CN110878468A

CN110878468A - Clothes care equipment and control method thereof

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Publication number: CN110878468A
Application number: CN201811033956.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 业明坤; 舒春明
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Guangdong Midea White Goods Technology Innovation Center Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Guangdong Midea White Goods Technology Innovation Center Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-09-05
Filing date: 2018-09-05
Publication date: 2020-03-13
Anticipated expiration: 2038-09-05
Also published as: CN110878468B

Abstract

The invention discloses a clothes care device which comprises a treatment chamber, a clothes support bracket, a clothes support and an air heating device, wherein the treatment chamber is internally provided with a clothes accommodating space, the clothes support bracket is arranged in the clothes accommodating space, the clothes support bracket is provided with a first air outlet and a first air inlet which are communicated, the clothes support is arranged at the first air outlet, the clothes support is provided with a second air inlet and a second air outlet which are communicated, the second air inlet is communicated with a cavity, and the air heating device is communicated with the first air inlet through a pipeline and used for supplying air to the interior of the cavity so as to discharge the air from the second air outlet. The invention also discloses a control method of the clothes care equipment. In this way, strong air can be intensively acted inside the clothes, so that the inner surface of the clothes forms stronger airflow to dry the clothes quickly; meanwhile, the strong gas forms strong acting force on the inner surface of the clothes, so that all parts of the clothes are shaken to remove wrinkles on the clothes.

Description

Clothes care equipment and control method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of clothes care equipment, in particular to clothes care equipment and a control method of the clothes care equipment.

Background

With the improvement of quality of life, the laundry care machine has gradually become a household appliance with higher frequency of use. Most of the current clothes care machines work in a mode that clothes are hung in a treatment chamber and hot air or steam is supplied into the treatment chamber to directly act on the outer surface of the clothes, but in the mode, the hot air or the steam acts on the outer surface of the clothes and does not form strong airflow when working, so that strong acting force is not formed on the surface of the clothes, the wrinkle removing effect of the clothes during shaking is not obvious, and the drying time is long.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a laundry care apparatus and a control method of the laundry care apparatus, which are designed to solve at least one of the problems of the related art.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a laundry care appliance, comprising: a processing chamber having a laundry accommodating space therein;

the clothes support bracket is arranged in the clothes accommodating space, a cavity is formed in the clothes support bracket, and a first air outlet and a first air inlet which are communicated with the cavity are formed in the clothes support bracket;

the clothes support is arranged at the first air outlet, a second air inlet and a second air outlet which are communicated are formed in the clothes support, and the second air inlet is communicated with the cavity;

and the air heating device is communicated with the first air inlet through a pipeline and is used for supplying air to the inside of the cavity so as to enable the air to circulate to the second air outlet through the second air inlet and be discharged.

Preferably, the laundry care apparatus further includes a steam generating device and a steam outlet at the steam generating device, the steam outlet is provided in the treating chamber, and the steam outlet is communicated with the laundry accommodating space of the treating chamber.

Preferably, the clothes care apparatus further comprises a cover member for covering the first air outlet and an elastic member for elastically connecting the cover member and the clothes hanger bracket;

the cover piece is located first gas outlet department and locates in the cavity, the clothing prop with the cover piece contacts and pushes down when the cover piece, the clothing prop with form gas passage between the cover piece, so that the clothing prop with the cavity intercommunication.

Preferably, the cover part is provided with a first vertical plate and a second vertical plate in a crossed manner, and the second air inlet is abutted against the first vertical plate and the second vertical plate to press the cover part;

the thickness of the first vertical plate and the thickness of the second vertical plate are both smaller than the diameter of the second air inlet.

Preferably, the air heating device comprises a heating module and a fan, one end of the heating module is communicated with the first air inlet through a pipeline, and the other end of the heating module is communicated with the fan through a pipeline.

Preferably, a return air port for recovering the air in the clothes accommodating space and an accommodating cavity for storing the air recovered by the return air port are arranged in the processing chamber;

the suction opening of the fan is arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the air heating device further comprises a condensation pipeline arranged between the air return opening and the suction opening.

Preferably, the clothes care equipment further comprises a driving device, wherein the driving device is arranged on the clothes support bracket and is used for driving the clothes support bracket to reciprocate so as to shake the clothes support.

Preferably, drive arrangement includes drive division, connecting piece and mounting, the drive division with the connecting piece is connected, the connecting piece passes through the mounting with the clothing props the leg joint, the drive division is used for the drive the connecting piece is rotatory, in order to drive the clothing props support reciprocating motion.

Preferably, a conversion piece is arranged on the driving part, an accommodating groove is formed in the connecting piece, and the conversion piece is inserted into the accommodating groove;

the driving part drives the conversion piece to rotate in the accommodating groove so as to drive the connecting piece to reciprocate in the arrangement direction of the clothes support bracket.

Preferably, the conversion member includes:

the rotating shaft of the driving part is inserted into the connecting groove;

a conversion arm extending from the connection groove in a vertical direction with respect to the rotation axis;

a coupling post protruding from an end of the switching arm and rotatable with respect to the rotation shaft.

According to the clothes care equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention, the treatment chamber is arranged, the clothes support bracket, the clothes support and the air heating device are arranged in the clothes accommodating space of the treatment chamber, the clothes support bracket is internally provided with the cavity, the clothes support is provided with the second air inlet and the second air outlet which are communicated, and the second air inlet is communicated with the cavity; the air heating device is communicated with the first air inlet through a pipeline and used for supplying air to the inside of the cavity, so that the air is circulated to the second air outlet through the second air inlet and is discharged. In this way, strong air can be intensively acted inside the clothes, so that the inner surface of the clothes forms stronger airflow to dry the clothes quickly; meanwhile, the strong gas forms strong acting force on the inner surface of the clothes, so that all parts of the clothes are shaken to remove wrinkles on the clothes.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a control method of a clothes care apparatus, the clothes care apparatus includes a steam generating device, a heating module and a fan, the control method of the clothes care apparatus includes the following steps:

receiving a clothes care instruction;

acquiring a clothes care mode corresponding to the clothes care instruction, wherein the clothes care mode comprises at least one of a clothes wrinkle removing mode, a clothes drying mode and a clothes automatic care mode;

and controlling the fan and a nursing device corresponding to the clothes care mode to operate according to the clothes care mode, wherein the nursing device comprises at least one of the steam generating device and the heating module.

Preferably, the laundry care apparatus further includes a driving device, and the control method of the laundry care apparatus further includes:

and controlling the driving device to operate according to the clothes care mode.

Preferably, the step of controlling the operation of the nursing device corresponding to the clothes nursing mode comprises:

when the clothes care mode is a clothes wrinkle removing mode, controlling the steam generation device or the heating module to operate;

when the clothes care mode is a clothes drying mode, controlling the heating module to operate;

and when the clothes care mode is a clothes automatic care mode, controlling the steam generating device and the heating module to operate in sequence.

Preferably, the step of controlling the operation of the steam generating device or the heating module when the laundry care mode is a wrinkle removal mode further includes:

when the clothes are in a dry-wrinkle state, controlling the steam generating device and/or the heating module to operate;

and when the clothes are in a wet and wrinkled state, controlling the heating module to operate.

