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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
David Beers, Louisville, KY (US);
Nicholas Okruch, Jr., Mount Washington, KY (US);
David Beers, Louisville, KY (US);
Nicholas Okruch, Jr., Mount Washington, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a mechanical refrigeration cycle arrangement having a working fluid and an evaporator, a condenser, a compressor, and an expansion device, cooperatively interconnected and containing the working fluid. The apparatus also includes a sensor located to sense at least one parameter, a controller coupled to said sensor and said compressor, a drum to receive clothes to be dried, wherein a rear portion of the drum is equipped with multiple perforations, and a perimeter portion of the drum is equipped with multiple perforations, and a duct and fan arrangement configured to pass air over said condenser and through said drum, wherein the duct and fan arrangement is configured to facilitate airflow through the perforations on the rear portion of the drum into the drum, and out of the drum through the perforations on the perimeter portion of the drum to enable an increased airflow without an increased power input.