CN104769179A - Treatment of a fabric article - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present application relates to a method of treating a fabric article so that it has a characteristic smell normally associated with garments that have been exposed to natural sunlight, the method comprising positioning a fabric article (1) to be treated in an enclosure (8) and irradiating said fabric article positioned in said enclosure with ultraviolet light with a wavelength of between 280nm and 400nm and so that it is subjected to a predetermined radiant exposure. A device for treating a fabric article to replicate the characteristic effect of exposing said fabric article to natural sunlight is also disclosed.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of apparatus and method for the treatment of textile article, make described textile article have the distinctive smell be usually associated with the textile article being exposed to natural sunlight.
Background technology
Conventional garment washing process, such as washing machine, can not remove the organism of all unwanted dirts, smell and such as bacterium and so on.In addition, at such as indoor enclosure space, drying clothes is limited and may brings undesirable smell, humidity and mould.
Preferred at dry directly and under natural sunlight and/or exposure clothes, because its unique property of making clothes have clean sensation and cannot otherwise realize.As result clothes being exposed to natural sunlight and the characteristic obtained is considered to pleasant and desirable, and comprise the distinctive smell that can be called as " sunlight taste ".
But if home environment is not suitable for, then its possibly cannot by clothes hanger under direct sunlight.Such as, if wet weather, to blow or cold, if or the air pollution of locality make us hanging back, then can not by clothes hanger out of doors.In addition, some people's possibly cannot close to suitable outdoor zone.In this case, user has to use dryer (such as United States Patent (USP) 2660806), or by clothes hanger on the line or shelf of indoor.But these methods all cannot cause clothes to have the distinguished distinctive smell of clothes dry in the sun.
Summary of the invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of method and apparatus for the treatment of textile article, it substantially alleviates or overcomes the problems referred to above, and the clothes with distinctive smell is provided, this distinctive smell usually with such clothes be exposed to natural sunlight be associated.
The clothes being exposed to natural sunlight can be exposed to the light with loose wave-length coverage, but it has been determined that the light of electromagnetic spectrum ultraviolet portion is responsible for the effect desired by generation and provides the clothes with required sunlight taste.Therefore the present invention relates to the UV-irradiation textile article using predetermined wavelength range.
According to the present invention, provide a kind of method processing textile article, described textile article is made to have the distinctive smell be usually associated with the clothes being exposed to natural sunlight, the method comprises by pending textile article location in the enclosure, and be positioned in described textile article in described shell with having the UV-irradiation of wavelength between 280nm and 400nm, and it is made to stand the predetermined radiation amount of exposing to the sun.
The radiometric quantities of " the radiation amount of exposing to the sun " is image planes irradiation level E
ewith the product of time, and provide the cumulant of unit are incidence " light " energy:
H
e＝E
e·t
Wherein
H
ethe radiation amount of exposing to the sun (joules per square meter (J/m
2))
E
efor irradiation level (watt every square metre of (W/m
2)), be usually also referred to as intensity
T is time for exposure (second)
Have and limit wavelength and the ultraviolet light with the predetermined radiation amount of exposing to the sun will provide the textile article with pleasant distinctive smell, this smell is similar to as clothes being exposed to the result of natural sunlight and the smell that obtains.
There is the ultraviolet light being less than 280nm wavelength will interact with textile article more, and the bleaching of textile article may be caused and go bad and can not distinctive smell be obtained.The light with more than 400nm (up to about 700nm) wavelength is in visible spectrum and interact less with described textile article, therefore can not produce desired smell.
Therefore, it is possible to use this artificial treatment than the more effective mode realized by natural sunlight, because condition is more controlled and can be optimised.Radiation from the sun changes always not effective in time, and artificial treatment can adjust, to maintain optimum condition within required a period of time.Therefore, use correct intensity combination, also can realize required distinctive smell within a period of time shorter than actual sun drying clothes.
The ultraviolet light of different wave length can have different impacts to textile article.Therefore, cause the damage of textile article or rotten in order to ensure enough performances with avoiding, the intensity of ultraviolet light should adjust according to different wavelength.Therefore, needs are adjusted accordingly by the processing time.In order to more effectively generate distinctive smell, in the combination of the intensity of the ultraviolet light with the wavelength between 280 to 320nm and the ultraviolet light with the wavelength between 320 to the 400nm scope preferably between 1:2 and 1:30.More advantageously, the ratio between 1:4 and 1:30 can be used.
