Enhanced Performance Dehumidifier
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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.
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Abstract
A dehumidifier includes an air flow path with first, second and third segments in series from upstream to downstream and passing ambient air respectively to an evaporator coil then to a condenser coil and then discharging same. The air flow path has a fourth segment passing ambient air to the condenser coil in parallel with the noted second air flow path segment.
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1. A dehumidifier comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A dehumidifier comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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