CN105492685A - Laundry machine with de-fluff filter - Google Patents
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A laundry machine (100) adapted to dry laundry by means of a flow of drying air is proposed. The laundry machine (100) comprises a casing (110) for accommodating components necessary for the operation of the laundry machine (100). Inside the casing, a laundry treating chamber (105) adapted to contain the laundry to be dried is provided and a casing top element (125) incorporates at least part of an air circuit in fluid communication with the laundry treating chamber (105) through an inlet opening (210) and through an outlet opening (215), and defining an air-path for the flow of drying air between said inlet (210) and outlet (215) openings. Said casing top element (125) comprises a filter housing (217) for removably accommodating a de-fluff filter (218), said filter housing (217) being provided in the air-path and being accessible through a housing aperture (219) provided on the casing top element (125), a de-fluff filter (218) for trapping fluff and/or lint particles carried by the flow of drying air crossing said de-fluff filter (218), the de-fluff filter (218) comprising a filtering element (321) and a hollow chamber (361) accessible through an inlet aperture (330) and through an outlet portion (303d). In the solution according to an embodiment of the present invention, the de-fluff filter (218) further comprises at least one air guiding element (354, 363) having a shape that distributes homogenously the flow of drying air inside the hollow chamber (361) and along the outlet portion (303d) of the de-fluff filter (218).
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The present invention relates to laundry treatment appliance or machine.In more detail, the present invention relates to for drying clothes, simultaneously for the utensil of family and specialty use.More specifically, the present invention relates to a kind of floss removing filter.
Dry and washing/drying washing machine (hereinafter will referred to as washing machine) generally includes the shell of substantially parallel hexahedral shape.When washing/drying washing machine, this shell accommodating laundry process chamber, this clothing process chamber generally rotatable, be convenient to comprise clothing to be dried, include cylinder, this cylinder is rotatably included in bucket.The front panel of this shell has the loading opening entering process chamber, thus for load/unload clothing, and is provided with door, this door especially at washing machine run duration for closing this loading opening.
This shell also holds, electronics, machinery and hydraulic unit necessary electrically for the operation of washing machine.Particularly, there is the machine of cloth drying ability with air loop (comprising such as fan, air conduit, humidity condensed unit, heating unit etc.) for feature, this air loop is adapted to be: add hot-air, blow air to be extracted out malaria to removing from clothing, being removed moisture and this action repeatedly for air in the cylinder of moisture, from cylinder, perform cloth drying circulation thus.
In washing and/or the dry process processed, treated clothing leaves behind velveteen particle or fine hair usually.Fine hair is not only light but also little generally, and therefore it may be taken out of by the heated drying air flowed in cylinder and then be brought in air loop from cylinder.
Once enter air loop, fine hair probably gathers wherein, the air conduit likely blocking air loop thus or the operation affecting the one or more parts in its multiple parts are negatively (such as, fine hair may be deposited on fan, and its degree likely causes the latter with comparatively fallback or makes it stop completely).In general, gathering of fine hair has adverse influence to the operation of cloth drying machine.
Therefore, for retaining fine hair to prevent it from causing the object of damage to have devised floss removing filter to part of washing machine.But need periodically to clear up floss removing filter and become blocking to avoid it, this situation may reduce the efficiency of washing machine or even cause the fault of cloth drying machine, at least its air loop.For this purpose, floss removing filter usually by the filter seat that is contained in removedly in air loop, such as, in the position at the front portion place at its top section being arranged in shell, that is, in the position that user easily accesses.The position of this floss removing filter makes the arrangement of dry air loop path complicated, thus causes its a large amount of energy of dry air flow losses and drying property because this reducing this utensil.
The example of this floss removing filter is provided by British Patent No. GB1554725, wherein, tumble dry machine has the arrangement of air stream, this air stream arrangement comprises lane device, cotton linters filter device and lid arrangement, air is sent to exhaust port and this lane device has the part at the control panel rear of the front portion being positioned at machine by this lane device from rotatable clothes cylinder, this cotton linters filter device is accommodated in this part of this control panel of vicinity of this lane device, and this lid arrangement is displaceable to enter this cotton linters filter device.The pahtfinder hard that the floss removing filter proposed in GB1554725 flows due to dry air and be limited by that fine hair is uneven in the filter to be gathered.
The application solves this problem by a kind of washing machine of design, this washing machine comprises the arrangement of floss removing filter, and this floss removing filter arrangement has the structure of improvement and it is adapted to improve the correspondence location of dry run efficiency in the air loop of this washing machine.
The application has devised a kind of floss removing filter, and this floss removing filter is easy to insert corresponding housing and be easy to remove from the housing of this correspondence, and dry air flowing is uniformly distributed.
One aspect of the present invention proposes a kind of washing machine, and the flowing that this washing machine is adapted to be by means of dry air carrys out drying clothes.This washing machine comprises shell, and this shell is for holding the necessary parts of operation for this washing machine.In this enclosure, be provided with clothing process chamber, this clothing process chamber is adapted to be and comprises clothing to be dried, and cover top portion combination of elements have by inlet opens and the air loop be communicated with this clothing process chamber fluid by exit opening at least partially, and this cover top portion element is defined for the air path that dry air is flowed between described entrance and exit opening.Described cover top portion element comprises: for holding the filter housings of floss removing filter removedly, and described filter housings to be arranged in this air path and can be entered by the housing aperture be arranged on this cover top portion element; Floss removing filter, this floss removing filter is for catching fine hair entrained by the flowing of the dry air through described floss removing filter and/or velveteen particle, and this floss removing filter comprises filter element and to assign to the hollow chamber that enters by entrance aperture with by export department.In solution according to an embodiment of the invention, this floss removing filter comprises at least one air guide element further, this at least one air guide element have make dry air to be flowing in this hollow chamber inner and along the equally distributed shape of this exit portion of this floss removing filter.
Set forth preferred feature of the present invention in the dependent claims.
In an embodiment of the present invention, this floss removing filter comprises filter box, this filter box has diapire, rear wall, front side wall, the first lateral sidewalls and the second lateral sidewalls, described sidewall defines aperture, top, and this aperture, top can be closed by the cap member be connected to movably on this filter box.
In an embodiment of the present invention, this second lateral sidewalls comprises this exit portion, described exit portion comprises framework, this framework encloses multiple window separated from one another by multiple separating element, these separating elements are from extending compared with lower part of this diapire at this filter box of this framework until dividing in the higher part at this aperture, top place of this framework, and this filter element is coupled in this exit portion with the plurality of windows overlay.
In an embodiment of the present invention, this filter housings comprises opening side, this opening side has the framework limiting multiple side window, the plurality of side window is separate by other multiple separating elements, each side window in described multiple side window is adapted to be: when this floss removing filter is inserted in this filter housings, and the window corresponding with of the plurality of window of this exit portion of this floss removing filter aligns.
