EP 3235942 A1 20171025 - LAUNDRY DRYER WITH HEAT PUMP
Title (en)
LAUNDRY DRYER WITH HEAT PUMP
Title (de)
WÄSCHETROCKNER MIT WÄRMEPUMPE
Title (fr)
SÈCHE-LINGE AVEC POMPE À CHALEUR
Publication
Application
Priority
EP 16166343 A 20160421
Abstract (en)
The invention relates to a laundry dryer (1) comprising: €¢ a cabinet (2) supporting a drying chamber (3) for receiving a load to be dried and having a basement (24), a front wall (20), a rear wall (23), a first and a second side wall (21,22) which define a cabinet inner volume; €¢ A process air conduit (11) in communication with the drying chamber (3) where an air process stream is apt to flow; €¢ A heat pump system (30) having a heat pump circuit formed by pipes (31) in which a refrigerant can flow, said heat pump circuit including a first heat exchanger (31) where the refrigerant is cooled off and the process air stream is heated up, and a second heat exchanger (32) where the refrigerant is heated up and the process air is cooled off; said first and/or second heat exchanger being thermally coupled to the process air conduit (11) to perform heat exchange between said refrigerant flowing in said heat pump circuit and said process air stream; wherein the heat pump system (30) further includes an auxiliary heat exchanger (13) which comprises a skin condenser including a portion (62) of said pipes and a heat radiating wall (18, 18a), the portion (62) of said pipes extending on one side of the heat radiation wall (18, 18a), and said heat radiating wall (18, 18a) being a portion (18a) of said cabinet (2) or being contained within said cabinet inner volume.
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 (applicant)
- WO 2008086933 A1 20080724 - BSH BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE [DE], et al
- EP 2034084 A1 20090311 - V ZUG AG [CH]
- EP 2573252 A1 20130327 - ELECTROLUX HOME PROD CORP [BE]
Citation (search report)
- [XAI] EP 2781644 A1 20140924 - ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES AB [SE]
- [A] EP 2460926 A1 20120606 - ELECTROLUX HOME PROD CORP [BE]
- [AD] EP 2034084 A1 20090311 - V ZUG AG [CH]
- [A] WO 2007074040 A1 20070705 - BSH BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE [DE], et al
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)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 16166343 A 20160421