CN107761341B - Clothes dryer - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention belongs to the field of clothes dryers, and particularly relates to a clothes dryer which comprises a base and an air bag arranged on the base, wherein a blowing device used for blowing air into the air bag is arranged in the base, an air outlet of the blowing device is communicated with the air bag through an air passage, and a heating device used for heating the air in the air passage and/or a steam generating device used for providing steam for the air bag to iron clothes are arranged in the base. The clothes dryer of the invention provides hot air and/or wet hot steam for the air bag by arranging the heating device and/or the steam generating device, thereby realizing the effects of drying clothes and/or ironing clothes.
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Technical Field
The invention belongs to the field of clothes dryers, and particularly relates to a clothes dryer.
Background
At present, the rhythm of social life of people is fast, sometimes the clothes need to be dried quickly, the clothes can be washed and worn instantly, and meanwhile, the clothes are prevented from being wrinkled and the appearance is not influenced; along with the improvement of the material culture living standard, people have higher and higher aesthetic requirements on clothes, everyone wants to wear the clothes comfortably and comfortably, fully embodies the clothes of own instrument style, removes the folds on the clothes and is very important, and the clothes can be ironed to realize the clothes that is very stiff and reduce the folds.
The existing household clothes drying device is mainly a drum-type clothes dryer, when the household clothes drying device is used, washed clothes are put into a drum, the drum rotates to stir the clothes, and hot air is blown into the drum to dry the clothes. The main problems of this clothes drying device are: the drying speed is low for drying a large amount of clothes, the clothes are accumulated in the drum and are easy to generate wrinkles due to mutual extrusion, and the clothes are stirred by the rotary drum to cause wear of the clothes; ordinary household electrical appliances that iron, complicated like electric iron, nursing machine, drying-machine isotructure, subsidiary part is more, and auxiliary component is more when ironing, if: the electric iron needs to be ironed on a flat table top, the requirement on the skills of personnel is high, the procedures and the operation steps are complex in the using process of the nursing machine and the dryer, the electric iron is difficult and serious for old people and people without ironing experience, and clothes can be damaged in confusion; in the ironing process, the clothes need to be unfolded, pressed and sprayed, and the work needs manpower and cannot be automated.
Patent US6913172B2 provides a device for squeezing clothes by air bags, which comprises a base, air bags and a frame, wherein the air bags and the frame are arranged on the base, a fan is arranged in the base, the fan can provide hot air for the air bags, the air bags are inflated, and meanwhile, the clothes are dried. In the device, the clothes are supported and flattened through the expanded air bags, so that the clothes are flattened in the drying process, but in the device, only hot dry air is provided to dry the clothes, and the clothes cannot be ironed; the frame structure is fixed structure, can not go up and down, and occupation space is great, and the present solitary dryer that has the stoving function or have the function of ironing alone both wastes and occupies great space.
The present invention has been made in view of this situation.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide a clothes dryer.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the technical scheme that:
a clothes dryer comprises a base and an air bag arranged on the base, wherein an air blowing device used for blowing air into the air bag is arranged in the base, an air outlet of the air blowing device is communicated with the air bag through an air channel, and a heating device used for heating the air in the air channel and/or a steam generating device used for providing steam for the air bag to achieve clothes ironing are arranged in the base.
The steam generating device is arranged, the steam outlet of the steam generating device is communicated with the air bag, the air bag is inflated by blowing steam into the air bag, the air bag is expanded, wrinkles of clothes can be removed more conveniently during ironing, the clothes can be automatically ironed, ironing skill is not needed, and the clothes ironing machine is convenient to use; after the air bag is used, the air in the air bag is discharged, so that the air bag is convenient to store; when only the heating device is arranged in the air channel, the clothes can be dried; when the two exist at the same time, the clothes drying and ironing are realized.
The steam generating device comprises a steam generator and a water tank which are arranged in the base, one end of the steam generator is communicated with the water tank, and the other end of the steam generator is provided with a steam outlet;
and the air outlet of the air blowing device and the steam outlet of the steam generator are respectively communicated with the gas channel, and the gas channel is communicated with the air bag.
The air outlet of the air blowing device and the steam outlet of the steam generator are respectively communicated with the gas channel, (1) the gas channel is communicated with the air bag, the air blowing device blows steam generated by the steam generating device into the air bag, and the air bag is blown up faster; (2) the blowing device accelerates the flow rate of the steam, so that the ironing speed is higher; (3) after the clothes are ironed, the air generating device is turned off, the air blowing device is continuously turned on, and the clothes are dried through air flow, so that the clothes are dual-purpose.
The air bag cover is characterized by further comprising a cover body, the cover body wraps the air bag, and an air outlet hole is formed in the cover body.