In an embodiment of the present invention, this at least one air guide element comprises air guiding wall, and this air guiding wall to be arranged in this filter box and to extend between the part near this rear wall and the end being adjacent to this front side wall of this second lateral sidewalls of this first lateral sidewalls.
In an embodiment of the present invention, this at least one air guide element comprises the one or more air directing vanes be arranged on this cap member of this floss removing filter further, and the mode that these air directing vanes are designed is: the diapire reaching this filter box when this cap member is in the closed position.
In an embodiment of the present invention, be provided with multiple air guide element, this filter box is subdivided into multiple seed cell by these air guide element, and these seed cells have the area of section increased along this dry air flow direction path.
In an embodiment of the present invention, this entrance aperture is arranged in the rear wall of this filter box, and wherein, this floss removing filter comprises closing element further, and this closing element is hinged in this first lateral sidewalls and this second lateral sidewalls for by closing this entrance aperture against the rest element being arranged on this entrance aperture place and being adapted to be by the flowing of dry air towards this aperture, top pivotable near this rear wall.
In an embodiment of the present invention, this washing machine comprises adapter element further, this adapter element is adapted to be and this inlet opens is connected with this floss removing filter fluid via this entrance aperture, and wherein, floss removing filter comprises the outstanding framework around this entrance aperture further, and this outstanding framework is adapted to be and engages with the shim elements around the aperture being arranged on this adapter element.
In an embodiment of the present invention, this floss removing filter comprises device for ejecting further, and this device for ejecting is adapted to be assigns to eject this floss removing filter by pressing button portion.
In an embodiment of the present invention, this floss removing filter comprises the lid connected with this front side wall further and supports, this lid supports to be adapted to be and gives prominence to outside this aperture when this floss removing filter is inserted in this filter housings, and this lid supports to be adapted to be and engages with attractive in appearance lid.
In an embodiment of the present invention, this cover top portion element comprises humidity condensed element.
In an embodiment of the present invention, this cover top portion element comprises heat pump assembly.
In an embodiment of the present invention, this washing machine is washing/drying washing machine.
In an embodiment of the present invention, this floss removing filter is stacked in laundry treatment products distribution arrangement vertically.
Be better understood with reference to the following detailed description of the some embodiments of the present invention needing to be read by reference to the accompanying drawings (for illustrative and nonrestrictive object provides) according to feature and advantage of these and other of solution of the present invention.Thus, clear and definite it is desirable that, these accompanying drawings not necessarily in proportion and these accompanying drawings are only intended to conceptually display structure and process, unless otherwise indicated.Particularly:
Fig. 1 is the perspective view of washing machine according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 A is the perspective view of the washing machine of Fig. 1, shows its top with decomposition view;
Fig. 2 B is the perspective view of the seat element at the top of washing machine according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 A is the decomposition diagram of floss removing filter according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 B is the perspective cross-sectional view on the IIIB-IIIB axis of floss removing filter according to an embodiment of the invention, comprises the zoomed-in view of a part for its lateral sidewalls;
Fig. 3 C is multiple perspective views removing part of the entrance aperture with floss removing filter and floss removing filter housings according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 D and Fig. 3 E is two cross-sectional side views on the IIIDE-IIIDE axis of the rear portion of floss removing filter according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 F is the perspective view below floss removing filter according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 G and Fig. 3 H shows two perspective views of floss removing filter, respectively illustrates its lid in a closed position and in the open position, has multiple zoomed-in views of this lid feature outstanding;
Fig. 4 A is the plan view according to embodiments of the invention with the top seat element that floss removing filter inserts, with transparent multiple parts for feature, for highlighting the mechanical interaction between these two parts;
Fig. 4 B is the plan view of the top seat element of Fig. 4 A, has floss removing filter in the released state;
Fig. 5 A is the perspective view of assisting floss removing filter according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 B is the viewgraph of cross-section of a part along V-V axis of the air loop of washing machine, and wherein, multiple housing groove holds the auxiliary floss removing filter of Fig. 5 A, and
Fig. 5 C is a part for the air loop including housing groove and the section Sum decomposition view of auxiliary floss removing filter.
With reference to accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is the perspective view of washing machine (being marked as 100 generally) according to an embodiment of the invention.
Washing machine 100 comprises for holding to be dried or washing and dry article (such as clothes, clothes, flax and similar clothes items) clothing process chamber 105.Preferably, clothing process chamber 105 comprises the cylinder (not shown) being rotatably installed in machine rack or shell 110 inside, and when washing machine 100 is washing/drying washing machines, this cylinder is arranged in the bucket (not shown) that is contained in machine casing or rack 110.
Shell 110 holds operation necessary all electric, electronics, machinery and hydraulic unit for washing machine generally.Shell 110 generally has parallelepiped shape, has antetheca 115, two sidewalls 120 (only have in FIG visible), rear wall (invisible), pedestal and crown member or only top 125.Antetheca 115 is equipped with the opening for entering this cylinder and is equipped with the door 117 be associated for closing this opening.In the upper part of antetheca 115, located machine control panel 130 and be provided with drawer 135 on control panel 130 side, this drawer is that laundry treatment products distributes the part arranged, and is similar to the clothes washing treatment product of washing agent and softening agent for load classes.Top 125 is closed shell 110 from top and is limited operating desk.
In one embodiment of the invention, floss removing filter (attractive in appearance) lid 140 is flushed with it by (such as higher than drawer 135) on the control panel 130 that exposes to the open air on antetheca 115.Preferably, floss removing strainer cover 140 can comprise button part 145 (its object will be described below).
That there is perspective view that it is the washing machine 100 at the top 125 of decomposition view and the wherein perspective view of the seat element 205 at top 125 that is removed of some part referring now to Fig. 2 A to Fig. 2 B, these figure.
In one embodiment of the invention, top 125 incorporates a part for air loop, this air loop is adapted to be and makes dry air circulate through clothing process chamber 105, for the clothing (as more described in detail hereinafter) that drying wherein stores.
Top 125 comprises seat element 205, and this seat element has inlet opens 210 and exit opening 215, and this inlet opens 210 is in fluid by room outlet with clothing process chamber 105 and is communicated with, and this exit opening 215 is in fluid with fan arrangement 216 and is communicated with.
Fan arrangement 216 comprises fan and corresponding fan conduit, this fan produces dry air flowing by sucking dry air from exit opening 215 and being blown into by dry air clothing process chamber 105 in this air loop inside, and exit opening 215 and clothing process chamber 105 are all fluidly connected to fan and arrange 216.