According to the control method of the clothes care equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention, when a clothes care instruction is received, a clothes care mode corresponding to the clothes care instruction is obtained, wherein the clothes care mode comprises at least one of clothes wrinkle removing, clothes drying and automatic clothes care modes, the fan is controlled to operate, and a care device corresponding to the clothes care mode is controlled to operate, wherein the care device comprises at least one of a steam generation device and a heating module. Therefore, the control method can operate the corresponding nursing device according to the corresponding clothes nursing mode, so that strong gas can be intensively acted inside the clothes, stronger airflow is formed on the inner surface of the clothes or stronger acting force is formed on the inner surface of the clothes, and the effects of removing wrinkles and drying the clothes are achieved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an embodiment of the present invention showing one direction of a clothes care apparatus;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of another aspect of a garment care device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a part of the apparatus in the treating chamber of the clothes care apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a clothes hanger according to an embodiment of the present invention

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the structure of the cover member and the elastic member according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of portion A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a first gas outlet according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view illustrating the movement of the converting part and the accommodating groove according to the embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a converting part according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the driving part of the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating steps of a method for controlling a clothes care appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a flowchart illustrating steps of a method for controlling a laundry care appliance according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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the objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that if directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, and back … …) are involved in the embodiment of the present invention, the directional indications are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components, the motion situation, and the like in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are correspondingly changed.

In addition, if there is a description of "first", "second", etc. in an embodiment of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the technical solutions in the embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the combination of the technical solutions contradicts each other or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should be considered to be absent, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

The invention provides a clothes care device.

Fig. 1 is a structural schematic diagram of one direction of a clothes care device according to an embodiment of the invention, fig. 2 is a structural schematic diagram of one direction of the clothes care device according to the embodiment of the invention, fig. 3 is an exploded structural schematic diagram of a part of a device in a treatment chamber of the clothes care device according to the embodiment of the invention, and fig. 4 is a structural schematic diagram of a clothes support according to the embodiment of the invention. Referring to fig. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the laundry care apparatus includes a treating chamber 10, a clothes hanger bracket 20, a clothes hanger 30, an air heating device 40; wherein, the processing chamber 10 has a clothes containing space therein, the clothes support 20 is installed in the clothes containing space, a cavity is provided inside the clothes support 20, and the clothes support 20 is provided with a first air outlet 21 and a first air inlet 22 communicated with the cavity; the clothes support 30 is arranged at the first air outlet 21, a second air inlet 31 and a second air outlet 32 which are communicated are arranged on the clothes support 30, and the second air inlet 31 is communicated with the cavity; the air heating device 40 is in communication with the first air inlet 22 through a duct for supplying air to the interior of the cavity for circulation through the second air inlet 31 to the second air outlet 32 for discharge. Of course, in the embodiment, the air introduced through the first air inlet 22 is strong hot air with high heat and fast flow rate after being heated by the air heating device 40; or strong air with a fast flow rate which passes through the air heating device 40 but is not heated, and strong hot air and/or strong air form strong airflow on the inner surface of the clothes, so that the clothes can be dried quickly; meanwhile, the strong hot air and/or the strong air form a strong force on the inner surface of the laundry and shake the laundry to remove wrinkles from the laundry. In this embodiment, the clothes care apparatus further includes a protection door 11 for isolating the treatment chamber 10 from an operator, and when the clothes hanger 30 is installed or removed, the device operated in the clothes care apparatus is closed, and the protection door 11 is opened, so as to facilitate installation and removal; when the devices in the clothes care equipment are operated, the protection door 11 is in a closed state to ensure the safety of the operator.

Specifically, the clothes hanger 30 is used for hanging clothes, is arranged on the clothes hanger bracket 20, and is communicated with a cavity inside the clothes hanger bracket 20, so that air heated by the air heating device 40 in the cavity is discharged into the clothes hanger 30 through the second air inlet 31 and the second air outlet 32, and a strong airflow is formed on the inner surface of the clothes, so that the clothes can be dried quickly; meanwhile, the strong gas forms a strong force on the inner surface of the laundry and shakes the laundry to remove wrinkles from the laundry. Specifically, the introduced gas acts on the inner surface of the clothes, so that the contact area of the gas and the clothes can be increased, and various parts of the clothes can be completely contacted, such as: the clothes drying and wrinkle removing effects can be improved by the parts which are difficult to contact, such as sleeves of clothes.

More specifically, for example, when the clothes are in a wrinkled state, the first air inlet 22 may blow the air heated by the air heating device 40 and discharge the air from the second air outlet 32 to the inside of the clothes, and the heated air forms a strong airflow inside the clothes and acts on various parts of the clothes, so that the heated air passes through some parts (such as sleeves and the like) of the clothes which are difficult to dry, and can take away moisture on the clothes, and the strong airflow forms a strong force on the inner surface of the clothes and shakes various parts of the clothes to remove wrinkles on the clothes, thereby achieving the wrinkle removing and drying effects. In this case, the air introduced through the first air inlet 22 is preferably heated by the air heating device 40, so as to improve the clothes drying and wrinkle removing effects.

In this embodiment, the clothes support 30 is detachably installed at the first air outlet 21, so that the clothes support 30 can be easily installed at the first air outlet 21, and the clothes support 30 can be easily detached from the first air outlet 21. The second air inlet 31 and the second air outlet 32 are arranged on the clothes support 30, a channel for air to flow through is formed in the clothes support 30, the air introduced from the first air inlet 22 flows to the second air outlet 32 through the cavity, the first air outlet 21, the second air inlet 31 and the channel to be discharged, and acts on the inside of clothes to form strong air flow and strong acting force, so that all parts of the clothes are shaken, and the clothes are dried by water and wrinkles are removed quickly. On the premise that the air circulation is the same, the scheme of ventilating the inside of the clothes can increase the contact area of the air and the clothes, so that clothes drying and wrinkle removing efficiency of the clothes is improved.

Specifically, a cavity for flowing air is arranged inside the clothes support frame 20, a first air inlet 22 is arranged on the clothes support frame 20, the first air inlet 22 extends outwards from the end of the cavity, and the first air inlet 22 is used for introducing air, namely, the air is introduced into the inner space of the cavity from the first air inlet 22. In this embodiment, the first air inlets 22 may be two air inlets extending outward from the end of the cavity and respectively communicated with the air heating device 40, or may be two air inlets formed by joining the end of the cavity after extending outward and communicated with the air heating device 40, and in other embodiments, a plurality of air inlets formed by connecting a plurality of pipes to the two air inlets extending outward from the end of the cavity and communicated with one or more air heating devices 40 matched randomly, that is, in practical application, the number of the first air inlets 22 and the number of the air heating devices 40 may be selected according to specific requirements, and is not limited herein.