By arranging the cover body and wrapping the air bag through the cover body, the steam is stored for a short time, the loss of the steam is reduced, and a better ironing effect is realized, and the device is particularly suitable for being used in dry seasons or dry regions; on the other hand, the cover body is accomodate the back with steam, for the surface of clothing provides the steam environment, also has the heat preservation effect, and the surface of clothing is continuously ironed, and the effect is better.
The gas channel is provided with a first steam outlet and a second steam outlet, the first steam outlet is communicated with the air bag, and the second steam outlet is communicated with the cover body.
Through setting up two steam outlets with gas passage, first steam outlet and gasbag intercommunication, second steam outlet and the cover body intercommunication, steam both can get into the gasbag through first steam outlet, from inside to outside irones the clothing, and accessible second steam outlet gets into the cover body again, irones the outward appearance surface of clothing, and simultaneously, steam provides the heat preservation environment for the clothing, and the reduction heat is lost.
The heating device is arranged at one end close to the air outlet of the air blowing device.
The heating device is arranged at one end close to the air outlet of the air blowing device, the heating device heats the air blown out by the air blowing device to form hot air, the hot air is not easy to condense when carrying hot steam, and the effect of carrying the hot steam by the hot air is better; when the ironing function is carried out, the steam generator is started, the clothes are slightly soaked and wrinkles are eliminated under the condition that the blowing device supplies air, then the steam generator is closed, the blowing device and the heating device are continuously started to dry the clothes, and the heating device provides hot dry air in the clothes drying process, so that the clothes drying speed is higher.
The air bag is provided with at least one air outlet part, and the air outlet part corresponds to the overlapped part of the multiple layers of cloth on the dried clothes or corresponds to the part of the clothes provided with fillers;
because the position that the multilayer cloth overlaps on the clothing or with the position that is equipped with the filler on the clothing is difficult to be ironed or dry, becomes the key factor that restricts clothing whole ironing or stoving speed, through with air-out portion with above-mentioned position corresponding, utilize the high gas permeability of air-out portion, improve the gas flow, increase convection current heat transfer, realize ironing or drying targeted to the clothing, improve the whole ironing or stoving speed of clothing.
Preferably, the air outlet part corresponds to the shoulder part and/or the sleeve part and/or the collar part and/or the pocket part and/or the trouser waist part and/or the trouser edge and/or the zipper part of the dried clothes.
Because the collar, cuff, pocket, button-sewing area, zipper area or shoulder of the clothes are made of multi-layer cloth, when ironing or drying, the above parts are not easy to iron or dry relative to the single-layer cloth; and if the collar is internally provided with the lining and the shoulders are provided with the shoulder pads, the shoulders and the collar are more difficult to iron or dry, and the air outlet parts are arranged at the parts of the humanoid air bag, so that the ironing or drying speed of the positions on the clothes is improved by utilizing the good air permeability of the air outlet parts, and the ironing or drying speed of the whole clothes is improved.
The clothes drying device is characterized by further comprising a supporting structure, wherein the supporting structure is arranged in the air bag, one end of the supporting structure is connected with the base, and the other end of the supporting structure is suspended and used for supporting the dried clothes.
When the clothes dryer is used, clothes are firstly sleeved on the matched air bags, then the air blowing device is started, the air bags are inflated, if the air bags are not internally provided with the supporting structures, the clothes fall off in the inflating process of the air bags, and the clothes fall off is reduced by arranging the supporting structures in the air bags; if the supporting mechanism is not arranged, after the clothes are sleeved, the air blowing device needs to be opened while the clothes are held by hands, so that the clothes are very inconvenient; the supporting structure is arranged, clothes can be hung on the supporting structure, and then switches of all parts are turned on, so that the clothes hanger is more convenient to use; for some clothes with large wet weight, the supporting structure also has the function of assisting the air bags to support in the early stage of drying the clothes, the air bags stretch the clothes again along with the drying of the clothes, and in the early stage, the supporting structure reduces the pressure of the clothes on the air bags.
The supporting structure comprises a cross rod for unfolding clothes and a longitudinal rod for supporting the clothes, one end of the longitudinal rod is connected with the cross rod, and the other end of the longitudinal rod is connected with the base;
preferably, the cross rod is detachably connected with the vertical rod, and the vertical rod is detachably connected with the base.
By arranging the supporting structure into a simple transverse rod and a simple longitudinal rod, the transverse rod facilitates transverse unfolding of clothes, and the longitudinal rod is used for supporting; the transverse rods and the longitudinal rods can be fixedly connected in a welding mode and can also be detachably connected in a plugging or threaded connection mode. The detachable mode makes bearing structure equipment convenient, and when idle, can also tear into littleer part into, conveniently accomodate, realizes portablely.