Seat element 205, preferably close in the region of its left-front corner, be provided with the filter housings 217 (as more described in detail hereinafter) being suitable for holding floss removing filter 218.Preferably, filter housings 217 has the trapezoidal profile of approximate right angle (such as in plan view, be similar to grand piano), there is shorter sidewall 217a (the less base corresponding to right-angled trapezium) and larger sidewall 217b (relative with shorter sidewall 217a and correspond to the larger base of right-angled trapezium), this shorter sidewall is communicated with this room outlet fluid by means of exit opening 210, this larger sidewall has on machine antetheca 115, preferably in the partition wall 205a (visible in figure 5 c) of seat element 205, preferably in the part being adjacent to control panel 130, the housing aperture 219 of even more preferably opening above drawer 135, for allowing the insertion of floss removing filter 218.In addition, filter housings 217 comprises the horizontal opening side 217d (relative with right angle sidewall 217c and correspond to the hypotenuse of right-angled trapezium) of right angle sidewall 217c and preferred angled, and this right angle sidewall corresponds essentially to a part (and corresponding to the right-angle side of right-angled trapezium) for the side sidewall of the seat element 205 at top 125.
In one embodiment of the invention, inlet opens 210 is fluidly connected to adapter element 212, and this adapter element is set to inlet opens 210 is fluidly connected with filter housings 217 and floss removing filter 218 (when being inserted in filter housings 217).Preferably, but it is nonrestrictive, adapter element 212 can be adapted to be the parallelepiped shape element be connected on seat element 205, have one or more circular cone or cylindrical channel, this one or more circular cone or cylindrical channel are equipped with two contrary apertures to be fluidly connected with floss removing filter 218 to make inlet opens 210 wherein.Adapter element 212 can be made up of any suitable material of such as polymeric material, and by means of any suitable linkage arrangement, such as, assign to be connected on seat element 205 by the posterior of (the being adjacent to shorter sidewall 217a) filter housings 217 that closely cooperates.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the aperture facing the filter housings 217 of adapter element 212 is surrounded by shim elements 212a, and this shim elements is given prominence to towards the inside of filter housings 217.Do not arrange in the alternate embodiment of adapter element 212 of the present invention, directly alternative shim elements can be set around inlet opens 210.
In one embodiment of the invention, horizontal opening side 217d comprises framework 220, and this framework limits by multiple separating element (such as multiple munnion element 220b of preferred prism shape) multiple side window 220a separated from one another.Preferably, the multiple housing groove being adapted to be accommodation after-filter 221 (being described in more detail below) are provided with (not shown in Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B at framework 220 place, but visible in figure 5b, be labeled and there is reference number 505u and 505l).Advantageously, multiple flap element 222 can be set.These flap element 222 are outstanding on the contrary to guide the remainder that dry air flows towards the air loop be limited at top 125 to leave horizontal opening side 217d from framework 220 and filter housings 217.
In the central area of seat element 205, contain first heat exchange unit (such as humidity condensed element 225) of the evaporimeter such as comprising heat pump assembly.Humidity condensed element 225 is adjacent to horizontal opening side 217d, and therefore the former outer surface is in fluid with the latter and is communicated with.Be close to humidity condensed element 225, relative with filter housings 217, be provided with the second heat exchange unit (such as dry air heating element heater 230), such as, comprise the condenser of heat pump assembly.Humidity condensed element 225 has the function of dewatering to dry air by making dry air cool down; Dry air heating element heater 230 has the function of heating through the dry air of dehydration on the contrary.Compressor (not shown) for heat pump can be attached to seat element 205 in angle right front with it accordingly, and the body of this compressor is given prominence to from the below of seat element 205.In alternative embodiments, this compressor can be positioned in the bottom of shell 110, is attached on the pedestal of washing machine 100 and is fluidly connected to the humidity condensed element 225 be accommodated in top 125 by means of multiple flexible pipe, and these flexible pipes preferably extend along the relief angle of shell 110 or along the clothing process chamber 105 of washing machine 100.In different embodiments of the invention, washing machine 100 can comprise the electric heater of alternative heat pump assembly and air-air or air-to-water heat exchanger device.
The seat element 205 at top 125 is covered by wainscot 235, and this wainscot covers humidity condensed element 225, dry air heating element heater 230 and floss removing filter 218 substantially.Top 125 is completed by outer (attractive in appearance) panel 240.Seat element 205 and wainscot 235 limit air path, this air path sends the air containing moisture from clothing process chamber 105 towards floss removing filter 218 (by inlet opens 210), prevent the air containing moisture from directly entering humidity condensed element 225 or dry air heating element heater 230 (namely, before filtered by floss removing filter 217), and then dry air flowing finally reaches exit opening 215 along with from floss removing filter 218 to the air path of heating element heater 230, through humidity condensed element 225.
Preferably, top 125 just forms once assembled the unit preparing to be installed on shell 110 by means of only it correctly being placed alignedly, make opening 210 and 215 arrange the air inlet of 216 and room to export respectively with fan to mate, therefore achieve the air loop of closedown, this air loop comprises clothing process chamber 105 and arranges 216 air path limited by seat element 205, wainscot 235 and fan.Then top 125 can be fastened on shell 110 by conventional equipment (such as, by means of bonding, screw-driving or other jockeys).
In washing machine 100, when with drying machine pattern (namely, for the article of dry-storage in cylinder) when running, usually make dry air (that is, warm and the air of drying) flow through the cylinder 105 including article to be dried of clothing process chamber 105 inside.Dry air combine from clothing and/or clothing process chamber 105 in disperse moisture particle and taken away.Dry air can also take away (such as, being produced by clothing in the process of the clothing process) fine hair from clothing together with moisture particle.Dry air now containing moisture is flowing in through floss removing filter 218 after cylinder is left in room outlet, and the fine hair carried together with moisture particle by dry air flowing is substantially captured at this floss removing filter and keeps captured.On the contrary, the dry air containing moisture is transmitted towards humidity condensed element 225, dry air containing moisture at this humidity condensed element place at least in part dried (namely, dehydration), and this dry air stream air 230 that then dried air flows over through dehydration heats, dry air is heated until (such as, being set by the selection of drying program via control panel 130 by user) baking temperature by this air.Then, dry air to be sucked by fan through fan air intake and is caused and again then repeats through the dry clothing that stores of cylinder 105 circulation that just described wherein.
Present consideration Fig. 3 A to Fig. 3 H, they are different views of the floss removing filter 218 according to multiple embodiment of the present invention.
Floss removing filter 218 is designed to preferably by inner to be inserted in filter housings 217 by the housing aperture 219 of exposing to the open air on antetheca 115.Preferably, floss removing filter 218 is designed to the drawer that such as can extract out.