Specifically, a first air outlet 21 is further disposed on the clothes support 20, and the first air outlet 21 is communicated with the cavity, so that the first air outlet 21 is also communicated with the first air inlet 22, that is, the cavity, the first air inlet 22 and the first air outlet 21 are communicated with each other and used for circulating air. The inside that the clothing propped 30 in this embodiment is hollow structure, and the clothing props 30 and installs in first gas outlet 21 department, make the clothing prop the inside hollow structure of 30 and cavity intercommunication to the inside that the gas that lets in from first air inlet 22 circulates to the clothing to prop 30 through cavity and first gas outlet 21, make gas can concentrate on acting on hang each position of taking the clothing inside on the clothing props 30, thereby can the fast drying clothing, simultaneously through shaking the clothing in order to reach the wrinkle removal effect of clothing. In this embodiment, the number of the first air outlets 21 is plural, and each of the first air outlets 21 is independent, only when the clothes support 30 is installed on the first air outlet 21, the first air outlet 21 is communicated with the inside of the clothes support 30, and the rest of the first air outlets 21 are in a closed state, that is, when the number of the clothes supports 30 is one, all the air heated in the cavity is circulated to the clothes support 30, and at this time, the clothes drying and wrinkle removing effects of the clothes are the best; when the number of the clothes supports 30 is two or more, the heated air in the cavity is distributed in the two or more clothes supports 30, and in practical application, the wrinkle removing and clothes drying effects of the two or more clothes supports 30 can be realized by increasing the flow rate of the heated air in the cavity or increasing the ventilation time.

In the embodiment of the invention, the treatment chamber 10 is arranged, the clothes support bracket 20, the clothes support 30 and the air heating device 40 are arranged in the clothes accommodating space of the treatment chamber 10, a cavity is arranged in the clothes support bracket 20, the clothes support 30 is provided with a second air inlet 31 and a second air outlet 32 which are communicated, and the second air inlet 31 is communicated with the cavity; the air heating device 40 is in communication with the first air inlet 22 through a duct for supplying air to the interior of the cavity for circulation through the second air inlet 31 to the second air outlet 32 for discharge. Therefore, strong air can be intensively acted inside the clothes, so that strong airflow is formed on the inner surface of the clothes, and the clothes are quickly dried; meanwhile, the strong gas forms strong acting force on the inner surface of the clothes, so that all parts of the clothes are shaken to remove wrinkles on the clothes.

In the embodiment of the present invention, if the clothes are hung on the clothes hanger 30 and the initial state of the clothes is the dry wrinkle state, the air is introduced into the clothes, that is, the wrinkles on the clothes cannot be completely removed by shaking the clothes with the air, and at this time, the air may be the air heated by the air heating device 40, or the air passing through the air heating device 40 but not heated. That is, in order to achieve a better wrinkle removing effect for the clothes in a dry-wrinkled state in the embodiment, the clothes care apparatus further includes a steam generating device 60 and a steam outlet 61 located at the steam generating device 60, the steam outlet 61 is disposed in the processing chamber 10, and the steam outlet 61 is communicated with the clothes accommodating space of the processing chamber 10.

Specifically, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a steam water tank 62 for storing water, and a water outlet of the steam water tank 62 is connected to the steam generating device 60 and supplies water to the inside of the steam generating device 60, so that the steam generating device 60 generates steam, and supplies the steam to the laundry accommodating space of the treating chamber 10 through the steam outlet 61 to provide temperature and humidity to the laundry, the steam acts on various parts of the laundry, and at the same time, the strong steam airflow forms a strong acting force on the surface of the laundry and shakes various parts of the laundry, so that wrinkles on the laundry can be removed, and simultaneously, moisture on the laundry is taken away, thereby achieving wrinkle removing and drying effects.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to improve the wrinkle removing effect of the laundry, the air introduced at the first air inlet 22 is preferably hot air. The air heating device 40 includes a heating module 41 and a blower fan 42, and one end of the heating module 41 is communicated with the first air inlet 22 through a pipe, and the other end is communicated with the blower fan 42 through a pipe. That is, the heating module 41 is provided at the first air inlet 22 of the clothes hanger bracket 20 and communicates with the first air inlet 22 through a pipe. When the number of the first air inlets 22 is two, the air outlet end of the heating module 41 is provided with an adapter 411, and the adapter 411 is matched with a pipeline, so that the heated air is transmitted by the heating module 41 through the first air inlets 22.

Alternatively, when the first air inlets 22 meet to form a common first air inlet, the air outlet end of the heating module 41 directly cooperates with the pipeline, so that the heating module 41 transmits the heated air through the first air inlet 22. However, in practical applications, when the first air inlet 22 is divided into a plurality of first air inlets, a plurality of heating modules 41 may be provided to provide the heated air, and the specific number is set according to the actual number of the first air inlets 22, and is not limited in the present invention.

Preferably, an air inlet end 412 is arranged on one side of the heating module 41 opposite to the air outlet end, the air inlet end 412 is connected with the fan 42 and communicated with the fan 42 through a pipeline, and the fan 42 is used for providing air into the heating module 41. Wherein, the processing chamber 10 is provided with a return air port 12 for recovering air in the clothes accommodating space and an accommodating cavity 13 for storing the air recovered by the return air port 12; the suction opening of the fan 42 is arranged in the accommodating cavity 13, the air heating device 40 further comprises a condensing pipeline 43 arranged between the air return opening 12 and the suction opening, namely, the condensing pipeline 43 is arranged in the accommodating cavity 13, the gas recovered by the air return opening 12 is condensed and cooled after passing through the condensing pipeline 43, and the gas after being condensed and cooled is extracted towards the suction opening arranged in the accommodating cavity 13 by the fan 42, is subjected to heating treatment in the heating module 42 through pipeline transmission, and acts on the inside of clothes, so that the gas is diffused into the clothes accommodating space of the processing chamber 10, and the gas in the clothes accommodating space can be recovered again by the air return opening 12, so that the gas is circulated and recycled.

Of course, the accommodating cavity 13 in this embodiment is a sealed space, so that the condensed and cooled gas can be pumped to the heating module 41 and the clothes accommodating space through the fan 42 for recycling.

In this embodiment, the clothes support 20 is a linear support having an accommodating space therein, the clothes support 20 is used for supporting the clothes support 30, and the accommodating space is communicated with the inner space of the clothes support 30. Specifically, the clothes support 20 includes a support body 23 and a support lower cover 24, the support body 23 is connected to the support lower cover 24, and the support lower cover 24 is provided with an accommodating cavity 241, so that a cavity is formed inside the clothes support 20. The support lower cover 24 is provided with an accommodating cavity 241, the accommodating cavity 241 is used for circulating the air introduced from the first air inlet 22 and heated by the air heating device 40, and when the support lower cover 24 is connected to the support body 23, the space of the accommodating cavity 241 forms a cavity.

Specifically, the rack body 23 is provided with a plurality of first air outlets 21 uniformly distributed, and first air inlets 22 extending outward from two end portions of the rack body 23, the plurality of first air outlets 21 may be set as first air outlets having the same aperture size, or may also be set as first air outlets having different aperture sizes, so as to adapt to the size of the clothes hanger 30 with one or more sizes, of course, the number of the first air outlets 21 may be set according to a specific requirement or the length of the rack body 23, and the size of the first air outlets 21 may be set according to the size of the clothes hanger 30, which is not limited in the present application. To facilitate the hanging, the two first air inlets 22 extending at the ends of the stand body 23 are joined together by a duct and form a common first air inlet, and at this time, the duct communicating the two first air inlets 22 forms a hook-like structure to facilitate the hanging of the whole hanger 30.

