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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2003
Applicants:
Vanita Mani, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Darren L. Hallman, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Olga K. Zhushma, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Vanita Mani, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Darren L. Hallman, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Olga K. Zhushma, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 29/00 (2006.01); D06F 35/00 (2006.01); D06F 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present technique provides systems and methods for integrally washing and drying laundry articles in a home application. Certain embodiments provide a home laundry machine having a drying mechanism pneumatically coupled to a laundry enclosure via an air inlet and an air outlet. The drying mechanism comprises a heating device disposed upstream of the air inlet and a cooling device disposed downstream of the air outlet.