CN102362028A - Clothes dryer having a steam generator using a hot air heater - Google Patents
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Abstract
A dryer is disclosed which has a steam generator which is highly energy efficient and inexpensive to produce. The present invention provides a dryer comprising: a drum for receiving laundry, which is rotatably mounted within a main body; a duct for guiding air being supplied to the drum; a heater assembly which is provided within the duct and heats the air being supplied to the drum; and a steam generator which is located adjacent to the heater assembly and uses the heat generated by the heater assembly to generate steam to be supplied to the drum.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of dryer; More particularly; Relate to a kind of dryer with steam generator, this steam generator produces steam through the heat of utilizing hot air heater, and this hot air heater heats the air of the drum of entering dryer.
Background technology
Usually, dryer is a kind of like this device: it is used for when washing and drying the clothing that finishes and be placed in the cylinder, make the water evaporates of clothing through the inside that hot-air is fed to cylinder, thus drying clothes.
About the structure of dryer, dryer comprises: the cylinder in the dryer, and clothing is placed in the cylinder; CD-ROM drive motor, this CD-ROM drive motor is used to drive said cylinder; Blower fan, blower fan is blown into air in the said cylinder; And heating unit, this heating unit is used for the air that is incorporated in the cylinder is heated.This heating unit can be through using resistance to produce the resistance heater of heat or through making gas combustion produce the burner of heat.
The air of from the cylinder of dryer, discharging contains the moisture of the clothing in the cylinder, thereby this air is under the hot and humid state.Here, dryer can be classified according to the mode of handling hot and humid air (or damp-heat air).Promptly; Dryer can be divided into condensing dryer and air exhaust dryer, and in the condensing dryer, damp-heat air is recycled rather than is discharged to the outside; And this damp-heat air carries out heat exchange at condenser place and extraneous air; So that the condensate moisture that contains in the damp-heat air, and in air exhaust dryer, the hot and humid air that after passing cylinder, flows out directly is discharged to the outside.
The clothing that is placed into after washing finishes in the dryer has more fold, and these folds are not removed in drying course, so clothing must press clothing after oven dry.In addition, when being stored in wardrobe except after washing operation, staying the fold, pledging clothes, clothes can be wrinkling or be produced peculiar smell, and perhaps bacterium can breed in clothes etc.Thus,, steam generator has been installed in dryer, has been used to spray steam into the clothes of just drying of drum, to remove fold or peculiar smell from clothes or to realize sterilizing function in order to address these problems.
Usually, except being used for producing the heater of the hot-air that will be fed to cylinder, the steam generator that is installed in the dryer also comprises other heater.At length, this steam generator comprises and is used for the heater that holds the container of certain water gaging and be arranged on this container and the water that is contained in this container is heated.Along with this heater produces heat, the water in the steam generator is heated and vaporize, and the steam that is produced is fed to the inside of cylinder.And this steam generator comprises cistern, and this cistern is used for the water that interim storage will be fed to said container.
The water of the steam generator of prior art dryer through using the heater that is arranged on individually in this steam generator to come directly heating to be supplied, thus steam produced.Yet, in this case, the water yield in being stored in steam generator owing to the generation of steam reduce, when making that heater surfaces, heater maybe be overheated.Therefore, because safety, heater must be immersed in the water all the time.That is, must make the water of the internal tank that is stored in steam generator keep lowest water level, at this lowest water level, heater is immersed in the water all the time.For this reason, steam generator comprises level sensor, and this level sensor is used to detect stored water and whether has reduced to lowest water level, and when water reduces to lowest water level, automatically water is supplied to the container of steam generator from cistern.
Thus,, for example be used for the level sensor of sensing water level, so the structure of this steam generator and manufacture process are complicated because the steam generator of prior art needs other member.In addition, be installed in the heater that is used to produce hot-air owing to be used for producing the heater of steam, so also complicacy of its structure and manufacture process, and need significant amount of energy to move this dryer.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, in order to address the above problem, conceived various characteristic described here.