The transverse rods and/or the longitudinal rods are respectively composed of at least two short rods, and two adjacent short rods are detachably connected;
preferably, two adjacent short rods are connected through threads or a connecting piece.
The transverse rods and/or the longitudinal rods are detachably connected, and because the sizes, the models and the lengths of clothes are different, when ironing or drying the clothes, the short rods on the transverse rods and the longitudinal rods are detachably connected or taken down, the lengths of the transverse rods and the longitudinal rods are adjusted, and different requirements are met; after ironing or dry clothing is accomplished, pull down horizontal pole and vertical pole to tear it into the multistage quarter butt, more convenient storage can place in the base, and it is littleer to account for the space, changes and carries.
The transverse rods and/or the longitudinal rods are respectively composed of at least two short rods, and two adjacent short rods are in telescopic connection;
the short rods are of hollow structures, one of the two adjacent short rods penetrates through the hollow hole of the other short rod and can move in a telescopic mode relative to the hollow hole, and locking devices are arranged at the connecting positions of the two adjacent short rods and used for limiting the telescopic movement.
Through setting horizontal pole and/or vertical pole to scalable connection, after ironing or dry clothing and accomplish, pull down horizontal pole and vertical pole to with its short quarter butt that contracts into, than detachable construction's connected mode, occupation space is littleer, owing to be hollow structure, the quality further reduces, more convenient accomodating, it is littleer to account for the space.
The clothes dryer of the invention provides hot air and/or wet hot steam for the air bag by arranging the heating device and/or the steam generating device, thereby realizing the effects of drying clothes and/or ironing clothes.
After adopting the technical scheme, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects: (1) the steam generating device is arranged, the steam outlet of the steam generating device is communicated with the air bag, the air bag is charged with hot steam through the steam generating device, clothes are automatically ironed, and meanwhile, the air bag expands, so that wrinkles of the clothes can be removed more conveniently during ironing; (2) the cover body is arranged outside the air bag, so that the steam of the air bag is limited in the cover body, the loss of the steam is reduced, the steam utilization rate is improved, and the ironing effect is improved; (3) the clothes drying device is provided with a steam generating device and a heating device, after the heating device heats air, the heating device drives steam to flow so as to reduce condensation of the steam, and after ironing is finished, the clothes are dried by heating air blown out by the air blowing device, so that the clothes drying speed is improved; (4) the air outlet part is arranged on the air bag, so that the air outlet part corresponds to the part of the clothes, which is overlapped by multiple layers of cloth, or corresponds to the part of the clothes, which is provided with the filler, and the parts of the clothes, which are not easy to wet or dry, are mainly ironed or dried in a targeted manner, so that the ironing or drying time is shortened; (5) the supporting structure is arranged in the air bag to support clothes, so that the use is convenient; the supporting device can be arranged into a telescopic or extensible structure, and is suitable for clothes with different lengths and sizes.
The following describes embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a first embodiment and a second embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a third embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a fifth embodiment, a sixth embodiment and a seventh embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of the support structure of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion of portion A of FIG. 5 in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the connection of the clip of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of an inner snap ring according to the present invention.
In the figure: 100. the air-leakage-prevention electric heating device comprises a base 101, a control device 102, an alarm device 200, an air bag 201, an air outlet 300, a steam generating device 301, a steam generator 302, a water tank 302-1 electric leakage detection device 302-2 water leakage detection device 303, an air outlet 400, a fan 401, an air outlet 500, an air channel 501, a first air outlet 502, a second air outlet 600, a cover 601, an air outlet 700, an electric heating device 800, a supporting structure 801, a cross rod 802, a longitudinal rod 803, a short rod 803-1, an elastic sheet 803-2, a bulge 803-3, a through hole 804, a first short rod 805, a second short rod 806, a limiting guide rail 901, an inner snap ring 902, an outer snap ring 903, a plugging part 904, a cantilever 905 and an opening part.
It should be noted that the drawings and the description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate it by a person skilled in the art with reference to specific embodiments.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and the following embodiments are used for illustrating the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
A clothes dryer comprises a base and an air bag arranged on the base, wherein an air blowing device used for blowing air into the air bag is arranged in the base, an air outlet of the air blowing device is communicated with the air bag through an air channel, and a heating device used for heating the air in the air channel and/or a steam generating device used for providing steam for the air bag to achieve clothes ironing are arranged in the base.
The clothes dryer of the embodiment provides hot air and/or wet hot steam for the air bags by arranging the heating device and/or the steam generating device, thereby realizing the effects of drying clothes and/or ironing clothes.
