Global Patent Index - EP 3896213 A1

EP 3896213 A1 20211020 - A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE HAVING A HEAT PUMP SYSTEM

Title (en)

A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE HAVING A HEAT PUMP SYSTEM

Title (de)

WÄSCHEBEHANDLUNGSGERÄT MIT WÄRMEPUMPENSYSTEM

Title (fr)

APPAREIL DE TRAITEMENT DU LINGE COMPRENANT UN SYSTÈME DE POMPE À CHALEUR

Publication

EP 3896213 A1 20211020 (EN)

Application

EP 20169725 A 20200415

Priority

EP 20169725 A 20200415

Abstract (en)

The present invention is related to a laundry treating appliance (10) comprising: - a cabinet (20); - a drum (30); - a heat pump system (40), using one or more flammable refrigerants, configured for exchanging heat with an operating fluid (50); - a circulating system (60) configured for circulating the operating fluid (50) through the drum (30), wherein the heat pump system (40) comprises a heat exchanger (70a, 70b) comprising: - a plurality of metallic pipes (80); - a plurality of fins (90), stacked, spaced and parallel to one another, each provided with four or more through-holes (100) suitable for housing one of the metallic pipes (80), wherein each of at least two through-holes (101) houses one of the metallic pipes (80) and at least two through-holes (102) of the four or more through-holes (100) of each one of the fins (90) do not house any of the metallic pipes (80).

IPC 8 full level

D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 39/04 (2006.01); F28D 1/047 (2006.01); F28F 1/32 (2006.01); D06F 39/00 (2020.01); F28F 21/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: CN EP US)

D06F 25/00 (2013.01 - CN); D06F 39/04 (2013.01 - CN EP); D06F 58/02 (2013.01 - CN); D06F 58/206 (2013.01 - CN EP US); D06F 58/24 (2013.01 - CN); F28D 1/0477 (2013.01 - EP); F28F 1/32 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

  • [XI] DE 102015120487 A1 20160602 - AKG THERMOTECHNIK INT GMBH & CO KG [DE]
  • [A] EP 3066406 A1 20160914 - BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH [DE]
  • [A] EP 3279393 A1 20180207 - LG ELECTRONICS INC [KR]
  • [A] DOMANSKI P A ET AL: "Performance of a finned-tube evaporator optimized for different refrigerants and its effect on system efficiency", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFRIGERATION, ELSEVIER, AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 28, no. 6, 1 September 2005 (2005-09-01), pages 820 - 827, XP004998949, ISSN: 0140-7007, DOI: 10.1016/J.IJREFRIG.2005.02.003

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 3896213 A1 20211020; AU 2021202148 A1 20211104; CN 113529382 A 20211022

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 20169725 A 20200415; AU 2021202148 A 20210408; CN 202110406767 A 20210415