One aspect of the present invention provides the dryer with steam generator, and this steam generator has simple structure and is easy to be made.
Another aspect of the present invention provides dryer, and this dryer can carry out the heated hot air heated heater to air through utilization and produce steam, thereby improves energy efficiency, and need not to use any other heater to produce steam.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a kind of dryer is provided, this dryer comprises: cylinder, this cylinder are installed in the inside of the main body of dryer with rotatable mode; Pipeline, this pipeline are used to guide the air that will be fed in the said cylinder; Heater assembly, this heater assembly are arranged in the said pipeline and heating will be fed to the air in the said cylinder; And steam generator, this steam generator utilization generates the steam that will be fed in the said cylinder by the heat that said heater assembly produces.
Said steam generator can be near heater assembly with the crooked metal tube of the mode of zigzag crankle, and this steam generator can receive radiant heat and advection heat from heater assembly.Said steam generator can be arranged near the air discharge portion of heater assembly, perhaps can form around said heater assembly.
Said dryer can also comprise: steam hose, and an end of said steam hose is connected to said steam generator, and said steam hose guides the steam of from said steam generator, discharging; And nozzle, said nozzle is arranged on the other end of said steam hose and sprays steam in the said cylinder.
Said steam hose can be mounted to and said tube contacts, and said steam generator can be formed by aluminum pipe or copper pipe.
Said steam generator can comprise first generator and second generator, and this first generator is arranged in the upside of heater assembly, and second generator is arranged in the downside of heater assembly.
Said steam generator can also comprise the 3rd generator, and said the 3rd generator links to each other said first generator with said second generator, and said the 3rd generator is arranged to the sidepiece of heater assembly contiguous.Said the 3rd generator can be arranged to add with the discharge of heater assembly the sidepiece vicinity of hot-air.
Said steam generator can also comprise booster generator, and this booster generator is arranged in the said pipeline, make this booster generator be connected with steam generator, and this booster generator heats the steam of from steam generator, discharging again.
Said booster generator can extend to the tap that is communicated with cylinder of said pipeline along said pipeline.End at booster generator can be equipped with nozzle, and so that steam is ejected into the inside of cylinder from said tap, and said booster generator can be configured to the metal tube that extends along said pipeline elongation ground.
Said dryer can also comprise: steam hose, this steam hose are connected to steam generator and guide the steam of from steam generator, discharging; And nozzle, this nozzle is arranged on the end of said steam hose and sprays steam into the inside of cylinder, and wherein, said nozzle can be installed in support member place, back or be installed in said pipeline place, and said back support member is with the rearward end of rotatable mode back-up roller.
Said booster generator can extend to the tap that is communicated with cylinder of said pipeline, and said nozzle can be installed in the end of booster generator, steam is ejected into the inside of cylinder from said tap.
Said dryer can also comprise: cistern, and this cistern stores will be fed to the water in the steam generator; And water supply hose; This water supply hose is directed to steam generator to the water from said cistern; Wherein, said cistern is constructed to be installed in removably the box at drawer place, and the front upper part that said drawer is installed in said main body makes said drawer to be drawn out of.Said dryer can also comprise: the pump or the valve that are used to open and close said water supply hose.
According to embodiments of the invention,,, make thereby simplify the structure and be convenient to so can reduce parts required in the manufacture process because steam generator can produce steam and needn't use other being used to produce the heater of steam.And, owing to utilize the heat of the inner heater assembly of this dryer to produce steam, so reduced required energy.
From following detailed description of the present invention, when combining accompanying drawing to understand, above-mentioned and other purpose, characteristic, aspect and advantage of the present invention will become more obvious.
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Fig. 1 is the perspective view according to the dryer with steam generator of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the perspective view according to the steam generator of first embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the detailed fragmentary, perspective view according to the steam generator of first embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 is the fragmentary, perspective view according to the modified example of the steam generator of first embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 is the perspective view according to the steam generator of second embodiment of the invention; And
Fig. 6 is the detailed fragmentary, perspective view according to the steam generator of second embodiment of the invention.