The first embodiment is as follows:
as shown in fig. 1, a clothes dryer comprises a base 100 and an air bag 200 arranged on the base 100, wherein a blowing device for blowing air into the air bag 200 is arranged in the base 100, an air outlet of the blowing device is communicated with the air bag 200 through an air passage 500, a steam generating device 300 for providing steam for the air bag 200 to iron clothes is arranged in the base 100, a steam outlet 303 of the steam generating device 300 is communicated with the air passage 500, the blowing device is a fan 400, and the steam generated by the steam generating device 300 swells the air bag 200 to unfold wrinkles of the clothes, so as to iron the clothes.
The air bag 200 is made of elastic and air-permeable material, the shape of the air bag 200 is matched with that of the clothes to be dried, and the air bag can be a human-shaped air bag, a coat-shaped air bag or a trouser-shaped air bag.
Through communicating steam generation device 300 with gasbag 200, hot steam gets into gasbag 200, swells gasbag 200, after gasbag 200 is sufficient, steam sees through gasbag 200 and arrives the surface of the clothing that will iron, gasbag 200 self has elasticity simultaneously, gasbag 200 after filling has the effect of strutting to the clothing, under the dual function of hot steam and gasbag 200, struts the fold on the clothing, realizes ironing of clothing, and the back of finishing ironing takes off the clothing, dries.
A clothes dryer can also comprise a base 100 and an air bag 200 arranged on the base 100, clothes are spread by utilizing the expansibility of the air bag 200 after being inflated to support and flatten the clothes, an electric heating device 700 for heating air and a blowing device for blowing hot air into the air bag 200 are arranged in the base 100, the blowing device is a fan 400, an air outlet 401 of the fan 400 is communicated with the air bag 200 through an air channel 500, the electric heating device 700 is arranged in the air channel 500, after the electric heating device 700 heats the air, the fan 400 sends the hot air into the air bag 200 to swell the air bag 200, the clothes sleeved on the air bag 200 are spread, wrinkles on the clothes are removed in the drying process, the electric heating device 700 and the fan 400 are separately arranged, when the clothes are dried, if time is sufficient or some clothes which are not suitable to be dried by hot air are met, the electric heating device 700 can be closed, the drying of the laundry is performed using only the fan 400.
The heating device and the steam generating device can also be simultaneously arranged, so that the clothes have the functions of ironing and drying at the same time.
Example two:
as shown in fig. 1, on the basis of the first embodiment, the steam generating device 300 in this embodiment includes a steam generator 301 and a water tank 302 disposed in the base 100, and the fan 400, the steam generator 301 and the water tank 302 are all disposed in the base 100, so that the structure is centralized, and the carrying and carrying are convenient.
One end of the steam generator 301 is communicated with the water tank 302, and the other end is provided with a steam outlet 303; the steam outlet 303 of the steam generator 301 is arranged at the downstream of the air blown out from the air outlet 401 of the fan 400, the air outlet 401 of the fan 400 and the steam outlet 303 of the steam generator 301 are both communicated with the same air channel 500, the air channel 500 is communicated with the air bag 200, the hot steam discharged from the steam outlet 303 enters the air bag 200 along with the air blown out from the air outlet 401 of the fan 400, because the air bag 200 is made of air-permeable material, the hot steam penetrates through the air bag 200 to reach clothes to be ironed to iron the clothes, the fan 400 increases the delivery amount of the steam, simultaneously, the filling speed of the air bag 200 is faster and the filling degree of the air bag 200 is better, the time for removing wrinkles on the clothes is shorter, and the wrinkle removing effect is better.
An electric leakage detection device 302-1 and/or a water leakage detection device 302-2 are arranged in the water tank 302, a control device 101 and an alarm device 102 are arranged outside the base 100, the electric leakage detection device 302-1 and/or the water leakage detection device 302-2 are respectively and electrically connected with the control device 101, and the control device 101 is electrically connected with the alarm device 102.
When water leakage or electric leakage occurs in the water tank 302, the electric leakage detection device 302-1 or the water leakage detection device 302-2 transmits a detection signal to the control device 101, and the control device 101 controls the alarm device 102 to give an alarm.
The fan 400 is connected with a variable frequency motor, and the rotating speed of the fan 400 is controlled by the variable frequency motor to adjust the speed of clothes drying or ironing.
Example three:
as shown in fig. 2, in this embodiment, on the basis of the first and second embodiments, the cover body 600 is disposed outside the airbag 200, the airbag 200 is covered by the cover body 600 in the cover body 600, and the bottom of the cover body 600 is connected to the base 100, so that during the ironing process, hot steam is easily dissipated, especially in a drier area or a drier season, and after the airbag 200 is filled, the surface area is large, the hot steam is dissipated more rapidly, and the ironing effect of the garment is not ideal, and by disposing the cover body 600 outside the airbag 200, the hot steam is dissipated from the airbag 200 and stays in the cover body 600, and the cover body 600 provides a steam environment for the outer surface of the garment, so that the ironing effect is greatly improved.
