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US 10,995,448 B2Granted
Laundry treating appliance with a condenser
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorRoy E. Masters
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Abstract
A laundry treating appliance comprising a combination washer/dryer having a cabinet defining an interior, a tub located within the interior with a first access opening, and a rotatable drum located within the tub interior and defining a treating chamber with a second access opening, aligned with the first access opening, and an air recirculation conduit.
Claims20
A combination washer/dryer, for washing and drying laundry, comprising:
- a cabinet defining a cabinet interior with at least one exterior wall at least partially enclosing the interior;
- a tub located within the cabinet interior and defining a tub interior with a first access opening;
- a rotatable drum located within the tub interior for rotation about a rotation axis and defining a treating chamber with a second access opening, which is aligned with the first access opening;
- a closure moveably mounted to the cabinet and selectively movable between open/closed positions to open/close at least one of the first and second access openings;
- an air recirculation conduit having an inlet fluidly coupled to a first portion of the treating chamber and an outlet fluidly coupled to a second portion of the treating chamber, which is different than the first portion;
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- a condenser fluidly coupled to the recirculation conduit and having a condensing chamber defined at least in part by the at least one exterior wall.
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A laundry treating appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining a cabinet interior with at least one exterior wall at least partially enclosing the interior;
- a tub located within the cabinet interior and defining a tub with a peripheral wall and an end wall collectively defining a tub interior with a first access opening;
- a rotatable drum located within the tub interior for rotation about a rotation axis and having a peripheral wall and an end wall collectively defining a treating chamber with a second access opening, which is aligned with the first access opening;
- a closure moveably mounted to the cabinet and selectively movable between open/closed positions to open/close at least one of the first and second access openings;
- an air recirculation conduit having an inlet located in the end wall of the tub and fluidly coupled to a first portion of the treating chamber and an outlet fluidly coupled to a second portion of the treating chamber, which is different than the first portion;
- a condenser fluidly coupled to the recirculation conduit and having a condensing chamber defined at least in part by the at least one exterior wall;
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- at least one blade located on an exterior of the end wall of the rotatable drum, wherein rotation of the drum causes the flowing of air from the treating chamber, through the condenser, and back to the treating chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.