Patent ID: 7540166
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
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.