The cover body 600 itself has air permeability or an air outlet 601 is provided on the cover body 600 for discharging hot steam.
Preferably, the air outlet 601 is disposed at the top of the cover body 600, and a plurality of air outlets 601 may be disposed at different positions to facilitate the discharge of hot steam.
The cover body 600 may be made of a water mist-proof material for easy observation.
Example four:
as shown in fig. 3, the present embodiment is different from the third embodiment only in that a cover 600 is disposed outside the airbag 200, in the present embodiment, the steam outlet 303 of the steam generator 301 and the air outlet 401 of the fan 400 are respectively communicated with the air channel 500, the steam outlet 303 of the steam generator 301 and the air outlet 401 of the fan 400 are communicated with the air channel 500, an outlet end of the air channel 500 has a first steam outlet 501 and a second steam outlet 502, the air outlet 401 of the fan 400 and the steam outlet 303 of the steam generator 301 are both disposed upstream of the first steam outlet 501 and the second steam outlet 502, the first steam outlet 501 is communicated with the airbag 200, the second steam outlet 502 is communicated with the cover 600, that is, after the hot steam is carried by the gas blown by the fan 400, the gas is divided into two branches, and can enter the airbag 200 through the first steam outlet 501, and iron the inner surface of the clothes put on the airbag 200, meanwhile, the steam enters the cover body 600 through the second steam outlet 502 to iron the outer surface of the clothes; meanwhile, the cover body 600 provides a steam environment for the clothes, and the cover body 600 reduces the loss of steam during the ironing process.
Preferably, the aperture of the first steam outlet 501 is larger than that of the second steam outlet 502, so that most of the steam enters the airbag 200 through the first steam outlet 501.
Example five:
as shown in fig. 4, the present embodiment is different from the third embodiment in that the steam outlet 303 of the steam generator 301 and the air outlet 401 of the fan 400 are respectively communicated with the air channel 500, the air channel 500 includes a first steam outlet 501 and a second steam outlet 502, the first steam outlet 501 is communicated with the airbag 200, the second steam outlet 502 is communicated with the enclosure 600, the steam outlet 303 of the steam generator 301 is disposed at a position close to the second steam outlet 502, that is, a part of the air blown by the fan 400 enters the airbag 200 through the first steam outlet 501 to inflate the airbag 200 for stretching the clothes, and another part enters the enclosure 600 through the second steam outlet 502, the part of the air flow drives the steam to enter the enclosure 600, the air blown by the fan 400 brings the steam into the enclosure 600 to perform clothes ironing, the structure is also suitable for the case that the airbag 200 is made of a non-air material, and the airbag 200 only plays a role of inflation and stretching, ironing is completed by steam in the cover body 600, the ironing mode is uniform, hot steam is not easy to dissipate, and the ironing effect is good.
Example six:
as shown in fig. 4, on the basis of the first to fifth embodiments, in this embodiment, an electric heating device 700 may be disposed in the air passage 500 of the clothes dryer having only a steam generating device, the electric heating device 700 is disposed in the air passage 500, the electric heating device 700 is disposed between the steam outlet 303 of the steam generating device 300 and the air outlet 401 of the fan 400, and is disposed near the air outlet 401 of the fan 400, so as to heat the air blown out by the fan 400 to form hot air, which has a better effect when carrying hot steam and a faster drying speed.
When the ironing function is performed, the steam generator 301 is turned on, the clothes are slightly soaked and wrinkles are removed under the condition that the fan 400 supplies air, then the steam generator 301 is turned off, the fan 400 and the electric heating device 700 are continuously turned on to dry the clothes, the heating device provides hot dry air in the clothes drying process, and the clothes drying speed is higher compared with the clothes drying speed without the electric heating device 700; for wet clothes, only the clothes can be dried without starting steam.
A temperature sensor is provided in the gas passage 500 to detect the temperature in the gas passage 500, and the temperature sensor is electrically connected to the control device 101 to prevent overheating.
Example seven:
as shown in fig. 4, on the basis of the first to sixth embodiments, the present embodiment further defines the air bag 200, a plurality of air outlet portions 201 are disposed on the air bag 200, the air outlet portions 201 correspond to the portions of the clothes to be dried, which are overlapped by multiple layers of cloth or correspond to the portions of the clothes, which are provided with fillers, because the portions of the clothes, which are overlapped by multiple layers of cloth or are not easily ironed or dried, become a key factor for limiting the overall ironing or drying speed of the clothes, and by corresponding the air outlet portions 201 to the above portions, the air flow is increased, the convection heat transfer is increased, the clothes are ironed or dried in a targeted manner, and the overall ironing or drying speed of the clothes is increased.