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To describe dryer in detail with reference to accompanying drawing according to the embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 1 is the perspective view according to the dryer with steam generator of the embodiment of the invention.Fig. 2 is the perspective view according to the steam generator of first embodiment of the invention.Fig. 3 is the detailed fragmentary, perspective view according to the steam generator of first embodiment of the invention.
With reference to figure 1, comprise main body and be installed in the cylinder 120 in this main body that according to the dryer 100 of the embodiment of the invention this main body comprises protecgulum 101, side cover 102, bonnet (not shown) and top board (not shown).Cylinder 120 is installed in this main body with rotatable mode and holds clothing to be dried.In addition, dryer 100 comprises: door 104, and this 104 is installed on the front surface of protecgulum 101 and is used to open and close the opening of cylinder 120; And control panel 103, this control panel 103 is arranged on the place, top of protecgulum 101 and comprises the various buttons that are used to import drying condition.Cylinder 120 has the shape of hollow cylinder, and its leading section and rearward end are opened wide.That is, leading section and the rearward end at cylinder 120 is formed with opening.Cylinder 120 is supported by front supporting member (not shown) and back support member 122 (see figure 2)s, and this front supporting member is installed in the front portion of said body interior, and this back support member 122 is installed in the rear portion of said body interior.At length, be formed with the opening with the open communication of the leading section of cylinder 120 at this front supporting member place, and be formed with flange at the peripheral part place of this opening.The interior perimeter surface of the flange of this front supporting member is with the outer surface of the leading section of rotatable mode back-up roller 120.The opening of the leading section of cylinder 120 is via the opening of front supporting member and the external communications of said main body, and opened and closed by door 104.The user can open door 104, and the opening of the leading section through cylinder 120 and the opening of front supporting member are put into cylinder 120 with clothing.In addition, back support member 122 comprises recess, and the interior perimeter surface of this recess is with the outer surface of the rearward end of rotatable mode back-up roller 120.Therefore, said front supporting member and back support member 122 transfixions, and cylinder 120 can be by these static supports support, thus cylinder 120 can rotate relatively.
Although be not shown specifically the internal structure of this dryer; But this dryer can comprise the blower fan that is used to make cylinder 120 inner air to circulate; And; Can be provided with heat exchanger in the bottom of this dryer, this heat exchanger carries out heat exchange with air in the inner loop of dryer, so that the condensate moisture that contains in the air that is circulated.The air of from cylinder 120, discharging is reintroduced to the inside of cylinder 120, at this, for the air that allows from cylinder 120, to discharge is reintroduced in the cylinder 120, is provided with a pipeline.As stated; Because front supporting member is fixed with back support member 122; And the suction portion and the discharge portion of this pipeline can not be connected to cylinder 120, so the suction portion of this pipeline and discharge portion can be connected to fixing front supporting member and back support member 122, thereby with the internal communication of cylinder 120.And, be useful on the heater assembly 200 that the air that is incorporated in the cylinder 120 is heated in the set inside of this pipeline.As shown in Figure 2, this pipeline can comprise intermediate conduit 140 and rear portion pipeline 130.In intermediate conduit 140, various auxiliary equipments can be installed, for example heat exchanger, blower fan etc. and heater assembly 200.Fig. 2 only shows the part that is used to hold heater assembly 200 of intermediate conduit 140, and the same with heater assembly 200, and said heat exchanger and blower fan also can be installed in the intermediate conduit 140.Rear portion pipeline 130 is connected with intermediate conduit 140, and rear portion pipeline 130 also is connected to back support member 122 and being communicated with cylinder 120.At length, back support member 122 comprises the opening 123 that is communicated with the rearward end of uncovered cylinder 120, and the end of rear portion pipeline 130 is connected with opening 123.Therefore, rear portion pipeline 130 through opening 123 by the oven dry of the heat exchangers in the intermediate conduit 140 and by the air supply of heater assembly 200 heating in cylinder 120.In addition,, also can be connected with anterior pipeline in the front portion of intermediate conduit 140 although not shown, and should the front portion in the pipeline suction cylinder 120, have higher levels of humidity and lower temperature owing to the oven dry of clothing air.Heater assembly 200 can be configured to utilize the resistance coil heater of resistance heat, perhaps can be configured to through making gas combustion produce the burner of heat.Hereinafter, will be used as example, but embodiments of the invention also are applicable to burner certainly with making of resistance coil heater.In addition; Though the layout of aforementioned pipeline configuration, heat exchanger and heater assembly has been described based on the condensing dryer, also can have been had corresponding layout according to the pipeline configuration and the associated components thereof of air exhaust dryer according to the dryer of the embodiment of the invention.In fact, the difference of condensing dryer and air exhaust dryer only is how air circulates, and therefore it should be understood that hereinafter also can need not to be applicable to air exhaust dryer under the situation of any extra change with steam generator and the associated components described.
