Title:
APPLIANCE FOR TREATING ARTICLES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/016426
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Articles treatment appliance (1), in particular for treating laundry or tableware, having a heat pump system (5), the heat pump system having a refrigerant loop, the appliance comprising: an articles treatment chamber (2) for treating articles using a medium; a first heat exchanger (6) for heating a refrigerant; a second heat exchanger (7) for cooling the refrigerant and heating the medium; a refrigerant expansion device (14) arranged in the refrigerant loop between the second heat exchanger (7) and the first heat exchanger (6); a compressor (8) arranged in the refrigerant loop between the first heat exchanger (6) and the second heat exchanger (7). The refrigerant is a blend of alkanes type molecules with general formula CnH2n+2 with 1 ≤ n ≤ 8.
Inventors:
CAVARRETTA FRANCESCO (IT)
ZATTIN ANDREA (IT)
ZATTIN ANDREA (IT)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2013/065849
Publication Date:
April 03, 2014
Filing Date:
July 26, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ELECTROLUX HOME PROD CORP (BE)
International Classes:
D06F58/20; A47L15/42
Foreign References:
| EP1964965A1 | 2008-09-03 | |||
| EP2053159A1 | 2009-04-29 | |||
| EP2071069A1 | 2009-06-17 |
Other References:
COMSTAR: "Hydrocarbon refrigerant R441a gets first roll out in the USA", 23 March 2011 (2011-03-23), XP002695016, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20130409]
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
NARDONI, Andrea et al. (Corso Lino Zanussi 30, Porcia, IT)
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