167378 A1 20131114
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 12167147 A 20120508; AU 2013258286 A 20130424; CN 201380024281 A 20130424; EP 13719492 A 20130424; EP 2013058531 W 20130424; PL 13719492 T 20130424