12kJ/m on fabric
2the minimized radiation amount of exposing to the sun be found to be enough, this radiation amount of exposing to the sun is the product of intensity and time.This means, use lower intensity to need the longer processing time, and use higher intensity to need the shorter processing time.By the measurement using CCD (charge coupled device) array base spectroscope can carry out intensity and the radiation amount of exposing to the sun easily.
Preferably, the predetermined radiation amount of exposing to the sun is at least 12kJ/m
2.More preferably, the predetermined minimum amount of exposing to the sun is at least 18kJ/m
2.
Preferably, at the end of processing procedure, textile article also needs dried.If fabric is wet, molecule to be trapped in water and to be not easy to escape in air.Therefore, the sun dries characteristic and smell may not be perceived by the user.But for dry fabric, molecule can be overflowed easily and is diffused in neighbouring surrounding environment.The aridity of fabric will depend on the relative humidity of air, but (in mass) moisture of typical 10% or lower being enough to guarantee this effect.
A typical example is that the ultraviolet light of use 280 to 400nm is with 15W/m
2intensity process COTTON FABRIC clothes 30 minutes, to obtain 27KJ/m
2the radiation amount of exposing to the sun.In the present embodiment, a kind of smell for being similar to due to the smell obtained dry under natural sunlight recognized by the user is easy to based on the smell on the fabric of cotton.
The method can comprise the step providing ozone with the concentration between 0.02/1000000th and 0.2/1000000th near just processed described goods further.
When goods are exposed to ultraviolet light, the small concentration ozone near textile article serves as catalyst to accelerate photochemical reaction, thus compared with only using the process of Ultraviolet radiation, the processing time produced required for distinctive sunlight taste is shorter.
According to the first embodiment of the present invention, a kind of device for the treatment of textile article is provided, think that textile article provides distinctive smell, this distinctive smell is associated with the textile article being exposed to natural sunlight usually, this device comprises the shell for receiving pending textile article, and for using the uviol lamp of the UV-irradiation goods of wavelength between 280nm and 400nm.Controller also can be provided, and makes it be configured to control uviol lamp, stands the predetermined radiation amount of exposing to the sun to make textile article.
Preferably, the predetermined radiation amount of exposing to the sun is at least 12kJ/m
2, be more preferably at least 18kJ/m
2.
In a preferred embodiment, controller is configured to control one or more uviol lamp, with use there is wavelength between wavelength between 280nm and 320nm and 320nm and 400nm UV-irradiation described in textile article.These goods can use the light of different wave length illuminated simultaneously or successively.Such as, clothes can be exposed to ultraviolet light first scheduled time slot of a wavelength, is then exposed to second wave length second scheduled time slot.
Described controller can be configured to control uviol lamp, makes strength ratio between the ultraviolet light of wavelength between 280nm and 320nm and the ultraviolet light of wavelength between 320nm and 400nm between 1:2 and 1:30.Preferably, strength ratio can between 1:4 and 1:30.
Preferably, controller is configured to, once reach the required radiation amount of exposing to the sun, just turn off uviol lamp.It reduce power consumption and therefore make device more efficient.It also guarantees to generate distinctive sunlight taste.
In certain embodiments, shell includes an inlet and an outlet, and is provided with at least one fan air is sucked shell via entrance and discharges shell via outlet.This has the effect that process is placed on the clothes near device.Such as, this device can be placed in wardrobe, make the air of separating device at the clothes surrounding loop be placed in wardrobe and give they some desired by distinctive smell.
This device can comprise plasma or ion generator, makes charged particle leave via outlet the peripheral region being distributed to device in the air of shell.This has makes scent molecule charged and is attached to textile article better, thus produces the effect of more lasting smell.
This device can comprise the ozone generator for providing ozone for shell further.
Ozone generator can be configured to produce the ozone concentration between 0.02/1000000th and 0.2/1000000th, to accelerate the generation of distinctive smell.In the disclosure, fan can be set or provide other devices of convection current, with the ozone that distributes in the enclosure.
When UV-irradiation textile article, near textile article, small concentration ozone in the enclosure as catalyst to accelerate photochemical reaction, thus with only with compared with the process of Ultraviolet radiation, the processing time produced required for " sunlight smell " is shorter.
