Lint retention for a laundry drying appliance

US9580859B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BSH Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ralf Bömmels · Falkensee, DE
• Bernd Gemünden · Deisenhofen, DE
• Jürgen Heß · Berlin, DE
• Vladimir Proseanic · Beverly Hills, US
• Svetlana Visnepolschi · Beverly Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 11, 2012
• Grant date: Feb 28, 2017
• Expiry date: Jan 2, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D45/00
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A lint retention apparatus for a laundry drying appliance has a lint separator, upstream of which a lint wetter is connected. A laundry drying appliance has a laundry drum and a process air condenser, which are connected by way of a process air channel conducting process air. It also has a lint separator disposed in the process air channel for flow purposes downstream of the laundry drum and upstream of the process air condenser, wherein a lint wetter is disposed for flow purposes downstream of the laundry drum and upstream of the lint separator.