Floss removing filter 218 comprises filter box 303, cap member (such as lid 306), and this floss removing filter can preferably include closing element (such as swinging dividing plate 309), device for ejecting 312 and locking member 315 in addition.
Filter box 303 has parallelepiped shape, preferably has the trapezoidal base of approximate right angle.Such as, the filter box 303 of filter housings 217 can have the shape being similar to grand piano, has rear wall 303a, front side wall 303b, the first lateral sidewalls 303c, the second preferably bending lateral sidewalls 303d and diapire 303e.These sidewalls 303a, 303b, 303c, 303d define aperture, the top 303t of filter box 303.Filter box 303 can be made up of any suitable material, such as suitable polymer (such as, polypropylene PP).
Preferably (as understood in fig. 2b), the mode that filter box 303 is designed is for making, once floss removing filter 218 is inserted in filter housings 217, then the former closely coordinates the latter substantially.Even more preferably, sidewall 303a and 303c is adapted to be and substantially docks with the sidewall 217a of filter housings 217 and 217c side and can be in contact with it respectively, and front side wall 303b closes housing aperture 219 substantially and the second lateral sidewalls 303d faces the horizontal opening side 217d of filter housings 217, preferably keep and its separation.
Preferably, the mode that filter box 303 is designed is make its second lateral sidewalls 303d keep spaced apart with the horizontal opening side 217d of filter housings 217, thus defines the gap between the second lateral sidewalls 303d and horizontal opening side 217d.
Second lateral sidewalls 303d runs as filtration fraction and substantially as the exit portion of floss removing filter 218.Second lateral sidewalls 303d comprises framework 318, and this framework encloses by multiple separating element (multiple box munnion element 318b of such as preferred parallel hexahedral shape) multiple window 318a separated from one another.These box munnion elements 318b extends until the higher part of framework 318 (at 303t place, aperture, top) is divided from the comparatively lower part of the framework 318 (at diapire 303b) of filter box 303.Advantageously, these box munnion elements 318b is designed to (once floss removing filter 305 is inserted in filter housings 217) and aligns with these munnion elements 220b of horizontal opening side 217d, and its mode is not for hinder dry air to flow.
Filter housings 303 comprises filter element (such as screen pack 321) further, this filter element is preferably rectangle and size be determined to be have substantially with the length of the second lateral sidewalls 303d and highly equal length and height.Screen pack 321 is coupled on the second lateral sidewalls 303d thus the aperture of covering window 318a, and its mode is filter (as will be more described in detail hereinafter) the dry air flowing through it.Screen pack 321 preferably above connects with the second lateral sidewalls in the inside face of the second lateral sidewalls 303d (that is, facing the inside of filter box 303).Screen pack 321 can by any can be capped be injected in the second lateral sidewalls 303d inside face on suitable material make, such as suitable polymer (such as, polyether sulfone or " PES ").Alternatively, on the framework 318 that screen pack 321 can be attached to the second lateral sidewalls 303d by any other suitable mode (such as, by being bonded together with screen pack 321 and the second lateral sidewalls 303d) or can connect with framework 318 removedly on the contrary (such as, by arranging suitable snap fit engagement element).Alternatively, can arrange multiple less screen pack, each less screen pack is adapted to be and is connected on corresponding window 318a.
It should be noted, these munnion elements 318b also enhances the robustness of screen pack 321 in the process making the structural strength of framework 318 strengthen, air is prevented to flow the distortion of the screen pack 321 that may cause, such as, core the bending on the direction of the flowing of air of screen pack 321, this bends and the fine hair be captured may be caused to concentrate in the part of this flexural center.
Filter box 303 preferably also comprises the lid being attached to (or alternatively being formed with front side wall entirety) on front side wall 303b and supports 324.Lid support 324 is designed to from the aperture 219 among major lateral wall 217b outwardly, so that (when floss removing filter 218 is inserted in filtrate housing 217) supports floss removing strainer cover 140.Preferably, lid support 324 comprises thin slice 327, and this thin slice is given prominence to towards rear wall 303a transverse to front side wall 303b substantially on the end of lid support 324.Such as, floss removing strainer cover 140 can by means of one or more element (not shown) that is clasped to be connected in lid support 324, this one or more element that is clasped coordinates a corresponding connection element separately, such as, be arranged on the multiple hole 324a on lid support component 324.In other embodiments in accordance with the invention, thin slice can be placed in different positions and/or can arrange more than one thin slice.
Lid support 324, front side wall 303b and/or floss removing strainer cover 140 can be formed the multiple different element that can be engaged with each other by any suitable known way or be formed single type element.
In multiple alternate embodiment of the present invention, the alternative cover element that can to arrange with grip element (such as handle) be feature.
The rear wall 303a of filter box 303 comprises entrance aperture 330, and this entrance aperture is adapted to be the dry air received from clothing process chamber 105 by the inlet opens 210 in shorter sidewall 217a and flows.Preferably, exit portion (that is, the second lateral sidewalls 303d) has the extension larger than entrance aperture 330, makes the screen pack 321 be arranged on exit portion 303d can have wide extension.Preferably, rear wall 303a is also equipped with outstanding framework 333, and this outstanding framework is around entrance aperture 330 and extending towards the outside of filter box 303 around the border of entrance aperture 330 from filter box 303.Outstanding framework 333 is adapted to be and preferably engages with the shim elements 212a of adapter element 212 in a gas tight manner (therefore making floss removing filter 218 fluidly be connected with inlet opens 210).
Advantageously, swing dividing plate 309 and be arranged on entrance aperture 330 place.Swing dividing plate 309 and there is the shape (such as substantial rectangular) being adapted to be closedown (preferably sealing) entrance aperture 330.Swing dividing plate 309 weight that is designed to have to make: the flow kinetic force of (schematically being represented by the arrow in Fig. 3 E) of the dry air from clothing process chamber 105 can make dividing plate swing towards the inside of filter box 303 (therefore cleaning entrance aperture 330).Swing dividing plate 309 to be made up of any suitable material (such as polymer).
Preferably, swing dividing plate 309 to be hinged on the first lateral sidewalls 303c and the second lateral sidewalls 303d near rear wall 303a.Such as, swing dividing plate 309 and on the shortest contrary side, (at its drift angle place) can be equipped with two outstanding pin 309a, these outstanding pins are adapted to be and are inserted in two coupling metapores 336 (first coupling metapore is arranged in the first lateral sidewalls 303c and second coupling metapore is arranged in the second lateral sidewalls 303d).Preferably, in entrance aperture 330, place arranges rest element 330a, and this rest element is adapted to be and prevents from swinging the exterior oscillations (that is, allow swing dividing plate 309 only towards the inside of filter box 303 swing) of dividing plate 309 towards filter box 303.Owing to swinging dividing plate 309 and rest element 330a, can prevent or substantially reduce any puppet flowing (that is, with direction flowing for dry air desired by contrary) of air from floss removing filter 218 towards inlet opens 210.