The air outlet part 201 is positioned at the shoulder part and/or the sleeve opening part and/or the collar part and/or the pocket part and/or the trouser waist part and/or the trouser hem and/or the zipper part of the human-shaped airbag 200, and because the collar, the cuff, the pocket, the button sewing area, the zipper area or the shoulder part of the clothes and other positions are formed by multiple layers of cloth, when ironing or drying is carried out, the parts are not easy to iron or dry compared with the positions of single-layer cloth; and if the collar is provided with lining cloth and the shoulders are provided with shoulder pads, the shoulders and the collar are more difficult to iron or dry, and the air outlet parts 201 are arranged at the positions of the humanoid air bag 200, so that the ironing or drying speed of the positions on the clothes is improved by utilizing the good air permeability of the parts, and the ironing or drying speed of the whole clothes is improved.
The shoulder and/or the sleeve opening part and/or the collar part and/or the pocket part and/or the waist part and/or the trouser edge and/or the zipper part of the human-shaped air bag 200 are respectively made of materials with higher air permeability to form the air outlet part 201, the cloth and the air bag 200 can be connected with the air bag body in a bonding, integral forming or sewing mode, for example, the air outlet part 201 is made of cloth with good air permeability, so that the air permeability of the air outlet part 201 is higher than that of the air bag 200 body, the air outlet quantity of the air outlet part 201 is improved, the drying efficiency is improved, the air outlet part 201 is made of cloth with good air permeability, the inside and the outside of the air bag 200 are relatively sealed, the entering of sundries is reduced, the cleaning frequency of the air bag 200 is.
The air outlet portions 201 can be made of the same air permeability material or different air permeability materials, the air permeability of the air permeable materials at the shoulder portion, the cuff portion, the collar portion, the pocket portion, the waist portion, the trouser hem and the zipper portion of the humanoid air bag 200 is different, and the air permeability of the air permeable materials is gradually increased along with the increase of the number of layers of the cloth or the increase of the thickness of the filler on the clothes.
The air outlet portion 201 can be formed by vent holes formed in the airbag 200 body, and the air permeability of the air outlet portion 201 is controlled by the number of the vent holes and the diameters of the vent holes, for example, the air permeability of the positions is improved by arranging a large number of vent holes in the collar portion and the shoulder portion or by arranging a large diameter of the vent holes, and the drying speed of clothes is increased.
Example eight:
as shown in fig. 1 to 5, on the basis of the first to seventh embodiments, the clothes dryer further includes a supporting mechanism, the supporting structure 800 is disposed in the airbag 200, one end of the supporting structure 800 is inserted into the base 100, and the other end is suspended for supporting the clothes to be dried.
When the clothes dryer is used, clothes are firstly sleeved on the matched air bags 200, then the fan 400 is started, the air bags 200 are expanded, if the supporting structures 800 are not arranged in the air bags 200, the phenomenon that the clothes fall off can occur in the process of expanding the air bags 200, the clothes fall off is reduced by arranging the supporting structures 800 in the air bags 200, meanwhile, the supporting mechanisms are not arranged, after the clothes are sleeved, the fan 400 is started while the clothes need to be lifted by hands, so that the clothes dryer is very inconvenient to use, and the clothes are supported by arranging the supporting structures 800 in the air bags 200, so that the clothes dryer is convenient to use; for some clothes with large wet weight, the support structure 800 also has an auxiliary support function during the initial stage of drying or ironing process, so as to reduce the pressure of the clothes on the air bag 200.
Further, the length and inclination of the support structure 800 in the transverse and longitudinal directions can be adjusted to suit different clothes.
Further, as shown in fig. 4, the supporting structure 800 includes a cross bar 801 for unfolding the clothes and a longitudinal bar 802 for supporting the clothes, one end of the longitudinal bar 802 is inserted into the middle of the cross bar 801, and the other end is inserted into the base 100, wherein the cross bar 801 facilitates the transverse unfolding of the clothes, and the longitudinal bar 802 supports the clothes.
One end of the longitudinal rod 802 and the transverse rod 801 can be connected by screw threads, and the other end of the longitudinal rod 802 and the base 100 can be connected by screw threads.
Further, the cross bar 801 and/or the vertical bar 802 are respectively composed of two short bars 803, and the two adjacent short bars 803 are connected through threads, so that the length change of the cross bar 801 or the vertical bar 802 is realized, and the clothes with different body lengths and different transverse lengths are adapted.
