Steam-condensation drying device applied to a dishwashing machine

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EP 0 755 652 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	11.06.1997 Bulletin 1997/24

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	29.01.1997 Bulletin 1997/05

(21)	Application number: 96830404.8

(22)	Date of filing: 23.07.1996

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: A47L 15/48

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE ES FR GB SE

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Priority:

26.07.1995 IT MI951623

(71)	Applicant: SMEG S.p.A.
	Guastalla (Reggio Emilia) (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Bertazzoni, Roberto Guastalla (IT)

(74)	Representative: Adorno, Silvano et al
	c/o SOCIETA' ITALIANA BREVETTI S.p.A. Via Carducci, 8 20123 Milano 20123 Milano (IT)

(54)	Steam-condensation drying device applied to a dishwashing machine

(57) A device for drying the dishes in a dishwashing machine includes an electric motor (1) driving a fan (2) which drains away the moist air from the dishwasher tank through an upper mouth (3) and reintroduces it into the tank through a lower mouth (4), the duct (5) included between the drain mouth (3) and the fan (2) acting as a condensation duct arranged adjacent to the tank, and further includes a second duct (7) for cooling which has a wall in common with said condensation duct (5), as well as a sucking means which sucks up fresh air from the room and sends it along said second duct (7) for cooling. Said sucking means consists of a second fan (6) mounted onto the same shaft of the motor (1) as the draining fan (2). The cooling of the wall of the condensation duct (5) assures greater effectiveness of the device.

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