Preferably, in diapire 303e, alcove 339 is formed.Alcove 339 extends in filter box 303 inwardly.Alcove 339 is included in the side opening 339a on transverse wall 303c and preferably locates near antetheca 303b.Inner at alcove 339, the first orbit element 339b is preferably parallel to transverse wall 303c from its diapire outstanding (such as, in middle position).In addition, multiple joint element (be such as clasped element 339c) is given prominence to from multiple sidewalls of alcove 339, preferably gets rid of the sidewall that side opening 339a forms place.
Alcove 339 is adapted to be and holds device for ejecting 312, and this device for ejecting allows to make floss removing filter 218 eject (as described below) from its housing 217.Device for ejecting 312 allows floss removing filter 218 to eject so that user easily grasps from filter housings 217 at least slightly.
In one embodiment of the invention, device for ejecting 312 comprises case type container 312a substantially, and this case type container has the master and (length) lateral side lower than other sides opened.Case type container 312a holds release element 342, this release element be adapted to be be arranged in right angle sidewall 217c to mate joint element (not shown in Fig. 3 A to Fig. 3 H, but it is visible in Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B, wherein be marked as reference number 410) engage, floss removing filter 218 is latched in (as described hereinafter) in operating position.
Such as, release element 342 and comprise engagement head 345 and biasing element 348 (such as helical spring), wherein engagement head 345 has a part, once device for ejecting is inserted in alcove 339, then this part (through above-described minimum lateral side) is partly given prominence to outward towards case type container 312a and is given prominence to outwardly from side opening 339a.Engagement head 345 is connected on biasing element 348 (such as helical spring) in an end of biasing element, and the opposite ends of biasing element 348 contacts with (short) lateral side of case type container 312a.
In addition, device for ejecting 312 can comprise (arranging in the diapire of case type container 312a) the second orbit element 312b and multiple joint element, be such as adapted to be with (if) the element 339c that is clasped be arranged in alcove 339 match mate the element 312c that is clasped (being arranged in the lateral side of case type container 312a).Advantageously, first and second orbit element 339b and 312b are adapted to be the slip of guide engagement 345, the motion of (longitudinally) guide engagement when element 348 is biased 345 is biased with convenient engagement head, or whole floss removing filter 217 is resisted this being biased and is moved (as will be described hereinafter), this engagement head comprises: multiple rail groove 345a, and these rail grooves are adapted to be and are coordinated by orbit element 339b and 312b; And multiple guiding groove 345b, these guiding grooves are adapted to be and are matched by the border of the side opening 339a of the border in the opening side of the case type container 312a of device for ejecting 312 and alcove 339.
Locking member 315 is adapted to be and is just maintained in operating position by floss removing filter 218 once be inserted in filter housings 217.
Such as, locking member 315 is the lever of " L " shape substantially, and it comprises the nasal portion 315b releasing part 315a and extend substantially transversely to the former.Release part 315a is preferably parallelepiped shape, and nasal portion 315b is the rod element comprising nose element 351 substantially.Nose element 351 is given prominence to transverse to nasal portion 315b and is preferably positioned in the free powder end contrary with the crosspoint of two part 315a and 315b of nasal portion 315b.Nose element 351 comprises the blocking element 351a (tilt to have to face when locking member 315 connects with lid support 324 lid support 324 compared with high rim and the comparatively low edge facing filter box 303) of the cylinder form preferably with band angled top surface and one or more sliding members 351b, such as there are two ribs of right-angle triangle, and its right angle is adjacent to blocking element 351a.
Crosspoint place between these two part 315a and 315b, two pin 315c extend substantially transversely to two part 315a and 315b, give prominence to from locking member 315 in the reverse direction.Locking member 315 is preferably hinged in lid support 324 by means of pin 315c, and these pins are inserted in the opposite location in lid support 324 in the pin hole 324b of the multiple correspondences arranged.In this articulated position, nose element 351 is from being arranged on exposing compared with the nose window 324b lower part of lid support 324.Locking member 315 also comprises biasing element (such as helical spring 315d), this biasing element is attached at one of its end place releases part 315a (locating on rear side of it), and contacts with the recess walls 324d of lid support 324 at opposite ends place.
In the interior section of filter box 303, can guiding wall 354 be preferably set to guide dry air to flow to the second lateral sidewalls 303d from entrance aperture 330.Such as, guiding wall 354 can be curved wall, and the first lateral sidewalls 303c is connected with the end being adjacent to front side wall 303b of the second lateral sidewalls 303d by this curved wall.Generally, the mode that guiding wall 354 is designed is for providing the hydrodynamic performance of the best (such as to the dry air flowing of floss removing filter box 218 inside, be adapted to be and effectively guide dry air to flow equably towards whole second lateral sidewalls 303d, thus produce eddy current minimum as far as possible in dry air flowing).
Aperture, the top 303t of filter box 303 is preferably closed by lid 306 in a gastight manner.Lid 306 can be preferably made up of suitable polymer.
More preferably, lid 306 is made up of two composition plastics by using covering spraying technique.Such as, lid frame 357 can be made up of acrylonitrile butadient styrene (ABS), and this lid frame preferably includes periphery 357a and inner (enhancing) rib 357b.On the contrary, the multiple transparent panels 360 being set to be closed by lid frame 357 can be made up of Merlon (PC), and wherein each transparent panel 360 is preferably arranged in the position defined by the rib 357b of lid frame 357 and/or periphery 357a.These transparent panels 360 allow user to check to be trapped in the existence of the fine hair of filter box 303 inside and quantity and without the need to opening it.
In lid frame 357, preferably encapsulation boundary 357c is set.Encapsulation boundary 357c from lid frame 357 from its on the downside of (namely, when lid 306 closes aperture, the top 303t of filter box 303 towards the inside of filter box) and preferably along lid frame 357 correspond to rear wall 303a, the second lateral sidewalls 303d of filter box 303, a part of guiding wall 354 and the first lateral sidewalls 303c gives prominence to, its mode is make to connect with filter box 303 inside being just included in filter box once lid 306.Preferably, the above-mentioned lid border of sidewall 303a, 303c and 303d, encapsulation boundary 357c and top section are adapted to be and hinder by forming zigzag path the passage (as what can understand in the amplification of Fig. 3 B) leading to fine hair.Even more preferably, the mode that is designed of the encapsulation boundary 357c of sidewall 303a, 303c and 303d and top side wall part is for be linked together by snap fit engagement.Encapsulation boundary 357c is designed to aperture, the top 303t substantially sealing filter box 303 when in a closed position, therefore air is allowed to enter and/or leave hollow chamber 361 in floss removing filter 218 (namely by means of only the window 318a in the second lateral sidewalls 303d and entrance aperture 330, limited by filter box 303 and lid in a closed position 306, captured fine hair is still constrained in this hollow chamber).