Preferably, the bracket body 23 is further provided with a fixing plate 231 and a hook 232 for fixing the bracket body, the fixing plate 231 extends from two end portions of the bracket body 23 to a vertical direction thereof, the hook 232 is mounted on the fixing plate 231, a fixing structure (not shown) matched with the hook 232 is arranged on a side wall of the processing chamber 10, and the hook 232 is used for being clamped to the fixing structure of the processing chamber 10 to prevent the whole clothes support from loosening or falling off during operation. In this embodiment, the connection manner of the bracket body 23 and the bracket lower cover 24 may be a screw connection. Specifically, the bracket body 23 is provided with a screw hole 233, and the accommodating cavity 241 of the bracket lower cover 24 is provided with an installation hole 242 matched with the screw hole 233, and a screw rod passes through the screw hole 233 and is installed in the installation hole 242, so that the bracket body 23 and the bracket lower cover 24 can be connected. In order to prevent the air in the accommodating chamber 241 from leaking, a rubber layer is disposed on a contact surface between the bracket body 23 and the bracket lower cover 24 and/or a rubber layer is disposed on a contact surface between the bracket lower cover 24 and the bracket body 23 to ensure the air tightness of the accommodating chamber 241.

Of course, it is understood that in other embodiments, the bracket body 23 and the bracket lower cover 24 may be connected in other manners, such as welding, and the like, and are not limited in the present application.

In this embodiment, in order to enable the first air outlet 21 to be in a closed state when not being used, the laundry care apparatus further includes a cover member 70 for closing the first air outlet 21 and an elastic member 80 for elastically connecting the cover member 70 and the stand lower cover 24; the cover member 70 and the elastic member 80 are disposed in the receiving cavity 241, that is, the receiving cavity 241 forms a cavity of the clothes support 20, and the size of the cover member 70 is larger than the aperture of the first air outlet 21, so that the cover member 70 can cover the first air outlet 21.

In order to prevent the first air outlet 21 from being deflated, a rubber layer is laid on the contact surface between the first air outlet 21 and the cover member 70 and/or a rubber layer is laid on the contact surface between the cover member 70 and the first air outlet 21 to ensure the air tightness between the first air outlet 21 and the cover member 70, and of course, other materials for preventing the air leakage of the accommodating cavity 241, such as silica gel, can be laid.

Specifically, the cover member 70 is located at the first air outlet 21 and is disposed in the cavity, and when the clothes hanger 30 is in contact with the cover member 70 and the cover member 70 is pressed down, an air passage is formed between the clothes hanger 30 and the cover member 70, so that the clothes hanger 30 is communicated with the cavity. When the clothes support 30 contacts with the cover member 70, the clothes support 30 presses the cover member 70 downwards by means of the gravity of the clothes support 30, meanwhile, under the pressure of the cover member 70, the elastic member 80 is compressed and accumulates elastic force, at the moment, an air passage is formed between the clothes support 30 and the cover member 70, so that the clothes support 30 is communicated with the cavity, and therefore air in the cavity can circulate into the clothes support 30 and acts on the inside of the forehead of the hung clothes. When the clothes hanger 30 is detached from the first air outlet 21, the elastic member 80 is released from the compressed state, and pushes the cover member 70 back to the initial position by the elastic force accumulated in the compressed state, so that the cover member 70 covers the first air outlet 21.

Preferably, in combination with fig. 5 and 6, the cover member 70 is provided with a limiting column 71, the limiting column 71 extends from the cover member 70 towards the receiving cavity 241 of the bracket lower cover 24, and a limiting groove 243 is provided at a position of the receiving cavity 241 corresponding to the limiting column 71, and the limiting column 71 is inserted into the limiting groove 243, so that the cover member 70 can only move in the vertical direction, and the cover member 70 is limited from moving in the lateral direction.

Of course, it can be understood that, in order to avoid collision between the position-limiting column 71 and the position-limiting groove 243, the size of the position-limiting column 71 is slightly larger than the position-limiting groove 243, and an anti-collision material is laid on the outer side of the column body of the position-limiting column 71 and/or the inner side of the groove of the position-limiting groove 243, and the specific material is not limited herein. The length of the limiting column 71 is smaller than the depth of the limiting groove 243, so that the structural damage caused by collision between the bottom of the limiting column 71 and the groove bottom of the limiting groove 243 is avoided.

Preferably, the elastic member 80 is of a spring structure, one end of the elastic member 80 is connected to the cover member 70, the position-limiting column 71 is located inside the elastic member 80, the other end of the elastic member 80 is connected to the bracket lower cover 24, and the position of the bracket lower cover 15 corresponding to the elastic member 80 is provided with a position-limiting wall 244, the position-limiting wall 244 is of a circular column shape, and the position-limiting groove 243 is arranged in the position-limiting wall 244. The limiting wall 244 is matched with the elastic element 80, the elastic element 80 is connected to the bracket lower cover 24 and is positioned in the limiting wall 244, the limiting wall 244 is used for limiting the transverse movement of the elastic element 80, in addition, the limiting wall 244 can also be used for limiting the downward pressing amount of the cover element 70 so as to limit the compression amount of the elastic element 80, thereby avoiding the damage of the elastic element 80 due to over compression and improving the service life of the elastic element 80.

Of course, the elastic member 80 is a conical cylindrical spring structure, i.e. a structure with a diameter gradually decreasing and/or increasing from the end of the spring structure, and the diameter of the end of the elastic member 80 connected with the cover member 70 is larger than the diameter of the end of the elastic member 80 connected with the bracket lower cover 24 in this embodiment, so as to increase the contact area between the elastic member 80 and the cover member 70, so that the movement of the cover member 70 during the pressing or lifting process is smoother.

In other embodiments, the elastic member 80 may also be other structures with elasticity, and is not limited herein. It is understood that the limiting grooves 243 and the limiting walls 244 are disposed at positions corresponding to the positions of the first air outlet openings 21, and are disposed in the same number as the first air outlet openings 21.

In the present embodiment, when the clothes hanger 30 contacts the cover member 70, in order to form an air channel between the clothes hanger 30 and the cover member 70, a first vertical plate 72 and a second vertical plate 73 are crosswise arranged on the cover member 70, and the second air inlet 31 of the clothes hanger 30 abuts against the first vertical plate 72 and the second vertical plate 73 to press the cover member 70.

Specifically, the first vertical plate 72 and the second vertical plate 73 are fixed on the cover member 70 in a cross shape and located at an end opposite to the limiting column 71, at this time, a channel for circulating air is formed between the first vertical plate 72 and the second vertical plate 73, when the second air inlet 31 of the clothes support 30 abuts against the first vertical plate 72 and the second vertical plate 73, the air inside the cavity can be circulated to the second air inlet 31 of the clothes support 30 from the channel formed between the first vertical plate 72 and the second vertical plate 73, so as to be circulated to the inside of the clothes support 30, and act on the inside of the clothes.

It can be understood that the lengths of the first vertical plate 72 and the second vertical plate 73 are both greater than the aperture of the second air inlet 31, so that the second air inlet 31 can be supported on the first vertical plate 72 and the second vertical plate 73, and the first vertical plate 72 and the second vertical plate 73 are prevented from being sleeved into the second air inlet 31.

