Clothes dryer
US9200841B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 7, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 22, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD06F58/24
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A clothes dryer is provided. The clothes dryer may include a main body having a drum rotatably installed therein, a circulation channel formed in the main body, the circulation channel defining a path of air that flows through the drum to dry an object to be dried, and a heat pump system having an evaporator, a compressor, an expansion apparatus, and a condenser, the heat pump system cooling and heating air that flows through the circulation channel. The evaporator may be mounted in the circulation channel, and a ‘U’ trap may be positioned below the evaporator in the circulation channel.
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