EP 2743395 A1 20140618 - Heat pump laundry treatment apparatus
Title (en)
Heat pump laundry treatment apparatus
Title (de)
Wäschebehandlungsvorrichtung mit Wärmepumpe
Title (fr)
Appareil de traitement de linge à pompe thermique
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 12197293 A 20121214
Abstract (en)
The present invention relates to a heat pump laundry treatment apparatus, in particular a heat pump laundry dryer or a heat pump washing machine having drying function. A heat pump laundry treatment apparatus (1) according to the invention comprises a cabinet (2) that houses a rotatable laundry drum (3) for treating laundry using process air, the drum (3) being accessible by a user through a door (4) of the apparatus (1), wherein the laundry treatment apparatus (1) comprises: a basement (9) which constitutes a bottom portion of said cabinet (2) for supporting operational components for carrying out a drying process on laundry, a process air circuit (12) for circulating the process air through the drum (3), a heat pump assembly (14) having a refrigerant loop, in which the refrigerant fluid is circulated through a first and a second heat exchanger (15,16), the heat pump assembly (14) comprising a compressing device (17) that is received in a seat (8) formed in the basement (9) and that is removably fixed thereon. The apparatus of the invention is characterized in that the compressing device (17) is fixed to a bottom wall (31) of said basement (9) by at least one pin (20) which is integrally formed with the basement (9) bottom wall (31).
IPC 8 full level
D06F 58/20 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
D06F 58/206 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 58/20 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [XI] EP 2341179 A1 20110706 - ELECTROLUX HOME PROD CORP [BE]
- [E] EP 2540900 A1 20130102 - ELECTROLUX HOME PROD CORP [BE]
- [A] JP 2010057545 A 20100318 - TOSHIBA CORP, et al
- [A] JP H09310889 A 19971202 - ORION MACHINERY CO LTD
- [A] JP S58187635 A 19831101 - MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD
- [A] DE 102006014871 A1 20061005 - LG ELECTRONICS INC [KR]
- [A] US 2010327127 A1 20101230 - CRANE MICHAEL [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
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 2743395 A1 20140618; AU 2013357254 A1 20150702; EP 2931962 A1 20151021; EP 2931962 B1 20200408; WO 2014090962 A1 20140619
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 12197293 A 20121214; AU 2013357254 A 20131212; EP 13803033 A 20131212; EP 2013076441 W 20131212