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Exhaust air dryer with heat exchanger

US8266813B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Klaus Grunert · Berlin, DE
Uwe-Jens Krausch · Brieselang, DE
Günter Steffens · Falkensee, DE
Andreas Stolze · Falkensee, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 16, 2009
Grant date	Sep 18, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 29, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD06F58/206
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An exhaust air dryer with a drying chamber for items to be dried. The dryer includes a process air fan, a heat exchanger which includes a heat source, a heat sink of a heat pump, and a flushing device for flushing of a first inflow surface of the heat source and a second inflow surface of the heat sink with a liquid which is assigned to the heat source and the heat sink for removing of soil; and air ducts interconnecting the drying chamber, the process air fan, and the heat exchanger for conducting process air.

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