In one embodiment of the invention, encapsulation boundary 357c can also be equipped with pad, connects with the airtight of improvement of filter box 303 to obtain.
Easily open (namely from filter box 303 to allow user, remove and connect) lid 306, preferably one or more grip can be set in the end that the first lateral sidewalls 303c and the second lateral sidewalls 303d is adjacent to the periphery 357a of the rear wall 303a of filter box 303 that corresponds to of lid frame 357, such as one or morely open lobe plate 357d.
In an embodiment of the present invention, lid 306 comprises from outstanding one or more (air) guide blades 363 (being three in the accompanying drawings) in the downside of lid 306 (that is, when lid 306 closes aperture, top 303t towards the inside of filter box 303).Preferably, these guide blades 363 to be arranged in the multiple positions corresponding to rib 357b and to be made up of the material identical with lid frame 357, and even more preferably integrate with the latter (therefore obtaining mechanical robust structure).
The mode that these guide blades 363 are preferably designed is the diapire 303e reaching filter box 303 when lid 306 closes aperture, top 303t, therefore substantially the hollow chamber 361 of filter box 303 is subdivided into multiple seed cell, these seed cells preferably have the area of section increased along dry air flow direction path, its mode distributes substantially equably for making dry air flow in filter box 303, and these guide blades have preferably bending shape, thus provide best hydrodynamic performance for dry air flows, therefore guide dry air to flow equably towards screen pack 321 and avoid the fine hair of local to gather the obturation with its local of result.
Preferably, the mode that these guide blades 363 are designed is align with the munnion element 318b of framework 318, therefore avoids hindering dry air to flow through floss removing filter 218.
In other embodiments of the invention, can arrange from the diapire of filter box instead of from the outstanding multiple alternative guide blades of lid.
In order to be connected on filter box 303 pivotally, lid 306 comprises two hinges 366, and these hinges are preferably substantially at the opposite ends place outstanding (that is, corresponding to the front side wall 303b of filter box 303) of the front side of lid 306.Each hinge 366 is laterally given prominence to and the pin 366a having and then laterally give prominence to from center and its of flat part 366b from lid frame 357 and its, and flat part 366b is preferably circular substantially.
Each pin 366a be adapted to be in the position being adjacent to front side wall 303b with to be arranged on the first lateral sidewalls 303c and the front hole 369 of coupling on the second lateral sidewalls 303d engages.Each flat part 366b is equipped with two recess 366c, these two recesses are separated by the angle (although not getting rid of greater or lesser angle) of 90 ° substantially along the periphery of flat part 366b and are adapted to be and engage corresponding protuberance 371, and this protuberance is arranged in the first lateral sidewalls 303c of front side wall 303b and the sunk part of the second lateral sidewalls 303d.Preferably, first recess of these recesses 366c and pin 366a limit the straight line being arranged essentially parallel to the periphery 357a of lid frame 357, and second recess of these recesses 366c and identical pin 366a limit the straight line of the periphery 357a extending substantially transversely to lid frame 357.
The joint being arranged essentially parallel to lid 306 between these protuberance 371 and these recesses 366c defines closed position, in this closed position, lid 306 closes aperture, top 303t, and the joint extending substantially transversely to lid 306 between these protuberance 371 and these recesses 366c defines open position, in this open position, lid 306 is transverse to aperture, top 303t.
The top 125 of washing machine 100 and the structure of floss removing filter 218 are summarised, floss removing filter 218 is described from the insertion of its housing 217 with remove by referring to Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B now, these two figure are top view, wherein the part of the seat element 205 at top 125 is removed, and the floss removing filter 218 shown in it is in the insertion position of filter housings 217 inside respectively with in off-position.
As mentioned above, first floss removing filter 218 is inserted in filter housings 217 by housing aperture 219 with the rear wall 303a of filter box 303, and wherein lid 306 is in a closed position.In the insertion process of floss removing filter 218, the coupling joint element 410 be formed in the right side wall 217c of filter housings 217 is tackled and engaged to engagement head 345.Engagement head 345 keeps being latched in against in the position of coupling joint element 410 substantially, and floss removing filter 218 is inserted in filter housings 217 further.Due to this against, bias spring 348 is compressed (that is, being converted to the contraction state of accumulation potential energy from elongated state).Those skilled in the art should be clear that, engagement head 345 remains in tram by these orbit elements 339b and 312b, that is, prevent its due to coupling joint element 410 side direction against any torque be combined with the compression being inserted into the increase provided in filter housings 217 by floss removing filter 218.
Once the insertion of floss removing filter 218 in filter housings 217 completes, outstanding framework 333 (giving prominence to from the entrance aperture 330 of filter box 318) just engages with shim elements 210a and is connected to obtain the fluid substantially airtight with the inlet opens 210 of filter housings 217.Substantially meanwhile, the lower boundary of nose element 351 near aperture 219 with the nose groove 420 be formed in seat element 205 engages.The nose element 351 engaged with the lower boundary of nose groove 420 prevents the biasing element 348 of device for ejecting 312 to extend and gets back to elongated state, is therefore maintained by floss removing filter 218 in the insertion position of filter housings 217 inside.
In order to prevent the incorrect insertion of floss removing filter 218 in filter housings 217, floss removing filter 218 can preferably only be inserted in filter housings 217 when thin slice 327 is inserted in thin slice groove 425 inside, this thin slice groove is arranged on the partition wall 205a of seat element 205, and the interior section of control panel 130 with top 125 is preferably separated by this partition wall substantially in the position near aperture 219.
User can easily make floss removing filter 218 unlock from its housing 217 by the button part 145 of the lid attractive in appearance 140 pressing floss removing filter 218 simply.
Button part 145 is equipped with annex 435 (although also can arrange more annexes), and this annex contacts with the release part 315a of locking member 315.Therefore, by promoting button part 145, pushing action is transferred to releases part 315a, this cause locking member 315 about the axis pivotable that limits by two pin 315c.This pivotable makes these sliding members 351b tackle the lower boundary (that is, outside border) of nose groove 420, and its edge tilted makes nasal portion 315b be out of shape in impermanent mode.This distortion makes the blocking element 351a of nose element 351 be disengaged with nose groove 420, and itself and then permission release the biasing element 348 of element 342 elongated state downward-extension (therefore the potential energy of storage being released to kinetic force).The extension (wherein engagement head 345 is still against coupling joint element 410) of biasing element 348 causes floss removing filter 218 to skid off one section of release length from filter housings 217 through aperture 219, and this release length corresponds essentially to the difference (mode that this release length is advantageously designed is for allowing user easily to grasp floss removing filter 218) between the length of the biasing element 348 be under resting state and the length of the biasing element 348 under being in compressive state.It should be noted, floss removing filter 218 is straight line from the slip of filter housings 217 substantially due to track 339b and 312b, which prevent the sideshake of floss removing filter 218.
