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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2009
Daniele Da Riol, Cordenons, IT;
Luciano Sartor, Conegliano, IT;
Michele Bisaro, Spilimbergo, IT;
Massimo Castiglione, Fiume Veneto, IT;
Daniele Da Riol, Cordenons, IT;
Luciano Sartor, Conegliano, IT;
Michele Bisaro, Spilimbergo, IT;
Massimo Castiglione, Fiume Veneto, IT;
Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V., Brussels, BE;
Abstract
A household appliance () comprises a cabinet () accommodating a drum for loading items to be dried and a drying air circuit for circulating drying air through the drum for drying the items therein. The drying air circuit comprises air heating elements () for heating the drying air fed to the drum, and the cabinet is provided with a worktop () defining a surface () having a plurality of apertures () in fluid communication with an air conveying system () adapted to deliver a flow of air through said apertures. The air conveying system comprises an air duct () thermally coupled to the air heating elements in such a way as to cause heat generated by the air heating elements to heat the air to be delivered through the apertures in the drying surface.