As shown in fig. 5, the two short rods 803 may also be telescopically connected, and the vertical rod 802 may be telescopically connected, specifically, the two short rods 803 are respectively a first short rod 804 and a second short rod 805, the outer diameter of the first short rod 804 is smaller than the inner diameter of the second short rod 805, the inner wall of the first short rod 804 is fixedly connected with an elastic sheet 803-1, the elastic sheet 803-1 protrudes out of the end of the first short rod 804, the outer wall of the elastic sheet 803-1 is provided with a protrusion 803-2, and one end of the second short rod 805 connected with the first short rod 804 is provided with a through hole 803-3 matched with the protrusion 803-2.
Furthermore, the surface of one end of the protrusion 803-2 close to the first short rod 804 is perpendicular to the elastic sheet 803-1 and is matched with the through hole 803-3, and one end of the protrusion 803-2 far from the first short rod 804 is a spherical surface, so that when the first short rod 804 and the second short rod 805 move towards each other, the spherical surface enables the protrusion 803-2 to be removed from the through hole 803-3; when the first short rod 804 moves away from the second short rod 805, the surface near one end of the first short rod 804 is perpendicular to the elastic sheet 803-1, so that the protrusion 803-2 cannot fall off from the upper end of the through hole 803-3, and the first short rod 804 is prevented from being pulled out of the second short rod 805.
One end of the protrusion 803-2 close to the first short rod 804 is shaped as a cylindrical side surface, and the cylindrical side surface is perpendicular to the elastic sheet 803-1 and is matched with the hole wall of the through hole 803-3.
When the telescopic device is used, the first short rod 804 is pulled out, when the protrusion 803-2 on the elastic sheet 803-1 moves to the through hole 803-3, the protrusion 803-2 enters the through hole 803-3 under the action of the elastic sheet 803-1, so that the relative position of the first short rod 804 and the second short rod 805 is limited, and the telescopic motion of the first short rod 804 and the second short rod 805 is stopped; if a large force is applied to the first short rod 804 and the second short rod 805 in opposite directions, the protrusion 803-2 is separated from the through hole 803-3 due to the elastic force of the elastic piece 803-1, and the first short rod 804 is retracted into the second short rod 805 to shorten the longitudinal rod 802.
The through holes 803-3 may also be grooves, the number of the through holes 803-3 may also be multiple, and the multiple through holes 803-3 are sequentially arranged along the axial direction of the longitudinal rod 802, so that length adjustment and even fine adjustment of the length can be realized.
Further, the short rod 803 is provided with a limit guide 806, and the limit guide 806 is arranged along the axial direction of the short rod 803, so that the protrusion 803-2 and the through hole 803-3 are more easily aligned.
The limit guide 806 is a guide groove formed by the body of the short rod 803 being recessed inwards.
The lower extreme of gasbag 200 is connected through chucking device with gas channel 500's upper end, and gas channel 500's upper end is outside outstanding and be equipped with the external screw thread, and chucking device is the nut, and nut and gas channel 500 are in the centre back with the capsule skin card of gasbag 200, nut and gas channel 500 threaded connection.
As shown in fig. 7, the connection of the gas channel 500, the airbag 200 and the base 100 can also be implemented by a clip connection, the base 100 includes an inner clip 901 and an opening 905 arranged on the upper surface of the base 100, the inner clip 901 is fixedly connected to the opening 905 on the upper surface of the base 100 by a screw, the middle of the inner clip 901 is provided with an insertion part 903, the insertion part 903 is connected with the inner wall of the inner clip 901 by a cantilever 904, the gas can pass through the gap between the cantilevers 904, the lower end of the support structure 800 is inserted into the insertion part 903, the support structure 800 is fixed on the base 100, the outer wall of the inner clip 901 is provided with an annular groove, the clip is an outer clip, the inner wall of the outer clip 902 is provided with an annular protrusion matching with the annular groove, when in use, the gas inlet end of the airbag 200 is sleeved outside the inner clip 901, the outer clip is sleeved outside the airbag 200, and the inner clip 901 is matched with the outer clip 902, the air bag 200 is clamped between the inner snap ring 901 and the outer snap ring 902, so that the air bag 200 is fixed on the base 100, the air outlet end of the air channel 500 extends into the opening 905 of the base or the opening 905 is communicated with the air channel 500, and the air in the air channel 500 is sent into the air bag 200.
The vertical zip fastener that is equipped with of gasbag 200 pulls open gasbag 200, adjusts inside bearing structure 800, and it is more convenient to use.
Further, a zipper is disposed adjacent to one side of the support structure 800, and the side rail 802 of the support structure 800 is parallel to the zipper.
