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1. A clothes dryer comprising:
a cabinet, a drying drum and a heat supply duct; a refrigeration circuit, the refrigeration circuit including a compressor, a condenser, a metering valve and an evaporator, the evaporator being jacketed within an evaporator jacket containing a liquid; the condenser and a resistive heat element housed within the heat supply duct; a blower adapted to pass air over the condenser and the resistive heat element and into the dryer drum; a temperature sensor housed within the heat supply duct, the temperature sensor positioned to measure the temperature of air entering the dryer drum and in electrical communication with a control circuit; and the control circuit adapted to switch the resistive heat element on and off in response to the sensing of temperature of air entering the dryer drum. |