In order that the passage formed by the first vertical plate 72 and the second vertical plate 73 will not block the second air inlet 31, the thickness of the first vertical plate 72 and the thickness of the second vertical plate 73 are both smaller than the diameter of the second air inlet 31, so that the air in the cavity can flow into the second air inlet 31 through the passage and enter the inside of the clothes support 30 to act on the inside of the clothes.

Preferably, the cover 70, the position-limiting column 71, the first standing plate 72 and the second standing plate 73 are made of heat-resistant materials, so that the cover 70, the position-limiting column 71, the first standing plate 72 and the second standing plate 73 are prevented from being dissolved when high-heat hot air or steam passes through the cover 70, the position-limiting column 71, the first standing plate 72 and the second standing plate 73.

In this embodiment, the clothes hanger 30 includes a hook portion 33 and a hanging portion 34 for hanging clothes, the hook portion 33 is installed on the first air outlet 21 and abuts against the first vertical plate 72 and the second vertical plate 73, and the hook portion 33 is connected to the hanging portion 34.

In order to facilitate the hanging of the clothes support 30 on the clothes support bracket 20, the hook portion 33 is configured to be a hook-shaped structure, so that the hook portion 33 is installed at the first air outlet 21 and pressed against the first vertical plate 72 and the second vertical plate 73, and the second air inlet 31 is arranged on a pressing surface of the hook portion 33 and the first vertical plate 72 and the second vertical plate 73, so that hot air or steam inside the cavity can flow into the second air inlet 31 through the passage and enter the inside of the clothes support 30.

Of course, it can be understood that the hanging part 34 is a hollow structure, and the second air outlet 32 is disposed toward the hollow structure inside the hanging part 34 as shown in fig. 3, for exhausting the air inside the cavity communicated to the second air inlet 31, and acting on the inside of the hung clothes. In other embodiments, the hanging part 34 may also be a structure with an internal air path, and the second air outlet 32 should be disposed at an air path outlet of the hanging part 34, and the specific position setting is set according to the air path structure disposed inside the hanging part 34, which is not described herein again.

Specifically, the hook portion 33 and the hanging portion 34 include, but are not limited to, being connected by screws, welding, riveting, etc., and the hook portion 33 and the hanging portion 34 may also be integrally formed structures, which only need to be provided with an air passage for air to circulate inside, and the specific structure is not limited herein.

Preferably, the clothes hanger 30 is also made of a heat-resistant material to prevent high-calorie gas from being dissolved when passing through the inner space of the clothes hanger 30.

In order to prevent the clothes hanger 30 from being deflated after being installed on the first air outlet 21, the shape of the first air outlet 21 in the embodiment is matched with the shape of the hook portion 33.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3, since the hook part 33 is hook-shaped, the first air outlet 21 includes a first guide surface 211 and a second guide surface 212 that are in contact with the inside and outside of the hook part 33, respectively, the first guide surface 211 extends outward from one side of the first air outlet 21 and is curved toward the first air outlet 21 side to match the shape of the inside of the hook part 33 such that the curvature of the first guide surface 211 is equal to the curvature of the inside surface of the hook part 33; the curvature (curvature) is a rotation rate of a tangential direction angle to an arc length at a certain point on a curve for a curved surface to indicate a degree of deviation of the curve from a straight line. The second guide surface 212 extends perpendicularly outward from the other side of the first air outlet 21, and the second guide surface 212 is tangent to the outer side surface of the hook portion 33. By providing the first guide surface 211 and the second guide surface 212, when the hook portion 33 is mounted, the hook portion 33 can be guided by the second guide surface 212 and can be moved by the first guide surface 211, so that the mounting process of the hook portion 33 can be made closer to the first air inlet 21.

Preferably, in order to avoid the air leakage between the hook portion 33 and the air in the cavity during the circulation process, an annular groove 35 for installing a sealing structure is arranged in the contact area between the hook portion 33 and the first air outlet 21, specifically, the sealing structure is a sealing rubber ring, or the sealing structure is a sealing silica gel ring; when the hook portion 33 is installed, the sealing structure presses the hook portion 33 and the first air outlet 21, respectively, so that the hook portion 33 and the first air outlet 21 maintain airtightness.

Of course, in other embodiments, other sealing structures for ensuring air tightness may be used, and are not limited herein. Preferably, the ring groove 35 may also be disposed at the first air outlet 21, and an effect of ensuring air tightness between the hook portion 33 and the first air outlet 21 may also be achieved. Alternatively, the air tightness between the hook part 33 and the first air outlet 21 may also be achieved by other means, such as: the contact surface between the hook portion 33 and the first air outlet 21 is coated with a sealing layer and/or the contact surface between the first air outlet 21 and the hook portion 33 is coated with a sealing layer, which may be a sealing material such as silica gel or rubber, and may ensure airtightness between the hook portion 33 and the first air outlet 21, but is not limited thereto.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to improve the wrinkle removing effect of the laundry, in practical applications, the laundry may be shaken by increasing the shaking frequency of the laundry, that is, by shaking the clothes hanger 30. Namely, in this embodiment, the clothes care apparatus further includes a driving device 50, and the driving device 50 is mounted on the clothes hanger bracket 20 and is used for driving the clothes hanger bracket 20 to reciprocate so as to shake the clothes hanger 30. Specifically, while the air heated by the air heating device 40 is introduced into the clothes hanger 30, a mode of driving the clothes hanger 30 to move repeatedly by the driving device 50 is added, and a mode of introducing air into the clothes and shaking the clothes from the outside is added, so that strong air can be intensively acted inside the clothes, and strong airflow is formed on the inner surface of the clothes, so that the clothes are dried quickly; meanwhile, strong acting force is formed on the inner surface of the clothes and the clothes are driven to shake by matching with a shaking mechanism so as to remove wrinkles on the clothes.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the driving device 50 includes a driving portion 51, a connecting member 52 and a fixing member 53, the driving portion 51 is connected to the connecting member 52, the connecting member 52 is connected to the clothes support 20 through the fixing member 53, and the driving portion 51 is configured to drive the connecting member 52 to rotate so as to drive the clothes support 20 to reciprocate. Preferably, the driving part 51 is a rotary motor which rotates by driving the connecting member 52 and reciprocates the clothes hanger 20 connected to the connecting member 52, thereby shaking the clothes hanger 20 and shaking the clothes hanger 30 and various portions inside the clothes hung on the clothes hanger 30 to rapidly shake the clothes, thereby improving the drying and wrinkle removing effects of the clothes.

Of course, in other embodiments, the driving portion 51 may be provided with other driving devices, such as a rotary cylinder, etc., as required, and is not limited in the present application. The rotation frequency of the driving portion 51 can be adjusted according to specific requirements, and is not limited herein.

Preferably, the fixing members 53 are fixing posts, and the number of the fixing members 53 is two, two fixing members 53 are respectively fixed on the bracket body 23 and located at two ends of one of the first air outlets 21, and the connecting member 52 is fixed on the two fixing members 53, of course, the connection between the connecting member 52 and the fixing members 53 includes, but is not limited to, adopting a screw, welding, and the like.