Outlet can comprise filter, to remove ozone from leaving in the air of shell via outlet.This prevents any hazard residue ozone from overflowing from shell.In certain embodiments, shell can comprise door and timer lock, to prevent once processed predetermined time section door be opened.This also allows any residual ozone decomposed, and prevents it from escaping in air.
This device can also comprise heater to heat the air in described goods or shell.Infrared heater also can be used as an alternative.
This can be provided for the drying effect copying and make goods be exposed to natural sunlight.From the heat of heater by dried product, and ultraviolet light is similar to giving goods the smell drying clothes at the sun.
Shell can include an inlet and an outlet and at least one fan, and described fan is configured to air is sucked shell via entrance and discharges shell via outlet.
Fan and port produce the air-flow by shell, and it can guarantee all ozone being uniformly distributed in the enclosure.In addition, air-flow can be heated, and maybe can arrange infrared heater and carry out heating product.The air-flow of heating is for dry moist textile article and be effective for water vapour being taken out of shell, thus guarantees that the humidity in shell is not too high with further drying.
The inside of shell can comprise multiple ultraviolet reflectance surface, and it has the ultraviolet reflectivity of 80% or more.
Ultraviolet reflectance surface will increase the validity for the treatment of with ultraviolet light because any directly and the interactional light of textile article all can be reflected one or many, until it is incident on goods.Therefore, the light of the higher proportion sent by uviol lamp will be incident on goods, thus reduces the power requirement of lamp.When more than one piece clothes is placed in device, the spacing between clothes becomes important for control, still can arrive garment surface between clothes to guarantee to have enough Ultraviolet radiation.Therefore need the pitch of minimum 3cm between clothes, and preferred minimum pitch is 5cm.
In addition, will good coverage be had in order to ensure the Ultraviolet radiation on incidence clothes in the enclosure, can regulate the position of clothes and orientation, or ultraviolet source can be regulated by portable lamp or reflector.The movement of clothes, lamp or reflector can follow preassigned pattern, makes every part clothes in the duty cycle time of device all have enough radiation amounts of exposing to the sun, to produce " sunlight smell ".
Outlet can comprise the filter being configured to remove ozone from the air leaving shell via this outlet.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of device for the treatment of textile article, think that textile article provides the distinctive smell be usually associated with the textile article being exposed to natural sunlight, described device can be positioned on wherein be placed pending textile article space in, such as wardrobe, wherein said device comprises controller, for using the uviol lamp of the air in device described in the UV-irradiation of wavelength between 280nm and 400nm, fan in shell is fed into making irradiated air for generation of the air-flow by described device, its middle controller is configured to control uviol lamp to make to stand the predetermined radiation amount of exposing to the sun by the air of device.
Above-mentioned aspect of the present invention can comprise many preferred features of identified a first aspect of the present invention here.Can not used for the facility of within it Clothes-Storing according to the device of second aspect, therefore only its air is flow through in process.Alternately, some clothes can be placed in device, these clothes are directly processed, and other clothes near device are processed by this device indirectly due to air.In order to maximize the effect of the treated air by this device, it can be ideally suited and be sized to and be placed in wardrobe or cabinet, to make the air of the process sent from this device around the clothes circulation hung or be placed in cabinet but not to escape into simply surrounding environment.But it is contemplated that, this device can be placed in a room so that at the air of whole room Inner eycle process, thus processes fabric in whole room.
With reference to the embodiments described below, these and other aspect of the present invention will become apparent and be elaborated.
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Embodiments of the invention, now by the mode by means of only citing, are described with reference to accompanying drawing, wherein:
Fig. 1 shows according to an aspect of the present invention for the treatment of the schematic diagram of the method for textile article;
Fig. 2 shows the device of the method process clothes for adopting Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 shows an alternate embodiment of the present invention, wherein in the space closed, produces air-flow, and
Fig. 4 shows and is positioned in wardrobe to process the device of Fig. 3 of the clothes 1 in wardrobe.
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It is desirable to process clothes in controlled space and think the similar distinctive smell that they are provided as the result that clothes is exposed to natural sunlight and obtain.This process can also comprise dry run, for the treatment of wet clothes, and such as those clothes recently washed.By this way, clothes can process at any time, and this process does not rely on any environmental condition, such as weather.
The clothes being exposed to natural sunlight can be exposed to the light with loose wave-length coverage, but it has been determined that it be responsible in electromagnetic spectrum producing desired by effect and provide the light in the ultraviolet portion of desired sunlight smell for clothes.Therefore the present invention relates to the UV-irradiation textile article used in predetermined wavelength range.
