Claims
- 1. A condensation laundry dryer, comprising:
a closed process-air circuit in which process air is circulated; a heating device disposed in said process-air circuit for heating the process air; a cooling device disposed in said process-air circuit for cooling moisture-laden process air; and a removable washable filter disposed in said process-air circuit for at least one of binding and decomposing odorous substances located in the process air, said washable filter having a flexible fiber material.
- 2. The condensation laundry dryer according to claim 1, wherein said washable filter has no hard components to damage a washing machine during washing of said washable filter in the washing machine.
- 3. The condensation laundry dryer according to claim 1, wherein said washable filter has only soft components to protect a washing machine from damage during washing of said washable filter.
- 4. The condensation laundry dryer according to claim 1, wherein said washable filter is of components that do not damage a washing machine during washing of said washable filter.
- 5. The condensation laundry dryer according to claim 1, wherein:
said washable filter is of a sheet-shaped piece of at least one of fibrous nonwoven, fibrous woven fabric, and fibrous knitted fabric; and a receptacle holds and tension-mounts said washable filter within a stream of the process-air.
- 6. The condensation laundry dryer according to claim 5, wherein said receptacle is removable from the condensation laundry dryer.
- 7. The condensation laundry dryer according to claim 5, wherein said receptacle is removable from said process-air circuit.
- 8. The condensation laundry dryer according to claim 1, wherein:
said process-air circuit circulates the process air in a circulation direction; and a coarse filter is disposed upstream of said washable filter with respect to said circulation direction for removing particles from the air stream.
- 9. The condensation laundry dryer according to claim 8, wherein said coarse filter is a lint filter.
- 10. The condensation laundry dryer according to claim 1, including a control device connected to said heating device, said control device controlling circulation of the process air and controlling heating of the process air to a temperature below a temperature used for laundry drying.
- 11. The condensation laundry dryer according to claim 1, including a control device connected to said heating device, said control device controlling heating of the process air to a temperature below a temperature used for laundry drying while circulating the heated process air.
- 12. The condensation laundry dryer according to claim 1, including a control device controlling circulation and heating of the process air to a temperature below a temperature used for laundry drying.
- 13. The condensation laundry dryer according to claim 1, including a control device programmed to circulate the process air when said cooling device is switched off.
- 14. The condensation laundry dryer according to claim 1, including a control device connected to said cooling device, said control device being programmed to selectively circulate the process air when said cooling device is switched off.
- 15. The condensation laundry dryer according to claim 1, including a control device connected to said cooling device, said control device being programmed to circulate the process air at some times when said cooling device is switched off.
- 16. The condensation laundry dryer according to claim 1, including a control device connected to said cooling device, said control device being programmed to circulate the process air with said cooling device switched off.
Priority Claims (1)
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100 29 428.6 |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of copending International Application No. PCT/EP01/06212, filed May 31, 2001, which designated the United States and was not published in English.
Continuations (1)
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PCT/EP01/06212 |
May 2001 |
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10320951 |
Dec 2002 |
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