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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2019
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Pablo E. D'Anna, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
David S. Wisherd, Carmel, CA (US);
Michael Andrew Wohl, Talbott, TN (US);
Edward Herman Decker, Rogersville, TN (US);
Gary Lynn Cox, Johnson City, TN (US);
Cool Dry, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present application encompasses methods and apparatus for heating a load such as clothes immersed in a medium such as water during a heating period. A method embodiment of the present invention comprises heating the load and medium within an enclosure by subjecting said load and medium to heated air originated from a conventional energy source; and applying heat to said load and medium within the enclosure via an AC electrical field, embodied as a capacitor, originated from an RF power source.