Fig. 1 shows the schematic diagram of the method that textile article or lingerie 1 for making clothes upgrade.The method comprises generation by the ultraviolet light 2 guided towards clothes 1.Ultraviolet (UV) light 2 is produced by the source of such as lamp 3 and so on, and it to produce in particular range of wavelengths and the light of specific predetermined strength, and described optical mode imitates effect clothes being exposed to direct sunlight, thinks that clothes provides distinctive smell.
Particularly, the ultraviolet light 2 of wavelength between 280nm and 400nm can be generated.This frequency spectrum of UV light has been identified as to pledge clothes and has been exposed at that time, the most effective in the effect desired by producing.The ultraviolet radiation amount of exposing to the sun be irradiated on clothes 1 is also important.
The radiometric quantities of " the radiation amount of exposing to the sun " is image planes irradiation level E
ewith the product of time, and provide the cumulant of unit are incidence " light " energy:
H
e＝E
e·t
Wherein
H
ethe radiation amount of exposing to the sun (joules per square meter (J/m
2))
E
efor irradiation level (watt every square metre of (W/m
2)), be usually also referred to as intensity
T is time for exposure (second)
In an example, the size of the UV radiation amount of exposing to the sun can be approximately the 27kJ/m of the garment surface being exposed to UV light
2.But the minimized radiation amount of exposing to the sun is preferably 12kJ/m
2or be more preferably 18kJ/m
2.The radiation amount of exposing to the sun will depend on several factor, comprise the intensity of adopted UV light 2, the size of processing time and processed clothes 1 and type and change to some extent.Therefore, consider that the relation between the intensity of the UV light adopted and the processing time of its operation is more useful.
The UV light of narrower spectrum can be adopted.Such as there is the UV light of the wavelength between 280nm and 320nm or between 320nm and 400nm.In another embodiment, clothes can be exposed to the UV light with different wavelength range.Such as, they can be exposed to UV light first scheduled time slot between 280nm and 320nm, and are exposed to UV light second scheduled time slot between 320nm and 400nm.If UV optical wavelength is combined by this way, then intensity also must be changed with the different interaction between responsible UV light 2 and clothes 1.Usually, the intensity of the UV light in 320nm to 400nm scope is preferably higher than the intensity of the UV light in 280nm to 320nm scope.Ratio (280nm to 320nm) between the preferred intensity of wave-length coverage: (320nm to 400nm) is between 1:2 and 1:30.This ratio is more favourable between 1:4 and 1:30.This is because the UV light of different wave length differently interacts from clothes and produces different effects.Change wavelength and intensity can change the impact of clothes and clothes are had to identical characteristics and more specifically, have the degree of the distinctive smell obtained as the result that clothes is exposed to sunlight.
The wavelength of UV light 2 and intensity can be adjusted, to adapt to the configuration in the space 4 that UV light source 3, clothes 1 and process occur.Therefore can to use this artificial treatment than the more effective mode realized by natural sunlight, because condition is more controlled and can be optimised.Radiation from the sun changes in time, and always not effective, and artificial treatment can be adjusted to maintain optimum condition in required time section.Therefore, also can the correct combination of working strength, to obtain required distinctive smell within the period shorter than actual sun drying clothes.
The use of the UV light outside above-mentioned scope may cause undesirable pungent smell to be produced.The use of the UV light of lower wavelength (<280nm) and clothes interact much more and produce undesirable smell.The UV light of lower wavelength the material of excessive degradation clothes can also produce the smell burnt.In addition, the UV light (<280nm) of lower wavelength also causes bleaching and the variable color of the dyestuff on clothes, this will cause fade, rotten and damage.Have be greater than 400nm (up to about 700nm) wavelength light in visible spectrum, and little and can not interact with required mode and clothes to clothes effect.
In another embodiment of the method shown in Fig. 1, while being exposed to UV light 2, clothes 1 is also exposed to and has the ozone (O higher than environment
3) concentration air 5 in.Ozone, as a kind of photochemical catalyst, makes when UV light 2 interacts with clothes 1, and the existence of low concentration ozone has shown the speed producing the distinctive smell of wishing of sening as an envoy to be increased.Particularly, between 0.2 (0.2ppm) divided at 0.02 (0.02ppm) that should divide at percentage around the ozone concentration in the air 5 of clothes and percentage.
