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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2004
Tomoichiro Tamura, Kyoto, JP;
Yuuichi Yakumaru, Osaka, JP;
Fumitoshi Nishiwaki, Hyogo, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma-shi, JP;
Abstract
A drying apparatus has a heat pump comprising a compressor (), a radiator (), a throttle apparatus () and an evaporator (), and also includes a structure in which drying air heated by heat of the radiator () is introduced to a subject () to be dried is dehumidified by the evaporator (). The drying apparatus also includes a bypass circuit () through which a portion of dying air heated by the radiator () flows to an inlet of the evaporator () without coming into contact with the subject, a super heat detecting device () for detecting super heat of the heat pump apparatus, and a throttle apparatus control device for controlling flow path resistance in the bypass circuit () using a value detected by the super heat detecting device ().