Title:
HEAT-EXCHANGING MODULE AND LAUNDRY TREATING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/014589
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Disclosed are a heat-exchanging module that is capable of being easily assembled with other ones to meet the capacity required for an apparatus and a laundry treating apparatus in which such a heat-exchanging module is disposed in an air passage. The heat-exchanging module includes a Peltier effect device disposed in the shape of a plate in an X-Y plane and including a heat dissipation unit formed in a surface directed in a +Z-axis direction and a heat absorption unit formed in a surface directed in a -Z-axis direction, a first base disposed in close contact with the heat dissipation unit, a second base disposed in close contact with the heat absorption unit, a plurality of first fins extending from the first base in the +Z-axis direction and arranged apart from one another in a Y-axis direction, a plurality of second fins extending from the second base in the -Z-axis direction and arranged apart from one another in the Y-axis direction, and an insert and a receiver formed in the first base or the second base. The laundry treating apparatus includes an outer tub for holding wash water therein, an air passage for guiding air to flow into the outer tub, and a plurality of heat-exchanging modules mounted in the air passage to exchange heat with air and arranged in a predetermined direction.
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Inventors:
LEE HOOSUN (KR)
KIM DOOHYUN (KR)
KIM JEONGKON (KR)
KIM DOOHYUN (KR)
KIM JEONGKON (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2016/007990
Publication Date:
January 26, 2017
Filing Date:
July 22, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC (KR)
International Classes:
H01L35/30; D06F58/26; F28F3/00; H01L35/02; H01L35/32
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2011000705A1 | 2011-01-06 |
Foreign References:
| US20140230873A1 | 2014-08-21 | |||
| JP2007093106A | 2007-04-12 | |||
| US20140208772A1 | 2014-07-31 | |||
| US20130087179A1 | 2013-04-11 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
PARK, Byung Chang (KR)
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