Appliance for drying laundry
AssigneeElectrolux Home Products, Inc.
InventorsAndrea Contarini, Massimo Viero
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Abstract
An appliance for drying laundry (100) includes a drying-air moisture-condensing system comprising a heat pump system (215,220,225) with a variable-output compressor (210) having a compression mechanism and an electric motor for driving the compression mechanism. A controller (265) is provided to vary the rotational speed of the electric motor so as to adjust the rotational speed of the compression mechanism in order to maintain constant a power absorbed by the compressor during at least a portion of a drying cycle.
Claims15
An appliance for drying laundry including a drying-air moisture-condensing system comprising a heat pump system with a variable-output compressor having a compression mechanism and an electric motor for driving the compression mechanism, a controller to vary the rotational speed of the electric motor, wherein the controller is configured to vary the rotational speed of the electric motor so as to adjust the rotational speed of the compression mechanism in order to maintain constant a power absorbed by the compressor during at least a portion of a drying cycle.
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