Therefore, floss removing filter 218 according to the present invention is adapted to be easily in its filter housings 217 positioned internal and removing.
In particular, device for ejecting 312, locking device 315 and thin slice 327 provide effective arrangement, ensure that the correct insertion (and in top 125 inside there is no gas leakage) of floss removing filter 218 in the operating position of filter housings 217 inside.Which ensure that the correct insertion of floss removing filter 218 completes the air path for dry air, because floss removing filter 218 defines its essential part.Really, floss removing filter 218 guides dry air to flow together with the fine hair of catching entrained by dry air flows (especially due to guiding wall 354 and blade 363) towards humidity condensed unit 225, there is minimum eddy current produce and being uniformly distributed of whole length with its transversely opening side 274d, therefore improve the heat exchange operation of heat exchanger 225 and 230.
In addition, allow according to device for ejecting 312 of the present invention and locking device 315 (only the needing to promote button 145 and the extraction then manually completing floss removing filter 218) of user's effortless release floss removing filter 218.This effortless release and transparent panel 360 and floss removing filter 218 greatly simplifie user to the inspection of floss removing filter 218 and clean together with the location in the top 125 of washing machine 100, reduce the reduction of floss removing filter 218 due to the efficiency in scarce reduced-maintenance blocking and dry air loop therefore.
Now by referring to Fig. 5 A to Fig. 5 C, auxiliary floss removing filter 221 and housing arrangement thereof are described, these accompanying drawings respectively illustrate auxiliary floss removing filter 221 perspective view and along the viewgraph of cross-section of V-V axis of horizontal opening side 217d and the section Sum decomposition view of this housing groove 505u, 505l and auxiliary floss removing filter 221 with the auxiliary floss removing filter 221 be inserted in corresponding housing groove 505u and 505l.
Auxiliary floss removing filter 221 is strip band component substantially, and this strip band component comprises filtration fraction 510f and grip 510g.Preferably, filtration fraction 510f and grip 510g is made up of any suitable material (such as elastomeric polymer) single type.
Filtration fraction 510f comprises framework 515, around at least one but preferably multiple screen pack 520 separated by auxiliary erection frame element 525 is (namely for this framework, each auxiliary erection frame element 525 divides two corresponding contiguous screen packs 520, and auxiliary erection frame element 525 is arranged between these two corresponding contiguous screen packs).Preferably, these screen packs 520 narrower than the screen pack 321 of floss removing filter 218 (namely meticulousr), to catch the floss particle escaped from from the latter.
Equally in this case, auxiliary erection frame element 525 is the robustness that each screen pack in multiple screen pack 520 gives enhancing, thus prevents air to flow the distortion of the screen pack 520 that may cause.
Grip 510g is arranged on an end of auxiliary floss removing filter 221 and comprises grip portions 530, this grip portions is preferably adapted to be and is only gripped securely with two fingers by user, such as, grip 530 comprises preferably transverse to multiple ribs 535 that the maximum side of auxiliary floss removing filter 221 is formed, for the gripping strengthened by user.Grip 510g also comprises finger-hole 540, and this finger-hole is adapted to be and is caught on by the finger of user, to extract auxiliary floss removing filter 221 out from the top 125 of washing machine 100 more easily.
Boundary between grip 510g and filtration fraction 510f, the multiple opposite location places preferably on the limit 550 of the framework 515 of auxiliary floss removing filter 221 arrange at least two elastic engagement elements 545.Preferably, each elastic engagement elements 545 consists essentially of from the limit 550 protuberance 545a outwardly of auxiliary floss removing the filter 221 and eyelet 545b immediately below protuberance 545a.
In one embodiment of the invention, auxiliary floss removing filter 221 can be easily made and be slided in the path limited by housing groove 505u and 505l by user.Such as carrying out fixing by user by the grip 510g of auxiliary floss removing filter 221 and assist floss removing filter, by being adjacent to auxiliary tank 555 that housing aperture 219 and the thin slice groove in the front side wall 205b of seat element 205 425 (preferably between) locate auxiliary floss removing filter 221 being inserted the inside at top 125.Preferably, auxiliary tank 555 by the mode of locating for be hidden by cap member 140 when floss removing filter 218 is inserted in filter housings 217.
Housing groove 505u and 505l respectively with (when wainscot 235 covering base element 205) parallel to each other and contrary extend in wainscot 235 and seat element 205, and be preferably adjacent to the framework 220 of the horizontal opening side 217d of filter housings 217.Distance between housing groove 505u and 505l is designed to the cross-sectional height corresponding essentially to auxiliary floss removing filter 221, and its mode makes this auxiliary floss removing filter coordinate housing groove (as apprehensible in figure 5b) slidably.
Auxiliary floss removing filter 221 inserts inside, top 125 by the auxiliary tank 555 being adjacent to location, housing aperture 219, until protuberance 545a invades the corresponding bonding part (not shown) that (such as, toward each other) gives prominence to from housing groove 505u and 505l in opposite location.When by when being pressed on these bonding parts, the protuberance 545a of these two elastic engagement elements 545 is out of shape, that is, these protuberances 545a bends inwardly and closes corresponding eyelet 545b, and therefore elastic engagement elements 545 invades bonding part and assists floss removing filter 221 to arrive operating position.In bonding station, these protuberances 545a can be normal (namely with it, outstanding) configuration returns thus against bonding part, therefore auxiliary floss removing filter 221 is fastened in its operating position, that is, to be inserted in completely in the housing path limited by housing groove 505u and 505l (although not getting rid of of the present invention to be in the embodiment that the protuberance that still compresses in its operating position is feature when auxiliary floss removing filter).It should be noted, auxiliary floss removing filter 221 is followed due to its resilience bending (it corresponds essentially to the bending of horizontal opening side 217d, as what can understand in the decomposition view of Fig. 5 C) that limited by housing groove 505u and 505l.
Advantageously, the sidewall 560 (preferably by sidewall that auxiliary tank 555 separates with housing aperture 219) of auxiliary tank 555 is equipped with the aperture 560a extended towards the inside of filter housings 217 from auxiliary tank 555.Aperture 560a allows user easily and is intactly engaged in the path limited by housing groove 505u and 505l by auxiliary floss removing filter 221, because grip 510g can by user's (by aperture 560a) fixing until auxiliary floss removing filter 221 be brought in its operating position.