It can be understood that the height of the fixing member 53 in the vertical direction is greater than the height of the hook portion 33 when the hook portion 33 is installed at the first air outlet 21, so that the hook portion 33 can be easily disassembled. Preferably, the position where the fixing member 53 is fixed on the bracket body 23 should be the central point of the bracket body 23, so that the left and right forces of the bracket body 23 can be balanced.

Thus, in the embodiment, the manner of ventilating and shaking the inside of the clothes hanger 30 can be combined, and the air acts on the inside of the clothes hung on the clothes hanger 30, so that strong air can be intensively acted on the inside of the clothes, and the inner surface of the clothes forms stronger airflow, so that the clothes can be quickly dried; meanwhile, strong acting force is formed on the inner surface of the clothes and the clothes are driven to shake by matching with a shaking mechanism so as to remove wrinkles on the clothes.

Preferably, the connecting member 52 is provided with a receiving groove 521, the driving portion 51 is provided with a converting member 511, and the converting member 511 is inserted into the receiving groove 521, so that the driving portion 51 drives the converting member 511 to rotate in the receiving groove 521, so as to drive the connecting member 52 to reciprocate in the setting direction of the clothes hanger 20. In this embodiment, the connecting member 52 is a driving wheel, and the driving wheel is provided with a receiving groove 521, the receiving groove 521 is disposed at an end connected to the driving portion 51, and the converting member 511 is inserted into the receiving groove 521.

Since the driving part 51 is a rotating motor in this embodiment, the converting member 511 is used for converting the rotating force of the driving part 51 and then acts on the receiving groove 521, so that the receiving groove 521 reciprocates in the arranging direction of the clothes hanger 20. At this time, the length of the receiving groove 521 is the same as the diameter of the link 52, that is, when the converting element 511 rotates one round in the receiving groove 521, the link 52 performs two reciprocating movements in the arranging direction of the clothes hanger 20.

Specifically, referring to fig. 8, the movement of the converting element 511 according to the embodiment of the present invention is shown. If the length of the receiving groove 521 is equal to the diameter of the rotation locus of the converting member 511, the clothes hanger bracket 20 performs a translational movement in a right/left direction as viewed in fig. 8 (the arrow indicates the moving direction). Here, the receiving groove 521 may be formed perpendicular or parallel to the longitudinal direction of the laundry hanging bracket 20, but it is only shown in the drawings that the receiving groove 521 may be formed perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the laundry hanging bracket 20.

That is, if the receiving groove 521 is formed perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the hanger bracket 20 as shown in fig. 8, the hanger bracket 20 performs a translational motion in the longitudinal direction thereof. If the receiving groove 521 is formed in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the laundry hanging bracket 20 (not shown), the laundry hanging bracket 20 may perform a translational motion in a perpendicular direction with respect to the longitudinal direction thereof.

At this time, the horizontal component of the movement of the conversion member 511 pushes the outer circumferential surface of the accommodation groove 521 so that the accommodation groove 521 can move in the right/left direction. However, the vertical component of the movement of the conversion member 511 moves the conversion member 511 in the longitudinal direction of the receiving groove 521, but the vertical component of the conversion member 511 cannot move the receiving groove 521 in the upward/downward direction.

Thus, if the receiving groove 521 is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the laundry hanging bracket 20, the laundry hanging bracket 20 performs a translational movement in a parallel direction with respect to the longitudinal direction thereof. If the receiving groove 521 is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the laundry holder 20, the laundry holder 20 performs a translational movement in a direction perpendicular with respect to the longitudinal direction thereof.

In an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 9, the switching member 511 includes a connection groove 5111, a switching arm 5112 and a connection post 5113; the rotation shaft of the driving part 51 is inserted into the connection groove 5111, the switching arm 5112 extends from the connection groove 5111 in a vertical direction with respect to the rotation shaft, and the connection post 5113 protrudes from an end of the switching arm 5112 and is rotatable with respect to the rotation shaft.

Specifically, the connection groove 5111 is a shaft hole for connecting the rotation shaft of the driving part 51, and the hole diameter of the shaft hole is slightly larger than the rotation shaft, so that the rotation shaft can be easily inserted into the connection groove 5111.

In order to limit the vertical position of the rotating shaft, the driving portion 51 is further provided with a limiting piece 512, a through hole is formed in the limiting piece 512, the rotating shaft penetrates through the through hole and is inserted into the shaft hole, the diameter of the limiting piece 512 is larger than the diameter of the shaft hole, and a groove matched with the limiting piece 512 is formed in the shaft body of the rotating shaft.

Of course, it is understood that in order for the shaft to collide with the connection groove 5111, an anti-collision material is disposed at an outer side of the shaft body of the rotation shaft and/or an inner side of the hole of the rotation shaft and the connection groove 5111, and a specific material is not limited herein.

Preferably, the conversion arm 5112 extends from the connection groove 5111 in a vertical direction with respect to the rotation axis for converting the rotation force and connects the connection groove 5111 and the connection column 5113 to provide support for the movement conversion of the connection groove 5111 and the connection column 5113.

Preferably, the connection post 5113 protrudes from an end of the conversion arm 5112 and can rotate with respect to the rotation axis. The connecting post 5111 is preferably a latch that extends and protrudes from the transition arm 5112 toward the end of the connecting member 52.

Preferably, in order to ensure the movement of the connection column 5113, in conjunction with fig. 10, the driving part 51 further includes a bearing 513 and a fixing ring 514 for fixing the bearing 513, the connection column 5113 is inserted into the bearing 513 and fixed by the fixing ring 514, and the bearing 513 is used for supporting the connection column 5113 and reducing the friction coefficient of the connection column 5113 during the rotation process.

The bearing 513 in this embodiment is preferably an oilless bearing, and has the characteristics of high bearing capacity, impact resistance, high temperature resistance, strong self-lubricating capacity and the like. Of course, in other embodiments, the bearing 513 may be another type of bearing, and is not limited herein.

Specifically, referring to fig. 10, a step 5121 is provided at the bottom of the bearing 513, the connecting column 5113 is a hollow structure, and a thread is provided on the inner wall of the hollow structure, and the bearing 513 and the connecting column 5113 are fixed by providing a fixing ring 514 on the step 5121 and screwing a screw into the thread of the hollow structure of the connecting column 5113 through the fixing ring 514. Of course, the fastening can also be performed in other ways, such as flange connections, etc.

In the embodiment of the invention, the processing chamber 10 is arranged, the clothes support bracket 20, the clothes support 30 and the air heating device 40 are arranged in the clothes accommodating space of the processing chamber 10, a cavity is arranged in the clothes support bracket 20, the clothes support 30 is provided with a second air inlet 31 and a second air outlet 32 which are communicated, and the second air inlet 31 is communicated with the cavity; the air heating device 40 is in communication with the first air inlet 22 through a duct for supplying air to the interior of the cavity for circulation through the second air inlet 31 to the second air outlet 32 for discharge. In this way, strong air can be intensively acted inside the clothes, so that the inner surface of the clothes forms strong airflow to dry the clothes quickly; meanwhile, the strong gas forms strong acting force on the inner surface of the clothes, so that all parts of the clothes are shaken to remove wrinkles on the clothes.