The cover body, the air bag and the supporting structure can be arranged in the clothes dryer which is not provided with a steam generating device and only has the clothes drying function, so that the same effect is achieved.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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1. A clothes dryer, characterized in that: the clothes ironing device comprises a base and an air bag arranged on the base, wherein a blowing device used for blowing air into the air bag is arranged in the base, an air outlet of the blowing device is communicated with the air bag through an air channel, and a heating device used for heating the air in the air channel and a steam generating device used for providing steam for the air bag to realize clothes ironing are arranged in the base;
the airbag also comprises a supporting structure which is arranged in the airbag; the supporting structure comprises a cross rod for unfolding clothes and a longitudinal rod for supporting the clothes, one end of the longitudinal rod is fixedly connected with the cross rod, and the other end of the longitudinal rod is connected with the base;
the transverse rods and/or the longitudinal rods are respectively composed of at least two short rods, and the two adjacent short rods are in telescopic connection; the short rods are of hollow structures, one short rod of every two adjacent short rods penetrates through the hollow hole of the other short rod, and can move in a telescopic mode relative to the hollow hole;
the two adjacent short rods are respectively a first short rod and a second short rod, the outer diameter of the first short rod is smaller than the inner diameter of the second short rod, the inner wall of the first short rod is fixedly connected with an elastic sheet, the elastic sheet protrudes out of the end part of the first short rod, the outer wall of the elastic sheet is provided with a bulge, and one end of the second short rod, which is connected with the first short rod, is provided with a through hole matched with the bulge;
the surface of one end, close to the first short rod, of the protrusion is perpendicular to the elastic sheet and matched with the through hole, and one end, far away from the first short rod, of the protrusion is a spherical surface;
the through holes are arranged in plurality and are sequentially arranged along the axial direction of the transverse rod and/or the longitudinal rod; the short rod is provided with a limiting guide rail, and the limiting guide rail is arranged along the axial direction of the short rod;
the steam generating device comprises a steam generator and a water tank which are arranged in the base, one end of the steam generator is communicated with the water tank, and the other end of the steam generator is provided with a steam outlet;
an air outlet of the air blowing device and an air outlet of the steam generator are respectively communicated with the gas channel, and the gas channel is communicated with the air bag;
the water tank is internally provided with an electric leakage detection device and/or a water leakage detection device, the base is externally provided with a control device and an alarm device, the electric leakage detection device and/or the water leakage detection device are respectively and electrically connected with the control device, and the control device is electrically connected with the alarm device;
the gas channel, the air bag and the base are connected through a clamping piece;
the base comprises an inner snap ring and an opening part arranged on the upper surface of the base, the inner snap ring is fixedly connected with the opening part on the upper surface of the base through a screw, the middle part of the inner snap ring is provided with an insertion part, and the insertion part is connected with the inner wall of the inner snap ring through a cantilever;
the lower end of the supporting structure is inserted into the inserting part, so that the supporting structure is fixed on the base;
the outer wall of the inner snap ring is provided with an annular groove, the clamping piece is an outer snap ring, and the inner wall of the outer snap ring is provided with an annular protrusion matched with the annular groove;
the air inlet end of the air bag is sleeved outside the inner snap ring, the outer snap ring is sleeved outside the air bag, the inner snap ring and the outer snap ring are installed in a matched mode, and the air bag is clamped between the inner snap ring and the outer snap ring;
the gas outlet end of the gas channel extends into the opening part of the base or the opening part is communicated with the gas channel, and gas can pass through the gap between the cantilevers.
2. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein: the air bag cover is characterized by further comprising a cover body, the cover body wraps the air bag, and an air outlet hole is formed in the cover body.
3. The clothes dryer according to claim 2, wherein: the gas channel is provided with a first steam outlet and a second steam outlet, the first steam outlet is communicated with the air bag, and the second steam outlet is communicated with the cover body.
4. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein: the heating device is arranged at one end close to the air outlet of the air blowing device.
5. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein: the air bag is provided with at least one air outlet part, and the air outlet part corresponds to the overlapped part of the multiple layers of cloth on the dried clothes or corresponds to the part of the clothes provided with fillers.
6. The clothes dryer of claim 5, wherein: the air outlet part corresponds to the shoulder part and/or the sleeve opening part and/or the collar part and/or the pocket part and/or the trouser waist part and/or the trouser edge and/or the zipper part of the dried clothes.
7. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein: one end of the supporting structure is connected with the base, and the other end of the supporting structure is suspended and used for supporting the clothes to be dried.
8. The clothes dryer of claim 7, wherein: the transverse rod is detachably connected with the longitudinal rod, and the longitudinal rod is detachably connected with the base.
9. The clothes dryer according to any one of claims 7 to 8, characterized in that: two adjacent short rods are detachably connected.
10. The clothes dryer of claim 9, wherein: two adjacent short rods are in threaded connection or connected through a connecting piece.
11. The clothes dryer according to any one of claims 7 to 8, characterized in that: and a locking device is arranged at the connecting position of two adjacent short rods and used for limiting the telescopic motion.
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