Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids – Apparatus – Rotary drums or receptacles
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-22
2011-03-22
Gravini, Stephen M. (Department: 3743)
Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids
Apparatus
Rotary drums or receptacles
C034S134000, C034S060000, C034S602000, C034S610000, C008S159000, C008S149100, C068S019200, C068S0180FA, C068S020000, C219S684000, C219S400000, C126S02100R, C210S212000, C210S139000, C165S118000, C165S156000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07908766
ABSTRACT:
A clothes dryer is provided. In the dryer, air flowing into a drying container is provided with heat from heat pump. The clothes dryer comprises a cabinet, a drying container rotationally mounted in the cabinet, a motor providing the container with rotational force, a first air path connected to a side of the container, a second air path connected to another side of the container and to the outside of the cabinet, and a first heat exchanging member and a second heat exchanging member in the first air path. A damper may be additionally included in the second air path.
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Ahn Seung-Phyo
Baek Seung-Myun
Kim Dae-Woong
Moon Jung-Wook
Ryoo Byeong-Jo
Gravini Stephen M.
KED & Associates LLP
LG Electronics Inc.
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