Even if at relatively low concentration, ozone also has high oxidation and harmful.Therefore, this process should be carried out in the environment 4 closed, and ozone is discharged into peripheral region and should be controlled.Equipment for realizing these will describe later in more detail.Be broken down into molecular oxygen (O
2) before, ozone has the half-life being about 30 minutes on sea level.In addition, ozone is a kind of strong oxidizer, if therefore it contacts with other material, will react with them.Therefore, once ozone has stopped being produced, the aerial concentration of ozone will decline naturally.But at the end for the treatment of cycle, residual ozone can be removed, as will be explained in more detail after a while from the air 5 in enclosure space 4.Rich ozone-containing air can be used as air-flow 6 and is provided to clothes 1, and when UV light 2 interacts with clothes 1, it is by clothes 1.
With reference to the method described by Fig. 1, a part for processing procedure can be suitable as dry wet clothes.If the method is used to drying clothes 1, then the air-flow 6 moving past clothes can be heated.Alternately or additionally, infra-red radiation (not shown) can be produced and be directed to wet clothes 1 to be heated and evaporation water.Air-flow can sucking-off being drained into so that the water vapour of evaporation is taken away clothes 1 in ambient atmosphere from ambient atmosphere, and prevents from will hindering the high humility evaporating and impair dry run further near clothes.
By using UV light 2, the method described with reference to Fig. 1 can be used to produce and distinctive smell clothes being exposed to direct sunlight and being associated.Ozone also can be provided to accelerate process.In addition, the method can comprise provides thermal air current 6 and/or direct this clothes 1 of heating, makes the dried and process of wet clothes.
Fig. 2 shows for the treatment of goods, the device 7 of such as clothes 1, and it adopts the method described with reference to Fig. 1.Device 7 copies effect clothes being exposed to natural sunlight, so that formation characteristic smell, and can be used to dry wet clothes 1 extraly.
Device 7 comprises shell 8, and it limits the closed interior space 4 can placing at least dress 1 within it.This shell 8 can have opening (not shown), and this opening such as can be closed by hinged door or slide fastener, and shell 8 can be opened for the inside 4 clothes 1 being moved into and shifted out shell 8.Clothes 1 can be suspended in shell 8, as shown in Figure 1, is suspended on clothes hanger 9 or similar structures, with make clothes 1 free suspension and air can around clothes 1 and inside move and flow.Shell can comprise self-supporting rigid structure or be draped to expand the flexible bag-like structure of inner space.Alternately, shell can comprise the flexible skin be suspended on rigid frame.
Device 7 comprises at least one ultraviolet (UV) light source 2, such as, be arranged in shell 8 to launch UV light 2 to the UV lamp 3 on processed clothes 1.As previously explained, the interaction between UV light 2 and clothes 1 will produce distinctive smell in clothes, and it is replicated in interior those features found of the clothes being exposed to natural sunlight.The wavelength of the UV light 2 be launched by UV lamp 3 is between 280nm and 400nm.As previously explained, the intensity of this lamp 3 work changes according to the wavelength of UV light 2 be launched and the surface area of processed clothes 1 and the inside dimension of shell 8.But the UV radiation amount of exposing to the sun should higher than 12kJ/m
2, preferably higher than 18kJ/m
2.Ratio between the varying strength of the UV lamp 3 of the wave-length coverage of consideration operation 280nm to 320nm and 320nm to 400nm is also useful.This ratio can between 1:2 and 1:30, more preferably between 1:4 and 1:30.
As shown in Figure 2, the present embodiment has two by the UV lamp 3 be positioned in shell 8 on sidewall 10.But if shell 8 is made up of transparent material, then UV lamp 3 can be placed on outside shell 8, and be configured to irradiate UV light 2 by transparent outer cover 8 and be irradiated on inner clothes 1.In addition, UV lamp 3 can be placed in any position in shell 8, as long as their to irradiate on UV light 2 to clothes 1 and preferred direct irradiation clothes 1 as far as possible.
In order to improve the amount of the clothes 1 irradiated by UV lamp 3, the inside of shell 8 can be provided with UV reflecting surface (not shown), such as minute surface (such as using aluminium) or white surface (such as use calcium carbonate or barium sulfate), it has the UV reflectivity of 80% or more.By this way, the UV light 2 be not directly incident on clothes 1 launched from UV lamp 3 will be reflected, until it and clothes 1 interact in shell 8.This will increase the intensity with the interactional UV light 2 of clothes 1, and without the need to increasing the power of UV lamp 3.