Fig. 2 schematically shows according to the steam generator of first embodiment of the invention and other associated components.As shown in the figure, drawer 110 is arranged to and can be extracted out from the protecgulum 101 of dryer main body, and on drawer 110, is equipped with and the corresponding box 113 of cistern that is used for store water with removably.Drawer 110 is installed in the top of the protecgulum 101 of this dryer, makes drawer 110 be extracted to the front side of dryer main body.Preferably, drawer 110 is installed in said preceding upper part of the cover control panel 103 sides.Box 113 places are provided with handle 114, and the user can easily install this box 113 or box 113 is pulled down from the drawer of extracting out 110.And the heater assembly 200 that is used for that the air that is incorporated into drum is heated is set in place in the intermediate conduit 140 at the place, bottom of this dryer.Steam generator 230 in the set inside of intermediate conduit 140 near heater assembly 200.Steam generator 230 changes into steam with water when receiving from heater assembly hot.Box 113 is connected through water supply hose 116 with steam generator 230, and water supply hose 116 places are provided with pump 115.The water that is stored in the box 113 is fed in the steam generator 230 through water supply hose 116, to change into steam.Pump 115 opens and closes this water supply hose 116 and is fed to the water yield the steam generator 230 to regulate from box 113.That is, when needs produced steam, pump 115 was opened water supply hose 116, so that water is fed in the steam generator 230.Then, the water that is fed in the steam generator is converted to steam.
In the present embodiment, with the situation using pump to regulate to be fed to the water yield in the steam generator 230 as an example, but the present invention and nonessentially be confined to this.That is, also can be provided with valve, and the water yield that is fed in the steam generator can be regulated through opening and closing this flexible pipe at water supply hose 116 places.As shown in Figure 2, in the present embodiment, be the basis with the front side of this dryer, box 113 is arranged on upper left quarter, and steam generator is arranged on right lower quadrant.Thus, also can be through said valve, utilize the difference in height between box 113 and the steam generator 230 to regulate the water that is fed in the steam generator 230.
In Fig. 3, show in detail steam generator 230 and heater assembly 200 according to first embodiment of the invention.At first, heater assembly 200 comprises heating unit basically, and this heating unit comprises supporter 201 and resistance coil 202, and this resistance coil 202 is wrapped on the supporter 201 or around supporter 201 and twines.Supporter 201 is processed by electric insulation and heat insulation material, and resistance coil 202 utilizes resistance to produce heat.A plurality of heating units constitute a heater assembly 200.As shown in Figure 5, heater assembly 200 can also comprise gripper shoe 203, and said heating unit inserts in this gripper shoe 203, and these heating units can stably be fixed in the said pipeline by means of gripper shoe 203.Steam generator 230 becomes water into steam when receiving from heater assembly 200 hot, this steam generator 230 further is arranged on the inside of pipeline 140.Steam generator 230 is the part places that have the metal tube of certain diameter and be arranged in heater assembly 200.In the present embodiment, steam generator 230 is arranged in the top of heater assembly 200 with the mode of zigzag crankle.Yet the layout structure of steam generator 230 is not limited thereto, but steam generator 230 also can be arranged in top and two sides of heater assembly 200 with the mode of zigzag crankle.From heat transmission aspect, the steam generator 230 that is formed by metal tube can advantageously be formed by copper pipe.
