Patent ID: 8112903

Claim:
A clothes drying machine comprising: a drum for holding clothes to be dried; a first condenser; a second condenser placed in parallel to said first condenser; a first fan adapted to blow a first flow of drying air; a first conduit for recirculation of the first flow of drying air through said first fan, through said drum, and through said first condenser; a cooling-air conduit conveying a second flow of fresh air through said first condenser; a second fan installed in said cooling-air conduit and circulating the second flow of fresh air through said cooling-air conduit; a water reservoir for collecting water condensed by said first condenser; and a second air conduit connecting said second condenser to said first conduit upstream of said first condenser such that operation of said first fan will send a part of the first flow to said second condenser through said second air conduit.