| US 7,540,166 B2 | ||
| Enhanced performance dehumidifier | ||
| Timothy S. O'Brien, Deforest, Wis. (US); and Steve S. Dingle, McFarland, Wis. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Technologies Holdings Corp., Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 15, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/872,106. | ||
| Application 11/872106 is a continuation of application No. 11/280056, filed on Nov. 16, 2005, granted, now 7,281,389. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0028776 A1, Feb. 07, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. F25D 21/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 62—272 [62/92] | 4 Claims |
| 1. A dehumidifier comprising:
a cabinet;
a compressor in said cabinet for delivering hot compressed refrigerant;
a condenser coil in said cabinet and receiving refrigerant from said compressor and condensing same;
an expansion device in said cabinet and receiving refrigerant from said condenser coil and expanding same;
an evaporator coil in said cabinet and receiving refrigerant from said expansion device and evaporating same, and delivering
said refrigerant to said compressor;
said refrigerant being circulated from said compressor to said condenser coil to said expansion device to said evaporator
coil and back to said compressor in a refrigeration cycle;
said cabinet having an airflow path therethrough comprising:
a first segment passing ambient air to said evaporator coil;
a second segment passing air from said evaporator coil to said condenser coil;
a third segment discharging air from said condenser coil;
a fourth segment passing ambient air to said condenser coil in parallel with said second segment of said airflow path and
bypassing said evaporator coil.
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