EP 2799612 B1 20151209 - Heat pump laundry treatment apparatus
Title (en)
Heat pump laundry treatment apparatus
Title (de)
Wärmepumpenvorrichtung zur Wäschebehandlung
Title (fr)
Appareil de traitement du linge à pompe à chaleur
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 13166249 A 20130502
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP2799612A1] 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) which houses operational components (3, 12, 14) for carrying out a drying operation on laundry, the operational components (3, 12, 14) comprise 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 process air path (12) for conveying the process air through the drum (3); a heat pump assembly (14) having members (15, 16, 17, 18) comprising a first and a second heat exchanger (15, 16) arranged in the process air path (12), a compressing device (17), a refrigerant expansion device (18) and a refrigerant loop (11) for circulating a refrigerant fluid through the members (15, 16, 17, 18); the refrigerant loop comprising flexible pipes (19) for fluidly connecting each other two members (15, 16, 17, 18) of the heat pump assembly (14). In the apparatus (1) according to the invention at least one of the heat pump members (15, 16, 17, 18) is at least partly removable from the cabinet (2) leaving the remaining heat pump members (15, 16, 17, 18) inside the cabinet (2) and keeping said at least partly removable heat pump member (15, 16, 17, 18) connected to the refrigerant loop (11).
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)
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)
EP 2799612 A1 20141105; EP 2799612 B1 20151209; WO 2014177432 A1 20141106
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 13166249 A 20130502; EP 2014058184 W 20140423