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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Electrolux Professional Ab (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Electrolux Professional AB (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/206 (2013.01); D06F 58/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a tumble dryer () with a rotatable drum () and a heat pump for drying process air that enters the drum, the heat pump comprising a condenser (), a compressor (), and an evaporator (). In order to improve energy efficiency, the compressor () is located in the flow () of process air, between the evaporator () and the condenser (). Thereby, heat dissipated from the compressor is used to pre-heat the process air flow before entering the condenser ().