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US 9,791,221 B1Granted
Condenser assembly system for an appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorAndrew David Litch
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Abstract
An appliance includes a compact condenser assembly formed with at least two separately and independently produced wire on tube condensers. Each of the at least two wire on tube condensers has a condenser inlet and a condenser outlet. The at least two wire on tube condensers are at least substantially locked and positioned in a matingly engaged configuration forming a compact condenser assembly. The at least two wire on tube condensers are configured to be operationally connected in at least one of a parallel configuration, a series configuration, a selectable configuration, and a bypass configuration.
Claims19
A wire on tube condenser assembly comprising:
- a first individual wire on tube condensers and a second individual wire on tube condenser, where each of the individual wire on tube condensers has a condenser inlet and a condenser outlet;
- wherein the individual wire on tube condensers are at least substantially locked and positioned in matingly engaged plural inverted V-shaped configurations forming the condenser assembly;
- and
- wherein the individual wire on tube condensers are configured to be operationally connected;
- wherein each of the individual wire on tube condensers further comprise a tubular conduit comprising a plurality of substantially straight tube sections interconnected by a plurality of U-shaped tube passes,
- wherein a first substantially straight tube section of the first individual wire on tube condenser is positioned adjacent to a corresponding second substantially straight tube section of the of the second individual wire on tube condenser such that the adjacent corresponding substantially straight tube sections are spatially offset in reference to an airflow path of the condenser assembly, wherein the offset of at least two of the corresponding substantially straight tube sections is offset both vertically and horizontally in relation to the airflow path.
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An appliance comprising:
- a machine compartment having a housing with at least one airflow path;
- an air passageway, operationally connected to the machine compartment and configured to provide an airflow path into the machine compartment, containing:
- at least two sets of individual wire on tube condensers;
- where each of the at least two sets of individual wire on tube condensers has a condenser inlet and a condenser outlet;
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- an exhaust port for discharging heated air radiated from the at least two sets of individual wire on tube condensers;
- where the at least two sets of individual wire on tube condensers are at least substantially locked and positioned in matingly engaged plural inverted V-shaped configurations forming a condenser assembly;
- and where the at least two sets of individual wire on tube condensers are operationally connected;
- wherein each of the at least two sets of individual wire on tube condensers comprises a plurality of substantially straight tube sections arranged adjacent a corresponding plurality of substantially straight tube section of a neighboring individual wire on tube condenser,
- wherein each of the corresponding substantially straight tube sections of the neighboring individual wire on tube condensers is offset spatially both perpendicular to and along the airflow path.
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A method for assembling a condenser assembly comprising the step of:
- producing at least two sets of individual wire on tube condensers;
- configuring the at least two wire on tube condensers to be operationally connected such that an air flow path is established through the condenser assembly;
- and
- engaging the at least two wire on tube condensers with one another such that the condensers are at least substantially locked and positioned in matingly engaged plural inverted V-shaped configurations thereby forming the condenser assembly;
- wherein the at least two sets of individual wire on tube condenser assembly includes a plurality of stacked inverted V-shaped configurations;
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- wherein the two sets of individual wire on tube condensers further comprise a tubular conduit comprising a plurality of substantially straight tube sections interconnected by a plurality of U-shaped tube passes, wherein an adjacent pair of the substantially straight tube sections of each of the individual wire on tube condensers is offset both perpendicular to and along the air flow path forming the two wire on tube condensers of the condenser assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.