At washing machine 100 run duration, auxiliary floss removing filter 221 is adapted to be and is captured in its net 520 by the fine hair likely escaped from from floss removing filter 217, to prevent this fine hair from arriving heat exchange unit 225 and 230.
Auxiliary floss removing filter 221 is by reducing the fine hair amount that can arrive humidity condensed unit 225 and/or air 230 further the filter capacity that air loop provides improvement, therefore appreciably decreases the possibility that the fault relevant to the fine hair disperseed in the air loop of washing machine 100 or efficiency reduce.The position of auxiliary floss removing filter 221 allows user and performs the inspection of this auxiliary floss removing filter and clean together with clean to the inspection of floss removing filter 218 in context, and the ribbon shape of auxiliary floss removing filter 221 allow for its easy as far as possible clean (such as, being just enough to rinse this auxiliary floss removing filter with some water).
It should be noted, when auxiliary floss removing filter 221 is not in its operating position, washing machine 100 also can run, that is, wherein only have floss removing filter 218 to filter the air flowing from clothing process chamber 105.Really, in alternative embodiments of the present invention, after-filter 221 and housing groove 505u and 505l can be saved.
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1. a washing machine (100), the flowing that this washing machine is adapted to be by means of dry air carrys out drying clothes, and this washing machine comprises:
Shell (110), this shell is used for holding the necessary parts of operation for this washing machine (100);
In this enclosure, be adapted to be the clothing process chamber (105) comprising clothing to be dried;
Cover top portion element (125), this cover top portion combination of elements have by inlet opens (210) and the air loop be communicated with this clothing process chamber (105) fluid by exit opening (215) at least partially, and this cover top portion element is defined for the air path making dry air flow between described inlet opens (210) and exit opening (215) opening, described cover top portion element (125) comprising:
For holding the filter housings (217) of floss removing filter (218) removedly, described filter housings (217) to be provided in this air path and to enter by the housing aperture (219) be provided on this cover top portion element (125);
Floss removing filter (218), this floss removing filter is used for catching fine hair entrained by the flowing of the dry air through described floss removing filter (218) and/or velveteen particle, and this floss removing filter (218) comprises filter element (321) and by entrance aperture (330) and the hollow chamber (361) that entered by exit portion (303d);
It is characterized in that
This floss removing filter (218) comprises at least one air guide element (354 further, 363), this at least one air guide element have make dry air to be flowing in this hollow chamber (361) inner and along this exit portion (303d) the equally distributed shape of this floss removing filter (218).
2. washing machine according to claim 1 (100), wherein, this floss removing filter (218) comprises filter box (303), this filter box has diapire (303e), rear wall (303a), front side wall (303b), the first lateral sidewalls (303c) and the second lateral sidewalls (303d), described sidewall defines aperture, top (303t), and this aperture, top can be closed by the cap member (306) be connected to movably on this filter box (303).
3. washing machine according to claim 2 (100), wherein, this second lateral sidewalls (303d) comprises this exit portion (303d), described exit portion (303d) comprises framework (318), this framework closes by multiple separating element (318b) multiple window separated from one another (318a), these separating elements (318b) are from the comparatively lower part extension of this diapire (303b) at this filter box (303) of this framework (318) until dividing in the higher part at this aperture, top (303t) place of this framework (318), this filter element (321) is coupled in this exit portion (303d) overlapping with the plurality of window (318a).
4. washing machine according to claim 3 (100), wherein, this filter housings (217) comprises opening side (217d), this opening side has the framework (220) limiting multiple side window (220a), the plurality of side window is separate by other multiple separating elements (220b), each side window in described multiple side window (220a) is adapted to be: when this floss removing filter is inserted in this filter housings (217), the window (318a) corresponding with one of the plurality of window (318a) of this exit portion (303d) of this floss removing filter (218) aligns.
5. the washing machine (100) according to any one of above claim 2 to 4, wherein, this at least one air guide element (354,363) comprise air guiding wall (354), this air guiding wall to be arranged in this filter box (303) and to extend between the part near this rear wall (303a) and the end being adjacent to this front side wall (303b) of this second lateral sidewalls (303d) of this first lateral sidewalls (303c).
6. the washing machine (100) according to any one of claim 2 to 5, wherein, this at least one air guide element (354,363) comprise the one or more air directing vanes (363) be arranged on this cap member (306) of this floss removing filter (218) further, the mode that these air directing vanes (363) are designed is: the diapire (303e) reaching this filter box (303) when this cap member (306) is in the closed position.
7. the washing machine (100) according to any one of claim 2 to 6, wherein, be provided with multiple air guide element (354,363), this filter box (303) is subdivided into multiple seed cell by these air guide element, and these seed cells have the area of section increased along this dry air flow direction path.
8. the washing machine (100) according to any one of claim 2 to 7, wherein, this entrance aperture (330) is arranged in the rear wall (303a) of this filter box (303), and wherein, this floss removing filter (218) comprises closing element (309) further, this closing element is hinged in this first lateral sidewalls (303c) and this second lateral sidewalls (303d) near this rear wall (303a) and closes this entrance aperture (330) for passing through against the rest element (330a) being arranged on this entrance aperture (330) place, and be adapted to be by the flowing of dry air towards this aperture, top (303t) pivotable.
9. the washing machine (100) according to any one of claim 2 to 8, comprise adapter element (212) further, this adapter element is adapted to be and this inlet opens (210) is fluidly connected with this floss removing filter (218) via this entrance aperture (330), and wherein, this floss removing filter comprises the outstanding framework (333) around this entrance aperture (330) further, this outstanding framework (333) is adapted to be and engages with the shim elements (212a) around the aperture being arranged on this adapter element (212).
10. the washing machine (100) according to any one of claim 2 to 9, wherein, this floss removing filter (218) comprises device for ejecting (312) further, and this device for ejecting is adapted to be and ejects this floss removing filter (218) by pressing button part (145).
11. washing machines (100) according to any one of above claim 2 to 10, wherein, this floss removing filter (218) comprises the lid connected with this front side wall (303b) further and supports (324), this lid supports to be adapted to be and gives prominence to outward towards this aperture (219) when time during this floss removing filter is inserted in this filter housings (217), and this lid support (324) is adapted to be and engages with lid attractive in appearance (140).
12. washing machines (100) according to any above claim, wherein, this cover top portion element (125) comprises humidity condensed element (225).
13. washing machines (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein, this cover top portion element (125) comprises heat pump assembly.
14. washing machines (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein, this washing machine (100) is washing/drying washing machine.
15. washing machines according to claim 14 (100), wherein, this floss removing filter (218) is stacked to laundry treatment products vertically and is distributed in arrangement (135).
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