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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2004
Masaya Tadano, Nitta-machi, JP;
Shinichi Akiyama, Otsu, JP;
Nobuo Koumoto, Otsu, JP;
Toru Kawabata, Oizumi-machi, JP;
Ryoko Kubo, Oizumi-machi, JP;
Hiroshi Mukaiyama, Oizumi-machi, JP;
Kazuyoshi Tomochika, Oizumi-machi, JP;
Koji Ono, Oizumi-machi, JP;
Masaya Tadano, Nitta-machi, JP;
Shinichi Akiyama, Otsu, JP;
Nobuo Koumoto, Otsu, JP;
Toru Kawabata, Oizumi-machi, JP;
Ryoko Kubo, Oizumi-machi, JP;
Hiroshi Mukaiyama, Oizumi-machi, JP;
Kazuyoshi Tomochika, Oizumi-machi, JP;
Koji Ono, Oizumi-machi, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A drying apparatus having a purpose of shortening a drying time of laundry, comprising an accommodating chamber in which the laundry is accommodated, and executing a washing operation of the laundry and a drying operation after end of the washing operation in the accommodating chamber, the machine comprising: a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a gas cooler, an expansion valve, and an evaporator are successively connected to one another in an annular form via a piping; an air circulation path for discharging air which has exchanged heat with the gas cooler into the accommodating chamber by a blower to exchange the heat of the air passed through the accommodating chamber with the evaporator; and a control device for operating the compressor and the blower to perform the drying operation, wherein the control device starts the operation of the compressor before entering the drying operation.