Heat Recovery Device
AssigneeVent Genius LLC
InventorsGary Benz, James Banks
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Abstract
A heat recovery device for use on a clothes dryer includes a body having a main passageway. The body has a first end and a second end and a dryer exhaust coupling proximate to the first end. The first end has a main flow inlet and the second end has a main flow outlet. The heat recovery device also includes a return air conduit coupled to the body. The return air conduit has a return air inlet and a return air outlet. The return air inlet is disposed within the main passageway and facing the main flow inlet. The dryer exhaust coupling is configured to be removably coupled to a dryer exhaust outlet of a clothes dryer. The return air inlet is configured to receive a portion of the exhaust air discharged from the clothes dryer and discharge that portion through the return air outlet.
Claims18
A heat recovery device for use on a clothes dryer, comprising:
- a body having a main passageway with a central axis, the body having a first end and a second end and a dryer exhaust coupling proximate to the first end, the first end having a main flow inlet and the second end having a main flow outlet;
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- a return air conduit coupled to the body, the return air conduit having a return air inlet and a return air outlet, the return air inlet disposed within the main passageway and facing the main flow inlet;
- wherein the dryer exhaust coupling is configured to be removably coupled to a dryer exhaust outlet of a clothes dryer such that the exhaust air discharged from the clothes dryer flows into the main flow inlet, and
- wherein the return air inlet is configured to receive a portion of the exhaust air discharged from the clothes dryer and discharge that portion through the return air outlet and a remainder of the exhaust air being discharged through the main flow outlet.
A heat recovery device for use on a clothes dryer, comprising:
- a body having a main passageway with a central axis, the body having a first end and a second end and a dryer exhaust coupling proximate to the first end, the first end having a main flow inlet and the second end having a main flow outlet;
- and
- a return air conduit integrally formed to the body, the return air conduit having a return air inlet and a return air outlet, the return air inlet disposed within the main passageway and facing the main flow inlet, the return air outlet disposed outside the main passageway;
- wherein the body and the return air conduit are comprised of a first half and a second half separable from each other along a plane extending through the central axis,
- wherein the dryer exhaust coupling is configured to be removably coupled to a dryer exhaust outlet of a clothes dryer such that the exhaust air discharged from the clothes dryer flows into the main flow inlet, and
- wherein the return air inlet is configured to receive a portion of the exhaust air discharged from the clothes dryer and discharge that portion through the return air outlet and a remainder of the exhaust air being discharged through the main flow outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.