Patent ID: 7942025

Claim:
A combination washer dryer, comprising: an outer drum; a rotatable variable size inner drum arranged within the outer drum, at least a portion of the inner drum designed and constructed to move from a first position ascertainable during a wash cycle of combination washer dryer to a second position ascertainable during a dry cycle of the combination of the washer dyer, wherein a range of motion of the variable size inner drum from the first position to the second position is effective to increase a size of the inner drum portion that holds an amount of clothes, the clothes held within the portion of the inner drum defined between a front end of the inner drum and the at least a portion of the inner drum designed and constructed to move from the first position to the second position; a water handling system adapted to intake water into the inner or outer drum and to remove water from the inner or outer drum; and an air handling system adapted to intake air into the inner or outer drum and to remove air from the inner or outer drum.