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AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Ha Products Co., Ltd., Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corporation
InventorsShinichiro Kawabata, Masatsugu Wada, Hisao Tatsumi, Koji Kashima
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A drum-type washing-drying machine having a drum (4) rotatably provided in a water tub (3); an air supply opening (20) and an air discharge opening (21) arranged at the water tub (3); a circulation path (10) whose both ends are individually connected to the air supply opening (21) and the air discharge opening (21); a heat pump mechanism (12) having a condenser (14) and an evaporator (15) that are arranged in the circulation path (10); and a blower fan (11) placed in the circulation path (10) and circulating air between the circulation path (10) and the water tub (3). The drum-type washing-drying machine has at least either branch paths (22a, 22b) provided between that portion of the circulation path (10) at which the condenser (14) is located and the air supply opening (20) or branch paths (23a, 23b) provided between that portion of the circulation path (10) at which the evaporator (15) is located and the air discharge opening (21).
A drum type washing-drying machine comprising a water tub (3) elastically mounted in a washing machine body (1), a drum (4) rotatably mounted in the water tub (3), an air supply opening (20) and an air discharge opening (21) both provided in the water tub (3), a circulation path (10) having both ends connected to the air supply opening (20) and the air discharge opening (21) respectively, a heat pump mechanism (12) including a condenser (14) and an evaporator (15) both disposed in the circulation path (10), and a blower fan (11) disposed in the circulation path (10) to circulate air between the circulation path (10) and the water tub (3), characterized by a plurality of branch paths (22a, 22b;
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