Heat pump (server) coupled washer and dryer pair
US8915104B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 18, 2010 |
| Grant date | Dec 23, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 14, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/14
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An appliance system that includes an appliance group containing at least two appliances, a first appliance designed to perform a first consumer function related to the first appliance and a second appliance that is separate from the first appliance and designed to perform a second consumer function related to the second appliance. The appliance system also includes a thermal energy generator, typically a heat pump, where the thermal energy heats at least one thermal energy bearing fluid and is operably connected to the first and second appliances to deliver thermal energy to the first and second appliances simultaneously or at different times via one or more of the thermal energy bearing fluids.
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