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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
May. 16, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Michael Alexander Benedict, Louisville, KY (US);
David G. Beers, Elizabeth, IN (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/42 (2006.01); F25B 21/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/4287 (2013.01); A47L 15/4285 (2013.01); A47L 15/4246 (2013.01); A47L 15/48 (2013.01); F25B 21/00 (2013.01); F25B 2321/002 (2013.01); Y02B 30/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dishwasher appliance includes a caloric heat pump system that is configured for heating and cooling a wash chamber of a tub. A field generator is positioned such that caloric material stages are moved in and out of a field of the field generator during operation of the caloric heat pump system. A pump circulates a heat transfer fluid between a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger and the caloric material stages.