EP1380683A3 - Tumble dryer - Google Patents

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EP1380683A3
EP1380683A3 EP03254341A EP03254341A EP1380683A3 EP 1380683 A3 EP1380683 A3 EP 1380683A3 EP 03254341 A EP03254341 A EP 03254341A EP 03254341 A EP03254341 A EP 03254341A EP 1380683 A3 EP1380683 A3 EP 1380683A3
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drum
cyclone separator
tumble dryer
dryer
fed
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Derek John Watts
Brian Cornelius
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Whirlpool EMEA SpA
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Merloni Elettrodomestici UK Ltd
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
    • D06F58/20—General details of domestic laundry dryers 
    • D06F58/22—Lint collecting arrangements

Abstract

A tumble dryer has a drum 1 mounted in a cabinet 2, the drum having an opening 3 through which the drum is loaded and which is closed by a door (now shown) in use. Heated air enters the drum at the rear via opening 8 under the propulsion of a blowing fan 5, and cooler moist air leaves the front of the drum and is fed to a duct 10 to be led to the rear of the dryer to be exhausted, for example, to the atmosphere. According to the invention, a cyclone separator 11 is provided into which the drying air leaving the drum is fed tangentially. A further sucking fan 15 is provided to increase the velocity of the moist air entering the cyclone separator. Fluff build-up in the cyclone separator can be disposed of periodically by undoing a cap 14.
EP03254341A 2002-07-10 2003-07-09 Tumble dryer Expired - Lifetime EP1380683B8 (en)

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GB0215915A GB2390667B (en) 2002-07-10 2002-07-10 Tumble dryers
GB0215915 2002-07-10

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EP1380683A2 EP1380683A2 (en) 2004-01-14
EP1380683A3 true EP1380683A3 (en) 2006-02-15
EP1380683B1 EP1380683B1 (en) 2010-01-20
EP1380683B8 EP1380683B8 (en) 2010-03-17

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US3139633A (en) * 1960-11-14 1964-07-07 Whirlpool Co Method and means for disposing of lint in a laundry apparatus
US5706588A (en) * 1996-08-13 1998-01-13 General Electric Company Device and method for separating lint particles in a clothes dryer
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JP2000329376A (en) * 1999-05-14 2000-11-30 Sharp Corp Air circulation system, drying system and air-conditioning system employing it

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EP1380683B8 (en) 2010-03-17
EP1380683B1 (en) 2010-01-20
EP1380683A2 (en) 2004-01-14
ATE455896T1 (en) 2010-02-15
DE60331025D1 (en) 2010-03-11
GB0215915D0 (en) 2002-08-21
GB2390667B (en) 2005-10-26

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