Title:
DRYING DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREFOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2004/090431
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A drying device provided with a heat pump in which a refrigerant passes successively through a compressor, a radiator, a throttle device and an evaporator, the drying device guiding air heated by the radiator to a drying chamber, cooling the air leaving the drying chamber by a cooling device, dehumidifying the air, which is cooled by the cooling device, by the evaporator, and reheating the air, which is dehumidified by the evaporator, by the radiator, the drying device being characterized by comprising a compressor input detection means for detecting the input to the compressor and a cooling rate control means for controlling the cooling rate of the cooling device by using the detected value from the compressor input detection means.
Inventors:
YAKUMARU YUUICHI
TAMURA TOMOICHIRO
NISHIWAKI FUMITOSHI
TAMURA TOMOICHIRO
NISHIWAKI FUMITOSHI
Application Number:
PCT/JP2004/004688
Publication Date:
October 21, 2004
Filing Date:
March 31, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD (JP)
YAKUMARU YUUICHI
TAMURA TOMOICHIRO
NISHIWAKI FUMITOSHI
YAKUMARU YUUICHI
TAMURA TOMOICHIRO
NISHIWAKI FUMITOSHI
International Classes:
D06F58/20; F24F3/153; F26B21/08; F25B9/00; (IPC1-7): F24F11/02; D06F58/00
Foreign References:
| JP2001198396A | 2001-07-24 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1614976A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shimizu, Yoshihiro (Yashiro Building 14-4, Takadanobaba 2-chom, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo, JP)
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