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An appliance system that includes an appliance group containing at least two appliances, a first appliance designed to perform a first consumer function related to the first appliance and a second appliance that is separate from the first appliance and designed to perform a second consumer function related to the second appliance. The appliance system also includes a thermal energy generator, typically a heat pump, where the thermal energy heats at least one thermal energy bearing fluid and is operably connected to the first and second appliances to deliver thermal energy to the first and second appliances simultaneously or at different times via one or more of the thermal energy bearing fluids.

Titel:	Heat pump (server) coupled washer and dryer pair
Autor/in / Beteiligte Person:	Beihoff, Bruce C. ; Cur, Nihat O. ; Dunsbergen, Kirk M. ; Luckman, Joel A. ; Sunshine, Richard A. ; Xie, Tao
Link:	View record in USPTO Patent Grants (Volltext)
Veröffentlichung:	2015
Medientyp:	Patent
Sonstiges:	Nachgewiesen in: USPTO Patent Grants Sprachen: English Patent Number: 9,027,371 Publication Date: May 12, 2015 Appl. No: 13/169290 Application Filed: June 27, 2011 Assignees: Whirlpool Corporation (Benton Harbor, MI, US) Claim: 1. An appliance system comprising: an appliance group that includes at least two appliances including: a first appliance designed to perform a first consumer function related to the first appliance; a first sensor to detect a first amount of thermal energy within the first appliance; a second appliance separate from the first appliance and designed to perform a second consumer function related to the second appliance; and a second sensor to detect a second amount of thermal energy within the second appliance; a thermal energy generator in communication with a processor that heats at least one thermal energy bearing fluid, and is operatively connected to the first appliance and the second appliance; and the processor in communication with the first and second sensors and programmed to process the first and second amounts of thermal energies and, direct the thermal energy generator to deliver thermal energy to the one of the first appliance and second appliance having the smallest respective thermal energy to reduce the power consumption for operating the appliance group. Claim: 2. The appliance system as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of cycle parameters and an input for each of the at least two appliances in the appliance group, and a database, each of the plurality of cycle parameters having the thermal needs of the respective one of the at least two appliances and the input operable to select one of the plurality of cycle parameters so as to actuate the respective one of the at least two appliances in the selected cycle parameters. Claim: 3. The appliance system as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the processor is operable to process the selected cycle parameters so as to actuate the thermal energy generator to deliver thermal energy to each of the at least two appliances, wherein the processor is also operable to deliver thermal energy from the first appliance to the second appliance when the thermal energy generated from the first appliance exceeds the thermal energy needs of the selected cycle parameter for the first appliance and the thermal energy detected in the second appliance does not meet the thermal energy needs of the selected cycle parameter for the second appliance. Claim: 4. The appliance system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a first sensor and a second sensor, the first sensor in communication with and operable to detect the amount of thermal energy generated by the first appliance, the second sensor in communication with and operable to detect the amount of thermal energy generated by the second appliance. Claim: 5. The appliance system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the thermal energy generator is a water heater. Claim: 6. The appliance system as set forth in claim 5 , wherein the water heater includes a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet, the first inlet in fluid communication with a utility water supply, the second inlet and outlet in fluid communication with the appliance group. Claim: 7. The appliance system as set forth in claim 6 , further comprising a pump operable to deliver a thermal energy bearing fluid from the appliance group to the water heater. Claim: 8. The appliance system as set forth in claim 6 , further comprising a filter operable to filter a thermal energy bearing fluid delivered from the appliance group to the water heater. Claim: 9. The appliance system as set forth in claim 6 , wherein the first appliance comprises a washer and the second appliance comprises a dryer including a liquid to air converter, an air heater, and a first air conduit delivering air from the environment to the air heater for introduction into the dryer, the liquid to air converter operable to selectively inject steam into the dryer during drying operations, the liquid to air converter in fluid communication with the first inlet and adjacent the first air conduit so as to transfer thermal energy to the first air conduit. Claim: 10. The appliance system as set forth in claim 9 , further comprising a second air conduit, the second air conduit interconnecting the washer to the first air conduit, the second air conduit operable to receive thermal energy from the washer so as to provided heated air to the first air conduit. Claim: 11. The appliance system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further programmed to direct the thermal energy generator to deliver the thermal energy to both of the first appliance and second appliance when their respective thermal energies are similar. Claim: 12. The appliance system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second appliances have a respective valve, and wherein the processor is further programmed to direct the thermal energy generator to deliver the thermal energy to the one of the first appliance and second appliance by controlling the valves. 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Heat pump (server) coupled washer and dryer pair