Can be provided with inlet 231 in two ends of steam generator 230 and export 232, and should give prominence to the outside of said pipeline with outlet 232 by inlet 231.Inlet 231 is the passages that are used for being incorporated into the water from box 113 steam generator 230 inside, is the passages of discharging the steam that steam generator 230 produces and export 232.Water supply hose 116 is connected to inlet 231; Water to allow to be stored in the box 113 flows in the steam generator 230 along water supply hose 116; And steam hose 117 is connected to outlet 232, discharges along steam hose 117 with the steam that allows to be produced by steam generator.Consider the temperature of the steam that flows into steam hose 117 inside, steam hose 117 is preferably formed by metal tube.Utilize via the advection heat indirect of air receive by heater assembly produce hot the time or directly receive through radiation by heater assembly produce hot the time, 230 pairs of storages of steam generator water within it heats, so that this water is changed into steam.As stated, steam generator 230 is the metal tubes that have than minor diameter, so only there is a spot of water to flow in the steam generator.In addition, steam generator 230 arranges that with the mode of zigzag crankle it has sizable electrical heating area.Thus, the low amounts of water that flows in the steam generator 230 can and change into steam by Fast Heating.Steam generator 230 can be formed by copper pipe or aluminum pipe, to improve heat transfer coefficient.
Be provided with nozzle 118 in the end of steam hose 117, to spray steam in the cylinder 120.As shown in Figure 2, nozzle 118 can be installed on the support member 122 of back, and this back support member 122 is at the rear end back-up roller 120 of cylinder 120.When the temperature of the steam that flows into steam hose 117 inside reduced, steam possibly be condensate on the inwall of steam hose 117.In order to prevent this point, as shown in Figure 2, steam hose 117 can be mounted close to the outer wall of rear portion pipeline 130, this rear portion pipeline 130 be the air by heater heating when flowing into cylinder the passage of process.Preferably, steam hose 117 is attached to rear portion pipeline 130, thereby receives the heat of high temperature from rear portion pipeline 130.In addition, in order to prevent internal condensation when receiving the heat of rear portion pipeline 130, to occur, this steam hose can manufacture the form of the metal tube with good transfer of heat coefficient.The nozzle 118 that is arranged on place, steam hose 117 ends is installed in support member 122 places, back, and this cylinder 120 supports the rear side of drum for clothes drier 120, and steam is ejected into the inside of this cylinder via the uncovered rearward end of cylinder 120 from nozzle 118.
Fig. 4 shows another embodiment of the installation of nozzle 118.In addition, in Fig. 4, in order to prevent to pass the vapor condensation of steam hose 117 inside, steam hose 117 is mounted to and closely is attached to rear portion pipeline 130.In addition, nozzle 118 is installed in the upside of rear portion pipeline 130 and is mounted close to import, and promptly near open cells 123, hot-air is introduced in the cylinder via this open cells 123.According to this structure, steam hose 117 can receive the heat from rear portion pipeline 130 continuously with nozzle 118, therefore can prevent to flow into the vapor condensation of steam hose 117 inside.
Fig. 5 is the perspective view according to the steam generator of second embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 6 is the detailed fragmentary, perspective view according to the steam generator of second embodiment of the invention.Referring now to Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 the steam generator according to second embodiment of the invention is described.
