Dish-washing machine
OwnerRoberto Alessandrelliinventor
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Abstract
Dish-washing machine comprising a chamber (2) for washing articles (3), an air inlet line and an air outlet line both communicating with the chamber, air circulating means for forcing an inlet airflow sucked from the atmosphere into the chamber (2) via said air inlet line and exhausting an outlet airflow saturated with moisture after passing over said articles (3) to the atmosphere via said air outlet line; heating means are provided for heating said outlet airflow before exhausting to the atmosphere in order to reduce the relative humidity of the discharged air.
Claims16
Dish-washing machine comprising a chamber (2) for washing articles (3), an air inlet line and an air outlet line both communicating with the chamber, air circulating means for forcing an inlet airflow sucked from the atmosphere into the chamber (2) via said air inlet line and exhausting an outlet airflow saturated with moisture after passing over said articles (3) to the atmosphere via said air outlet line, wherein heating means are provided for heating said outlet airflow before exhausting to the atmosphere in order to reduce the relative humidity of the discharged air,
- wherein said heating means comprise at least a heated airflow adapted to mix with outlet airflow before exhausting to the atmosphere, and
- wherein the dish-washing machine further comprises at least a bypass line (8) bypassing the chamber (2) adapted to direct at least a portion of the inlet airflow to the air outlet line in order to mix with the airflow saturated with moisture, at least a heating element (7) is provided for heating said portion of the inlet airflow before mixing with the airflow saturated with moisture.
Dish-washing machine comprising a chamber (2) for washing articles (3), an air inlet line and an air outlet line both communicating with the chamber (2), air circulating means (6) for forcing a drying airflow into the chamber (2) via said air inlet line and extracting a moisture-laden airflow from said chamber (2) after passing over said articles (3) via said air outlet line and mixing means for mixing an inlet airflow sucked from the atmosphere with the moisture-laden airflow before exhausting to the atmosphere in order to reduce the relative humidity of the discharged air, wherein said mixing means comprise at least a bypass line (8) bypassing the chamber (2) and communicating with said air inlet line and said air outlet line, the bypass line (8) being adapted to receive the inlet airflow and the moisture-laden airflow for mixing said inlet airflow with said moisture-laden airflow, the bypass line (8) being adapted to split the resulting mixed airflow into said drying airflow and into an outlet airflow to be exhausted into the atmosphere, heating means (7) being provided for heating the outlet airflow before exhausting to the atmosphere.
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