Dehumidifier with pump pick-up
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsAndrew DeRossett, Zachary Chapin
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Abstract
A dehumidifier system is provided. The dehumidifier system may include a condensate tank and a dehumidifier. The dehumidifier may be positionable between at least one deployed position and at least one stowed position relative to the condensate tank. The condensate tank and the dehumidifier may telescope relative to each other. The dehumidifier system, or portions thereof, may include one or more stacking structures. The dehumidifier system, or portions thereof, may include a pump pick-up.
Claims19
A dehumidifier system comprising:
- a dehumidifier having a housing, a pump, and a docking member;
- a condensate tank having a housing defining a volume therein and a docking pipe;
- a telescoping engagement of the housing of the dehumidifier along a vertical axis with the housing of the condensate tank, and wherein the telescoping engagement along the vertical axis sealingly engages the docking member of the dehumidifier with the docking pipe of the condensate tank;
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- wherein the docking member includes an inlet end upstream of the pump of the dehumidifier housing, wherein the inlet end is adjacent a bottom wall of the dehumidifier housing and defines an inlet opening facing downwardly along the vertical axis.
A dehumidifier system comprising:
- a dehumidifier having a housing, wherein the housing includes a top wall and an opposing bottom wall, and wherein the bottom wall includes a docking member;
- a condensate tank having a housing defining a volume therein, wherein the housing includes a top wall defining an opening and an opposing bottom wall, and a docking pipe having an inlet end adjacent the bottom wall and an outlet end adjacent the top wall;
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- wherein the housing of the dehumidifier is in a telescoping engagement within the volume of the housing of the condensate tank between a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein when in the stowed position the bottom wall and the docking member of the dehumidifier housing is adjacent the bottom wall of the condensate tank housing and when in the deployed position the bottom wall and the docking member of the dehumidifier housing is adjacent the top wall of the condensate tank housing thereby positioning the docking member in an axial engagement with the outlet end of the docking pipe along a vertical axis.
A method of operating a dehumidifier system comprising the steps of:
- providing a dehumidifier having a housing, a pump, and a docking member upstream of the pump;
- providing a condensate tank having a housing and a docking pipe;
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- telescoping the housing of the dehumidifier relative to the housing of the condensate tank along a vertical axis to releasably and axially engage the docking member to the docking pipe;
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- sealing the docking member to the docking pipe when telescoping the housing of the dehumidifier relative to the housing of the condensate tank along the vertical axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.