To shown in Figure 6, the air in the intermediate conduit 140 is first drawn into the front side of heater assembly 200 like Fig. 3, and when air passed heater assembly 200, this air was in succession by each heating unit heating of heater assembly 200.Afterwards, the air that has heated is discharged from the rear side of heater assembly 200.Consider this heating process, the air that under heated condition not, is introduced into has absorbed more substantial heat from the front portion of heater assembly 200 than the rear portion from heater assembly 200.Therefore, the rear portion of heater assembly 200 has kept a large amount of relatively heat that can be used in heating.Simultaneously, owing in fact accomplish air heat at place, the rear portion of heater assembly 200, so compare with the air of the front portion of heater assembly 200, the air at the rear portion of heater assembly 200 has quite high temperature.Thus, compare with the air of the front portion of heater assembly 200, the air at the rear portion of heater assembly 200 has the more substantial heat energy that can heat other objects.For this reason; The rear portion of this heater assembly 200, be that air discharge portion has following two kinds of ability: promptly; The convection current that utilization forms through the air with high temperature that uses around this air discharge portion comes indirectly to steam generator 230 and 330 supply heat energy, and is used to come directly to supply heat energy to steam generator 230 and 330 from the radiation of the heat energy of heater assembly 200.Thus, be configured to only be arranged in the rear portion of heater assembly 200, promptly only be arranged near the said air discharge portion according to the steam generator 330 of second embodiment of the invention.The high heating efficiency at rear portion (that is discharge portion) according to the steam generator 330 of second embodiment of the invention can be through utilizing this heater assembly to produce effectively, efficiently steam.And, to compare with the steam generator 230 that on whole heater assembly 200, extends according to first embodiment of the invention, therefore structure simpler, that be easier to make that steam generator 330 has, can reduce manufacturing cost and also can boost productivity.
In addition, steam generator 330 can be configured to cover this heater assembly 200 to have the higher efficiency of heating surface.At length, as shown in Figure 6, steam generator 330 comprises first generator 331 of the upside at the rear portion (that is discharge portion) that is arranged in heater assembly 200 basically.That is, first generator 331 is arranged to the upper surface of this rear portion (discharge portion) spaced apart.And steam generator 330 can also comprise second generator 332 of the downside at the rear portion (discharge portion) that is arranged in heater assembly 200.In other words, second generator 332 is arranged to the lower surface of this rear portion (discharge portion) spaced apart.First generator 331 and second generator 332 utilized heater assembly the upper and lower with the highest heating efficiency the two, significantly improved the efficiency of heating surface thus.In addition, steam generator 330 can comprise that the 3rd generator 333, the three generators 333 link to each other first generator 331 and are arranged to the sidepiece at the rear portion of heater assembly 200 contiguous with second generator 332.The 3rd generator 333 can be arranged to the left side or the right side at the rear portion of heater assembly 200 contiguous.Yet; As shown in the figure, in order to improve the efficiency of heating surface, advantageously be arranged to the sidepiece at the rear portion (discharge portion) of heater assembly the 3rd generator 333 contiguous; Promptly contiguous with the rearward end of heater assembly, the air with maximum temperature is directly discharged from this rearward end.Similar with above-described first embodiment; Steam generator 330 (i.e. first generator 331, second generator 332 and the 3rd generator 333) can be by forming with the crooked metal tube of the mode of zigzag crankle, thereby be parallel to towards the surface of heater assembly 200.Therefore, when supplying water through inlet 335, water is changed into steam immediately through first generator 331, second generator 332 and the 3rd generator 333, and discharges through outlet 336.
When considering aforementioned content, steam generator 330 covers the part of high heating efficiency that has of heater assemblies 200, has increased the electrical heating area simultaneously.For this reason, can make according to the efficiency of heating surface of the steam generator 330 of second embodiment maximum.
