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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1986
Robert W Kennedy, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, NJ (US);
White Consolidated Industries, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A portable dehumidifier of the domestic type includes a one piece, vertically extending, plastic frame supporting a condenser/evaporator module, a fan module, and a condensate collecting bucket. The frame, providing an integral air flow duct at its upper end, is supported at its lower end by a metal base plate. The base plate supports a hermetic refrigeration compressor providing refrigerant to the condenser/evaporator module positioned within the duct. The evaporator portion of the condenser/evaporator module is formed from a continuous length of partially flattened tubing spirally wound inwardly and then outwardly to form two adjacent sections of evaporator coil. In a similar manner, the condenser portion of the condenser/evaporator module is formed from a continuous length of finned tubing spirally wound inwardly and then outwardly to form two adjacent sections of condenser coil. A plastic cage holds the condenser and evaporator coils in position within the air duct, and also maintains the evaporator and condenser coils in adjacent position relative to each other during assembly of the dehumidifier.