Washing/drying machine

Details Washing/drying machine Washing/drying machine

2006-01-03

2006-01-03

Rinehart, Kenneth (Department: 3749)

Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids

Apparatus

With means to treat gas or vapor

C034S073000, C034S086000, C034S596000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06981336

ABSTRACT:
There is disclosed a washing/drying machine having a purpose of shortening a time required for a washing operation and improving an operation efficiency, and comprising: an inner drum in which things to be washed are accommodated and in which a washing operation of the things to be washed and a drying operation after end of the washing operation are performed; a water supply passage for supplying water into the inner drum and a drainage passage for discharging the water from the inner drum in the washing operation; a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a gas cooler, an expansion valve, an evaporator and the like are successively connected to one another in an annular form via a piping and in which carbon dioxide is used as a refrigerant; and a blower for blowing air which has exchanged heat with the gas cooler into the inner drum to allow the air passed through the inner drum to exchange the heat with the evaporator in the drying operation.

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