Similar with the steam generator 230 according to first embodiment, outlet 336 is outstanding to the outside of said pipeline, and steam hose 117 can be connected to outlet 336 with nozzle 118.The steam of therefore, being discharged can be fed to the inside of cylinder 120 via steam hose 117 and nozzle 118.Yet, as stated, because steam hose 117 is exposed to the outside of said pipeline, thus the condensation of steam possibility owing to temperature reduces, thus the amount of steam and quality are descended.Thus, as shown in Figure 5, can also comprise booster generator 334 according to the steam generator 330 of second embodiment of the invention.Booster generator 334 is connected to steam generator 330, says exactly, be connected to the outlet 336, and booster generator 334 is arranged in said pipeline, be in the rear portion pipeline 130.At length, booster generator 334 extends along the moving direction of the heated air flow of discharging from heater assembly 200, thereby becomes away from heater assembly 200.That is, pipeline 130 extends booster generator 334 along the rear portion from steam generator 330 in addition, and extends continuously towards cylinder 120, says exactly, extends continuously towards the tap that is communicated with cylinder 120 of said pipeline.Same with first generator to the, three generators, booster generator 334 also can be formed by metal tube.Extend although booster generator 334 is shown as straight line, booster generator 334 also can be crooked with the mode of zigzag crankle, so that have the electrical heating area of increase.The steam of discharging from steam generator 330 is when passing booster generator 334, heated and condensation do not take place by the hot-air of the internal flow of said pipeline again.Can come to improve greatly the amount and the quality of the steam of actual provision in the cylinder 120 through booster generator 334.
Simultaneously, as shown in Figure 5, the end of booster generator 334 can be passed rear portion pipeline 130 and extend to the outside, and can be formed with outlet 337 at this place, end, discharges through this outlet 337 to allow steam.In this case, similar with the steam generator 230 according to first embodiment, steam hose 117 can be connected to steam generator 330, and nozzle 118 is arranged on the end of steam hose 117.As shown in Figure 2; Nozzle 118 can be installed in back support member 112 places with rotatable mode back-up roller 120 rearward end; Perhaps can be installed in rear portion pipeline 130 and make nozzle 118 be close to the opening 123 of back support members 122, be preferably mounted at the part place that is communicated with cylinder 120 of rear portion pipeline 130.Simultaneously, with shown in Figure 5 different, the end of booster generator 334 also can not be projected into the outside of said pipeline, and booster generator 334 self can be along the rear portion pipeline 130 extend to the tap that is communicated with cylinder 120 of this pipeline, promptly opening 123.Under these circumstances, nozzle 118 can be installed in the end of booster generator 334, makes nozzle 118 can steam be ejected into the inside of cylinder 120 from this tap.
And similar with the steam generator 230 according to first embodiment, inlet 335 is connected to water supply hose 116, is incorporated into the inside of steam generator from box 113 to allow water.And steam generator 330 can be formed by aluminum pipe or copper pipe.
Below, the present drying course that description is had the dryer of aforementioned steam generator.
At first, the user puts into cylinder 120 with clothing, and imports the steam drying process with the beginning drying course through the input block of control panel.Then, be introduced in cylinder 120 inside of this dryer, heat and dry said clothes by the heated drying air of heater assembly 200 heating.When carrying out drying operation or after accomplishing this drying operation, when the time to the drum uperize arrived, pump 115 operations were fed in steam generator 230 and 330 through water supply hose 116 with the water that will be stored in the box 113.In steam generator 230 and 330, the water of being supplied when receiving from heater assembly 200 hot immediately or become steam in the short time.The steam that in this steam generator, produces is ejected into the inside of cylinder 120 through steam hose 117 and nozzle 118.In this case, about the time point of steam jet, the user can the said control panel of manual operation with uperize, perhaps, the oven dry process that can select according to the user, come the time point of decision steam jet automatically by the controller of this dryer.In this dryer, carried out after the several times drying course, when the water in being stored in box 113 was depleted, the user can supplementing water.In each embodiment of the present invention, produce steam through the heat of utilizing heater assembly 200, thereby do not need other being used to produce the heater of steam.