When more than one piece clothes is placed in device, the spacing between clothes becomes extremely important to control, to guarantee that enough Ultraviolet radiation still can reach the garment surface between clothes.The minimum pitch of the 3cm therefore between clothes is needs, and the minimum pitch of 5cm is preferred.
In addition, will good coverage be had in order to ensure the ultraviolet irradiation on incidence clothes in the enclosure, or the position of clothes and orientation can be regulated, or by portable lamp or reflector, ultraviolet source be regulated.The motion of clothes, lamp or reflector can follow preassigned pattern, makes every part clothes all have enough radiation amounts of exposing to the sun, to produce " sunlight smell " in the duty cycle time of device.
Shell 8 also comprises at least one entrance 11 and at least one outlet 12, and in use, shell 8 is closed, to make the inside 4 of shell 8 except via entrance and exit 11,12 except being the space sealed.In the present embodiment, this device has two entrances 11 of location bottom shell 8, and two outlets 12 of locating towards shell 8 top.Entrance 11 and/or outlet 12 can be provided with fan 13, and it attracts air by entrance 11, enters in the inside 4 of shell 8, flows through the clothes 1 in shell 8, then discharges from outlet 12.By this way, clothes 1 is provided to from the constant flow of fresh air 6 outside shell 8.In addition, when device 7 is used to drying clothes 1, importantly air stream 6 passes out shell 8, and water vapour is also removed from inner 4 with controlled humidity.Dehumidifier or condenser (not shown) also can be arranged on outlet 12, and water is removed from air, in case the atmospheric humidity of stop ring winding apparatus increases.
This device can also comprise and is positioned at the inner or neighboring entry 11 of entrance 11, and the heater 14 that the bottom towards shell 8 is located, makes the air 15 entering shell 8 via entrance 11 be heated.By this way, cycled through shell 8 by the air 6 heated, it is by any wet clothes 1 processed for drying.Air heater 14 can be other operation of components independent of shell 8, makes the use of heater 14 be optional.Such as, if this device 7 is used to drying clothes 1, this heater 14 can be operated, and if device 7 is used to process the clothes 1 of drying, then air heater 14 can be disabled.Air heater 14 can be electronic.
Alternately or additionally, the inside 4 of shell 8 can be provided with infrared ray (IR) lamp 16, its between 0.7 μm and 1000 μm near, in and/or work in far-infrared spectrum.IR lamp 16 direct irradiation therefore heating clothes 1, this causes the water in clothes 1 to be evaporated into water vapour, and water vapour is taken out of shell 8 via outlet 12 in air stream 6.When device 7 is used to drying clothes 1, IR lamp 16 can be used, but IR lamp 16 need not for producing desired distinctive smell on dry clothes.IR lamp 16 can be electronic and user operable switch, or controller can control IR lamp 16 when be activated and they operate under much power.
Device 7 can also comprise the device for generation of ozone, and it generates ozone (O
3) and guide ozone to enter in the air stream 6 of movement on clothes 1.As previously explained, ozone is a kind of strong oxidizer, therefore accelerates the generation of the distinctive smell caused with the interaction of clothes 1 by UV light 2.This device can comprise ozone generator 17, and it is configured to launch ozone 18 and enters entrance 11, or directly enters the inside 4 of shell 8, as shown in Figure 2.Come by the inside 4 of entrance 11 by air intake shell 8 if entrance 11 is provided with fan 13, then the ozone produced by ozone generator 17 also can suck in shell via entrance 11 by fan 13.
Ozone generator 17 can comprise corona discharge generator, and it comprises corona discharge tube with the oxygen ionized in surrounding air and produces ozone.Alternately, ozone generator can be any one in cold plasma generator, electrolysis generator or graphite cathode reaction generator.Ozone generator can be electronic and user operable switch, or controller can control ozone generator and when is activated.