Based on the above embodiment, another embodiment of the present invention further provides a control method of a clothes care apparatus, and fig. 11 is a flowchart illustrating steps of the control method of the clothes care apparatus of this embodiment, where the control method includes the following steps:

s100, acquiring a clothes care instruction;

in this step, the laundry is put into the treatment chamber of the laundry care appliance and the laundry care appliance is powered on.

In this embodiment, the clothes care instruction may be set manually or may be set according to the state of the inserted control to detect the clothes.

Specifically, the manual setting may be controlled by voice, such as: the clothes care equipment is provided with a voice recognition module, the voice recognition module is in communication connection with the controller, when the voice recognition module recognizes the manually set voice control information, the voice control information is transmitted to the controller, and the controller acquires a clothes care instruction corresponding to the manually set voice control information.

Preferably, the voice recognition module can only recognize the voice control information within a preset range, such as within 5m of the clothes care equipment, and of course, other voice recognition modules with better performance can be selected according to the concrete situation so as to recognize the voice control information with a longer range.

It is understood that the manual setting may also be performed through manual input, for example, an operation interface is provided on the laundry care device, and buttons corresponding to various laundry care commands are provided on the operation interface, and the corresponding laundry care command is selected through a manual selection button and sent to the controller.

Of course, the controller may also obtain the laundry care instruction by other manners, for example, the laundry care device may further include a terminal device matched with the laundry care instruction, such as: the clothes nursing system comprises a remote controller, a mobile phone and the like, wherein the terminal equipment is in wireless communication connection with the controller, namely, a clothes nursing instruction can be set through the terminal equipment and is wirelessly transmitted to the controller of the clothes nursing equipment, and the controller acquires a clothes nursing mode corresponding to the clothes nursing instruction. Of course, the wireless communication connection includes but is not limited to Wi-Fi, bluetooth, etc. and those skilled in the art can understand that the present embodiment does not limit the connection manner between the terminal device and the clothes care device on the premise that the terminal device can control the clothes care device.

S200, obtaining a clothes care mode corresponding to the clothes care instruction, wherein the clothes care mode comprises at least one of a clothes wrinkle removing mode, a clothes drying mode and a clothes automatic care mode;

after receiving the laundry care instruction, the controller obtains a corresponding laundry care mode according to the laundry care instruction, specifically, in this embodiment, the laundry care mode includes at least one of a laundry wrinkle removing mode, a laundry drying mode, and a laundry automatic care mode. Of course, in other embodiments, the clothes care mode may be other modes, such as a drying mode, etc., and is not limited herein.

S300, controlling the fan and a nursing device corresponding to the clothes care mode to operate according to the clothes care mode, wherein the nursing device comprises at least one of the steam generating device and the heating module.

After the controller acquires the corresponding clothes care mode, the fan is controlled and the nursing device corresponding to the clothes care mode is controlled to operate, wherein the nursing device comprises at least one of a steam generating device and a heating module. Specifically, the controller obtains that the corresponding clothes care mode is any one of clothes wrinkle removal, clothes drying and automatic clothes care modes, and the controller controls the fan to operate to provide air flow, so that the air flow acts on the inside of the clothes and forms acting force, and at least one of the steam generating device and the heating module in the nursing device is matched, so that the clothes are nursed in each clothes care mode.

Of course, based on the embodiment of the clothing care apparatus, the care device may further include any device in the above embodiments, and the specific structure of the care device in this embodiment refers to the above embodiments, and since the care device in this embodiment includes all devices in the above embodiments, the care device in this embodiment at least has the beneficial effects brought by all devices in the above embodiments, and details are not repeated here.

Specifically, referring to fig. 12, in S300, the method further includes:

s310, when the clothes care mode is a clothes wrinkle removing mode, controlling the steam generating device or the heating module to operate;

when the controller acquires that the clothes care mode is the clothes wrinkle removing mode, the controller controls the steam generating device or the heating module to operate. Before S210, the states of the laundry are determined, and in this embodiment, the states of the laundry include a wet crumpling state and a dry crumpling state.

Specifically, a humidity sensor is disposed on the clothes care device and is in communication with the controller, and the humidity sensor is used for detecting the humidity of the clothes to judge whether the clothes are in a wet crumpling state or a dry crumpling state, and in the embodiment, when the humidity of the clothes is detected to be 10-20 units, the clothes are in the dry crumpling state; when the dryness and humidity of the clothes are detected to be 21-50 units, the clothes are in a wet crumpled state. Of course, in other embodiments, the dryness and humidity states of the clothes can be further divided according to the sense of the user wearing the clothes, for example, the dryness and humidity states are 10-30 units and dry wrinkle states, the dryness and humidity states are 31-50 units and wet wrinkle states, and the like, and are limited herein.

Specifically, the step of S310 further includes:

s311, when the clothes are in a dry-wrinkle state, controlling the steam generating device and/or the heating module to operate;

specifically, when the humidity sensor detects that the humidity of the clothes is 10-20 units, that is, the clothes are in a wrinkle drying state, the steam generating device is controlled to operate, the steam generating device generates steam, and the steam is supplied to the clothes accommodating space of the processing chamber through the steam outlet to provide temperature and humidity for the clothes, the steam acts on all parts of the clothes, and meanwhile, strong steam airflow forms strong acting force on the inner surface of the clothes and enables all parts of the clothes to be shaken, wrinkles on the clothes can be removed, and a wrinkle removing effect is achieved. Of course, when the clothes are in a dry and wrinkled state, the heating module can be controlled to operate, so that the strong hot air flow heated by the heating module acts on each part of the clothes, and meanwhile, the strong hot air flow forms a strong acting force on the inner surface of the clothes and enables each part of the clothes to be shaken, wrinkles on the clothes can be removed, and the wrinkle removing effect is achieved.

And S312, controlling the heating module to operate when the clothes are in a wet and wrinkled state.

Specifically, when the humidity sensor detects that the humidity of the clothes is 21-50 units, that is, the clothes is in a wet-wrinkled state, the heating module is controlled to operate, so that the first air inlet can blow in the strong air heated by the heating module and discharge the strong air from the second air outlet to the inside of the clothes, the heated strong air forms a strong air flow in the inside of the clothes and acts on each part of the clothes, so that the heated strong air passes through some parts (such as sleeves and the like) of the clothes which are difficult to remove wrinkles and dry, and the heated strong air forms a strong acting force on the inner surface of the clothes and shakes each part of the clothes to remove wrinkles on the clothes, thereby achieving the wrinkle removing effect.

S320, when the clothes care mode is a clothes drying mode, controlling the heating module to operate;

in this step, when the controller obtains the clothes care mode as the drying mode, the controller controls the operation of the heating module, at this time, only the gas heated by the heating module needs to be provided inside the clothes, so that the heated strong gas forms a strong airflow inside the clothes and acts on each part of the clothes, and can completely contact each part of the clothes, for example: the clothes can be dried by the strong heated gas which is brought away from the moisture on the inner surface of the clothes and forms a strong acting force on the inner surface of the clothes and shakes the clothes, so that the clothes can be dried.

S330, controlling the steam generating device and the heating module to operate in sequence when the clothes care mode is a clothes automatic care mode.