Because under the prerequisite that does not depart from characteristic of the present invention, can realize the present invention through some kinds of forms; So be to be understood that: except as otherwise noted; The foregoing description is not limited by above-described any details; But should explain broadly in the scope of the present invention that is defined by the following claims that therefore, appended claims is intended to contain scope and interior all the interior variants and modifications of equivalent that perhaps fall into these scopes and boundary of boundary that fall into claims.
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1. dryer comprises:
Cylinder, said cylinder are installed in the inside of main body with rotatable mode;
Pipeline, said pipeline are used to guide the air that will be fed in the said cylinder;
Heater assembly, said heater assembly are arranged in the said pipeline and heating will be fed to the air in the said cylinder; And
Steam generator, said steam generator utilization generates the steam that will be fed in the said cylinder by the heat that said heater assembly produces.
2. dryer according to claim 1; Wherein, Said steam generator be near said heater assembly with the crooked metal tube of the mode of zigzag crankle, and said steam generator receives radiant heat and advection heat from said heater assembly.
3. dryer according to claim 2, wherein, said steam generator is arranged near the air discharge portion of said heater assembly.
4. dryer according to claim 3, wherein, said steam generator forms around said heater assembly.
5. dryer according to claim 1 also comprises:
Steam hose, an end of said steam hose is connected to said steam generator, and said steam hose guides the steam of from said steam generator, discharging; And
Nozzle, said nozzle are arranged on the other end of said steam hose and spray steam in the said cylinder.
6. dryer according to claim 5, wherein, said steam hose is mounted to and said tube contacts.
7. dryer according to claim 1, wherein, said steam generator is formed by aluminum pipe or copper pipe.
8. dryer according to claim 1, wherein, said steam generator comprises first generator and second generator, said first generator is arranged in the upside of said heater assembly, and said second generator is arranged in the downside of said heater assembly.
9. dryer according to claim 8; Wherein, Said steam generator also comprises the 3rd generator, and said the 3rd generator links to each other said first generator with said second generator, and said the 3rd generator is arranged to the sidepiece of said heater assembly contiguous.
10. dryer according to claim 9, wherein, said the 3rd generator is arranged to add with the discharge of said heater assembly the sidepiece vicinity of hot-air.
11. dryer according to claim 8; Wherein, Said steam generator also comprises booster generator; Said booster generator is arranged in and makes said booster generator be connected with said steam generator in the said pipeline, and said booster generator heats the steam of from said steam generator, discharging again.
12. dryer according to claim 11; Wherein, Said booster generator extends to the tap that is communicated with said cylinder of said pipeline along said pipeline, and in the end of said booster generator nozzle is installed, steam is ejected into the inside of said cylinder from said tap.
13. dryer according to claim 11, wherein, said booster generator is constructed to along the metal tube of said pipeline elongation ground extension.
14. dryer according to claim 8 also comprises:
Steam hose, said steam hose are connected to said steam generator and guide the steam of from said steam generator, discharging; And
Nozzle, said nozzle are arranged on the end of said steam hose and spray steam into the inside of said cylinder.
15. dryer according to claim 14, wherein, said nozzle is installed in support member place, back or is installed in said pipeline place, and said back support member supports the rearward end of said cylinder with rotatable mode.
16. dryer according to claim 14; Wherein, Said booster generator extends to the tap that is communicated with said cylinder of said pipeline, and said nozzle is installed in the end of said booster generator, steam is ejected into the inside of said cylinder from said tap.
17. dryer according to claim 1 also comprises:
Cistern, said cistern stores will be fed to the water in the said steam generator; And
Water supply hose, said water supply hose is directed to said steam generator to the water from said cistern.
18. dryer according to claim 17, wherein, said cistern is constructed to be installed in removably the box at drawer place, and the front upper part that said drawer is installed in said main body makes said drawer to be drawn out of.
19. dryer according to claim 17 also comprises:
Be used to open and close the pump or the valve of said water supply hose.
20. dryer according to claim 8, wherein, said steam generator is formed by aluminum pipe or copper pipe.
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