(19)
(11) EP 2 351 883 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.03.2012 Bulletin 2012/12

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.08.2011 Bulletin 2011/31

(21) Application number: 10196598.6

(22) Date of filing: 22.12.2010
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D06F 58/22(2006.01)
D06F 58/20(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
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 States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 28.12.2009 JP 2009298667

(71) Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
Kadoma-shi Osaka 571-8501 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kurakake, Toshiyuki
    Osaka 540-6207 (JP)
  • Nakai, Kouji
    Osaka 540-6207 (JP)
  • Terai, Kenji
    Osaka 540-6207 (JP)
  • Nakamoto, Shigeharu
    Osaka 540-6207 (JP)

(74) Representative: Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx 
Patentanwälte Stuntzstraße 16
81677 München
81677 München (DE)

   


(54) Drying machine and washing machine comprising a drying machine


(57) A drying machine (500) including housing (1), outer vessel (2) supported in housing (1), rotating drum (3) mounted in outer vessel (2) to accommodate and dry clothing, heat pump device (30) including heat exchanger (HEX) for drying clothing in rotating drum (3), blower (9) for blowing dry air, circulatory ventilation flue (8) for connecting outer vessel (2) to heat pump device (30) to define circulation path through which dry air from blower (9) circulates, and filter (40) disposed in circulatory ventilation flue (8) to prevent infiltration of dust components into heat exchanger (HEX), wherein filter (40) and heat exchanger (HEX) are disposed in upper space above outer vessel (2) formed in housing (1), and filter (40), heat exchanger (HEX) and blower (9) are disposed in sequence along flow direction of dry air.







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