The inside 4 that device for generation of ozone should be configured to shell 8 is provided in the ozone concentration between 0.02/1000000th (0.02ppm) and 0.2ppm.Required ozone generating speed rate is by the size of the size and shell 8 that are determined by the air-flow 6 of shell 8.Ozone is strong reactivity and has the short half-life, this means that it can not dissipate farly, and does not resolve into oxygen (O
2).But it may be unfavorable for health, and in order to avoid leaving any possibility of the ozone dangerous concentrations in shell 8 access to plant 7 ambient atmosphere, the outlet 12 of shell 8 should be provided with filter 19 to remove ozone in the air 20 from discharge shell 8.Filter 19 can comprise charcoal filter or metal oxide filter, and itself and any ozone left in the air 20 of shell 8 react, to form oxide or oxygen.At the end of use, the air in shell 8 will still have the ozone of high concentration.Therefore, at the end for the treatment of cycle, before shell 8 is opened, ozone generator 17 can be deactivated and export fan 13 and can keep activating, and makes air be sucked out shell 8 and passes through the filter 19 of removal ozone.Alternately, timer lock can be set such that device can not be opened, until the ozone concentration of inside drops to level of security.
Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 shows alternate embodiment of the present invention.
The device 21 of Fig. 3 comprises shell 23, which defines inner space 24, produces air stream 25 by this inner space.Air 32 is inhaled into inner space 24 by entrance 26 and inner space 24 is left in the outlet 27 that runs through in response to fan 28.Textile article 29 is arranged in inner space 24 and UV lamp 3 is oriented to use UV illumination to penetrate textile article 29, make for textile article 29 provide as discussed previously desired by distinctive smell.
Textile article 29 can be disposed in shell 23 inner space 24 to be divided into two different regions, and the air 25 through inner space 24 is had to through fabric 29.Therefore, desired distinctive smell is carried to the region around device 21 by the air 31 passing out shell.
This process can comprise plasma or ion generator 30, or similar device, and it makes the air 31 passing out shell 23 become charged.This has makes scent molecule charged and other textile articles be attached to better near device, thus causes the effect of more lasting smell.This device can be provided with heater (not shown) in addition, and it adds hot-air at air through during shell.By this way, the air and/or the clothes that surround device can be heated, and user can find that this is gratifying.
The device 21 of the second embodiment can be significantly less than the garment treatment device of the first embodiment, because clothes does not need to be placed in device.More specifically, this device can simply for the treatment of by its air, and it can be placed in wardrobe 22 (see Fig. 4), to make air 32 at the surrounding loop being placed on the clothes in wardrobe 22, and except being placed on any object in device 21, those characteristics desired by clothes at least some can be given.
This device 21 can be connected to external power source for the parts of device 21 and power.Alternatively, device 21 can be battery powered, makes device 21 can easily be moved to different positions, and is placed in wardrobe, airing cupboard or little memory space, to produce desired characteristic and process air in this space.
In not shown in figures alternate embodiment, the shell 23 of the device 21 of the second embodiment can be configured such that clothes can hang thereon.By this way, clothes is positioned in the outside of shell, and this device produces the air with desired distinctive smell, and this air is recycled directly to clothes.
Can also comprising for moving clothes according to preassigned pattern according to device of the present invention, making all clothes be exposed to the mechanism of UV light completely.Alternatively, or in addition, UV lamp or multiple UV lamp can move according to preassigned pattern.If the inner surface of shell is coated with UV reflecting surface, then providing by its reflecting surface can the mechanism of with good grounds preassigned pattern movement also may be favourable.This device can be provided with the device for suspended garment in the enclosure, clothes is spaced apart from each other and it can be the minimum of a value of 3cm with preset distance.
Shell can also have at least one part, these certain customers can have ultraviolet lamp itself still vision in action ensure.This can by have UV strainability make only visible luminous energy pass manufactured by transparent or semitransparent region form.Alternately, this region can be provided with at the fluorescent material being exposed to used UV light time luminescence.This region is fed back intuitively for user provides, and avoids the needs to extra indicator lamp.
The embodiment described with reference to Fig. 2 relates to a kind of odor generating device, and it also can be used as clothes drying apparatus.But, be understandable that, with reference to method described by Fig. 1, be irradiated onto on clothes by means of ultraviolet light and dry characteristic to produce the pleasant sun, can be applicable to textile article and exist and any application that is required of sunlight smell.Such as, this device can be arranged on wardrobe, clothes carry bag or other ancillary clothing suspension device in, and can be used for for wardrobe or clothes carry bag near or those clothes comprised within it give expect characteristic or " sunlight smell ".
Also can be used for processing the goods beyond clothes, such as upholstery or other fabric referring to figs. 1 through the method and apparatus described by Fig. 4.