In this step, when the controller obtains that the clothes care mode is the automatic clothes care mode, the controller controls the steam generating device and the heating module to operate in sequence. Specifically, the steam generating device is operated to generate steam, the steam is supplied to the clothes accommodating space of the processing chamber through the steam outlet to provide temperature and humidity for the clothes, the steam acts on all parts of the clothes, then the heating module is operated, and strong hot air is introduced into the clothes, the strong hot air forms strong acting force on the inner surface of the clothes and enables all parts of the clothes to be shaken, wrinkles on the clothes can be removed, moisture on the clothes can be taken away, and the effects of removing the wrinkles and drying the clothes are achieved; and the hot air acts on each part of the clothes from the inside of the clothes, so that the hot air passes through some parts (such as sleeves and the like) of the clothes which are difficult to dry, and the clothes drying efficiency is improved.

After the step of drying the clothes and/or removing wrinkles is completed, the clothes care device is turned off, and the clothes are taken out from the treatment chamber. When the clothes care device is used again to remove wrinkles, dry or automatically care the clothes, the treatment chamber is only required to be opened, the clothes are hung on the clothes support, and then a series of operations are performed according to the steps of the embodiment, which is not described herein again. Of course, the present embodiment can implement the operation of removing wrinkles, drying or automatically caring for a plurality of clothes, and the number of the clothes is smaller than or equal to the number of the first air outlets on the clothes support bracket.

In the embodiment of the invention, by receiving a clothes care instruction, a clothes care mode corresponding to the clothes care instruction is acquired, wherein the clothes care mode comprises at least one of clothes wrinkle removing, clothes drying and automatic clothes care modes, the operation of the fan is controlled, and the operation of a care device corresponding to the clothes care mode is controlled, wherein the care device comprises at least one of a steam generation device and a heating module. Therefore, the control method can operate the corresponding nursing device according to the corresponding clothes nursing mode, namely, the clothes drying effect or the wrinkle removing effect can be realized independently, and the clothes drying effect and the wrinkle removing effect can also be realized simultaneously.

Based on the above embodiment, in order to make the clothes drying and wrinkle removing effects of the clothes better, another embodiment of the present invention further provides a control method of a clothes care device, referring to fig. 12, after S300, the method further includes:

s400, controlling the driving device to operate according to the clothes care mode;

in S400, when the controller acquires the corresponding laundry care mode, the controller controls the driving device to operate. When the clothes care mode is the clothes wrinkle removing mode, the controller controls the driving device to operate, and can be matched with the controller in S310 to control and start the steam generating device to remove wrinkles of clothes; or the controller can be matched with the step S310 to control the heating module to be started, so that the wrinkles of the clothes are removed. In this step, only on the basis of S310, the driving device is needed to be matched to increase the dithering efficiency, and the specific process refers to S310, which is not described herein again.

When the clothes care mode is the clothes drying mode, the controller controls the driving device to operate, and can be matched with the controller in S320 to control the heating module to be started so as to dry clothes. In this step, only on the basis of S320, a driving device is needed to be matched to increase the dithering efficiency, and the specific process refers to S320, which is not described herein again.

When the clothes care mode is the automatic clothes care mode, the controller controls the driving device to operate, and can be matched with the controller in S330 to sequentially control the steam generating device and the heating module to be started so as to dry clothes and remove wrinkles. In this step, only on the basis of S330, the driving device is needed to be matched to increase the dithering efficiency, and the specific process is referred to S330, which is not described herein again.

In the embodiment of the invention, by receiving a clothes care instruction, a clothes care mode corresponding to the clothes care instruction is acquired, wherein the clothes care mode comprises at least one of clothes wrinkle removing, clothes drying and automatic clothes care modes, the operation of a care device corresponding to the clothes care mode is controlled, wherein the care device comprises at least one of a steam generating device and a heating module, the operation of the fan and the driving device is controlled, and the operation of the driving device is controlled according to the clothes care mode. Thus, the control method can realize the clothes drying effect or the wrinkle removing effect independently, and can realize the clothes drying effect and the wrinkle removing effect simultaneously. In addition, the control method can operate the corresponding nursing device according to the corresponding clothes nursing mode, so that strong gas can be intensively acted inside the clothes, and stronger airflow or stronger acting force can be formed on the inner surface of the clothes, thereby achieving the effects of removing wrinkles and drying the clothes; and shaking is applied to the clothes at the outside so that the wrinkle removing and clothes drying effects of the clothes are better.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A garment care device, comprising:

a processing chamber having a laundry accommodating space therein;

2. A garment care device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising steam generating means and a steam outlet at the steam generating means, the steam outlet being provided in the treatment chamber and communicating with the garment receiving space of the treatment chamber.

3. The garment care device as recited in claim 1, further comprising a cover member for covering the first air outlet and an elastic member for elastically connecting the cover member and the clothes hanger bracket;

the cover piece is located first gas outlet department and locates in the cavity, the clothing props with the cover piece contact and when pushing down the cover piece, the clothing props with form gas passage between the cover piece to make the clothing prop with the cavity intercommunication.

4. The clothes care apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the cover member is provided with a first vertical plate and a second vertical plate in a crossing manner, and the second air inlet is abutted against the first vertical plate and the second vertical plate to press the cover member downward;

5. A garment care device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the air heating means comprises a heating module and a fan, one end of the heating module being in communication with the first air inlet via a conduit and the other end being in communication with the fan via a conduit.

6. The clothes care apparatus of claim 5, wherein a return air port for recovering the air in the clothes receiving space and a receiving chamber for storing the air recovered by the return air port are provided in the treating chamber;

the suction opening of the fan is arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the air heating device further comprises a condensation pipeline arranged between the return air opening and the suction opening.

7. The garment care device as recited in claim 1, further comprising a driving device mounted to the supporter support for driving the supporter support to reciprocate to shake the supporter.

8. The garment care device as recited in claim 7, wherein the driving means includes a driving portion, a connecting member and a fixing member, the driving portion is connected to the connecting member, the connecting member is connected to the clothes support bracket through the fixing member, and the driving portion is configured to drive the connecting member to rotate so as to drive the clothes support bracket to reciprocate.

9. A garment care device as recited in claim 8, wherein the driving portion is provided with a conversion member, the connecting member is provided with a receiving slot, and the conversion member is inserted into the receiving slot;

the driving part drives the conversion piece to rotate in the accommodating groove so as to drive the connecting piece to reciprocate in the setting direction of the clothes support bracket.

10. A garment care device as recited in claim 9, wherein the transition piece comprises:

the rotating shaft of the driving part is inserted into the connecting groove;

11. A control method of a clothes care device, the clothes care device comprises a steam generating device, a heating module and a fan, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

receiving a clothes care instruction;

12. The control method of a laundry care appliance according to claim 11, wherein the laundry care appliance further comprises a driving device, the control method of a laundry care appliance further comprising:

13. The control method of a clothes care apparatus according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the step of controlling the operation of the care device corresponding to the clothes care mode comprises:

when the clothes care mode is a clothes wrinkle removing mode, controlling the steam generating device or the heating module to operate;

14. The method for controlling a garment care device according to claim 13, wherein the step of controlling the operation of the steam generating means or the heating module when the garment care mode is a garment wrinkle removal mode further comprises: