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Clothes dryer and method for utilizing an ultrasound atomizer

US7047666B2 · kind B2 · utility

24Cited by

19References

27Claims

0Family size

Assignee

BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Iris Hahn · Neubiberg, DE
Ruth Männer · Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, DE
Gabriele Preu · Birkenfeld, DE
Carsten Schuh · Baldham, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 2003
Grant date	May 23, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 22, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD06F58/203
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A clothes dryer includes at least one clothes drum for receiving textiles and at least one ultrasound atomizer disposed in the dryer for generating an aerosol from a liquid. The invention further relates to a method for introducing an aerosol into the clothes drum of the clothes dryer. A liquid is conducted from a reservoir to an ultrasound atomizer disposed in the clothes dryer, atomized there, and conducted into the clothes drum. The invention relates to further applications for an ultrasound atomizer, such as a washing machine, dishwasher, and/or motor vehicle.

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