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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 25, 2019
Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

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);

Assignees:

Cool Dry, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/26 (2006.01); F26B 3/34 (2006.01); F26B 3/347 (2006.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/26 (2013.01); F26B 3/343 (2013.01); F26B 3/347 (2013.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.02);
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.


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