Patent ID: 7246503

Claim:
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 air flow 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; said first, second and third segments of said air flow path being in series from upstream to downstream, respectively; an impeller in said cabinet downstream of said condenser coil and drawing air through said cabinet from upstream to downstream, namely through said first, second and third segments of said air flow path, respectively.