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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2021
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Rodney Welch, McCammon, ID (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A dryer or combination washer/dryer machine has a drum () and a clothes drying circuit () recirculates a drying airflow. An inlet () and outlet () are connected by a conduit (). A water vapor path () includes a sieve () and a compressor (). The sieve () is positioned in the conduit (). The sieve () removes water molecules from the drying airflow to reduce relative humidity in the drying airflow. The compressor () is coupled with the sieve to draw the water molecules through the sieve into the compressor (). The compressor () heats the water in the water vapor path () and passes it to the drum (). The water condenses in the drum () to heat the drum () and air within the drum () to dry clothes in the drum ().