Should be understood that, term " comprises " does not get rid of other elements or step, and indefinite article " (a) " or " one (an) " do not get rid of multiple.By the simple fact enumerated, some measure is not represented that the combination of these measures can not be utilized in mutually different dependent claims.Any Reference numeral in claim should not be interpreted as the scope limiting claim.
Although in this application; claim has set forth the combination of special characteristic definitely; it should be understood that; open scope of the present invention also comprises any combination newly of clear and definite, implicit or its any disclosed any new feature or feature inductively herein; no matter whether it relates to any claim of the same invention of Current demands protection, and no matter it whether as alleviate any or all of identical technical problem the invention protected.Applicant notifies sincerely, and in the application and checking process of any other application of being obtained by the application, the combination for these features and/or feature can conceive the claim made new advances.
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1. the method processing textile article makes described textile article be given the distinctive smell be usually associated with the textile article being exposed to natural sunlight, the method comprises being positioned at by pending textile article (1) in shell (8) and using and has the UV-irradiation of wavelength between 280nm and 400nm and be positioned at described textile article in described shell, and makes it stand the predetermined radiation amount of exposing to the sun.
2. method according to claim 1, the wherein said predetermined radiation amount of exposing to the sun is at least 12kJ/m
2, be preferably at least 18kJ/m
2.
3. method according to claim 1 and 2, comprise textile article first predetermined amount of time described in the UV-irradiation that uses and there is wavelength between 280nm and 320nm, and use there is wavelength between 320nm and 400nm UV-irradiation described in textile article second predetermined amount of time.
4. method according to claim 3, wherein has strength ratio between the ultraviolet light of wavelength between 280nm and 320nm and the ultraviolet light with wavelength between 320nm and 400nm between 1:2 and 1:30, preferably between 1:4 and 1:30.
5. the method according to any one of aforementioned claim, wherein no matter the initial conditions of described fabric how, described fabric is dry at the end of processing procedure.
6. the method according to any one of aforementioned claim, also comprises the step for the ozone (18) providing concentration between 0.02/1000000th and 0.2/1000000th near just processed described goods (1).
7. the device for the treatment of textile article, think that described textile article provides the distinctive smell be usually associated with the textile article being exposed to natural sunlight, this device comprises the shell (8) for receiving pending textile article, controller and for be used in wavelength between 280nm and 400nm UV-irradiation described in the uviol lamp (3) of goods, wherein said controller is configured to control described uviol lamp, stands the predetermined radiation amount of exposing to the sun to make described textile article.
8. device according to claim 7, the wherein said predetermined radiation amount of exposing to the sun is at least 12kJ/m
2, be preferably at least 18kJ/m
2.
9. the device according to claim 7 or 8, wherein said controller is configured to control described uviol lamp, with use simultaneously or successively there is wavelength between 280nm and 320nm UV-irradiation described in textile article first predetermined amount of time, and use there is wavelength between 320nm and 400nm UV-irradiation described in textile article second predetermined amount of time.
10. device according to claim 9, wherein said controller is configured to control described uviol lamp and makes to have strength ratio between the ultraviolet light of wavelength between 280nm and 320nm and the ultraviolet light with wavelength between 320nm and 400nm between 1:2 and 1:3, preferably between 1:4 to 1:30.
11. devices according to any one in claim 7 to 10, wherein said shell (8) comprises entrance (11), outlet (12) and at least one fan (13), and described at least one fan (13) is configured in shell described in air intake (8) and via the described shell of described outlet discharge via described entrance.
12. devices according to claim 11, comprise plasma or ion generator, make charged particle be distributed to described device peripheral region leaving in the air of described shell via described outlet.
13. devices according to any one of claim 7 to 12, comprise ozone generator, for for providing the ozone of concentration between 0.02/1000000th and 0.2/1000000th (18) near just processed described goods (1).
14. devices according to any one in claim 7 to 13, the inside of wherein said shell (8) comprises multiple UV reflecting surface.
15. 1 kinds of devices for the treatment of textile article, think that described textile article provides the distinctive smell be usually associated with the textile article being exposed to natural sunlight, described device can be positioned in the space of such as wardrobe and so on, pending textile article has been placed with in described space, wherein this device comprises controller, for be used in wavelength between 280nm and 400nm UV-irradiation described in the uviol lamp of air in device, fan in shell is fed into make irradiated air with for generation of by the air stream of described device, wherein said controller is configured to control described uviol lamp to make to stand the predetermined radiation amount of exposing to the sun by the air of described device.
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