CN111607946A

CN111607946A - Clothes care equipment

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Publication number: CN111607946A
Application number: CN202010387555.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 施衍奇
Original assignee: Hisense Shandong Refrigerator Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Shandong Refrigerator Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-05-09
Filing date: 2020-05-09
Publication date: 2020-09-01

Abstract

The invention provides a clothes care device which comprises a shell, a water storage tank and a steam generator, wherein the water storage tank and the steam generator are arranged in the shell. The inside of the shell is provided with a hollow clothes nursing cavity and an air channel which is respectively connected and communicated with an inlet and an outlet of the clothes nursing cavity, and the water storage tank is communicated with a condensed water discharge port on the air channel so as to collect condensed water. The inlet of the steam generator is communicated with the water storage tank, and condensed water in the water storage tank can be utilized to be evaporated and converted into steam. The outlet of the steam generator is provided with a steam nozzle extending into the air duct, and the sprayed steam can flow into the clothes care cavity along with the air in the air duct to contact with the clothes, so that the clothes become unfolded and flat under the action of the steam. Above-mentioned clothing care apparatus can regard the comdenstion water that equipment self produced as steam generator's water source, and easy operation has improved user's use and has experienced.

Description

Clothes care equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of clothes care, in particular to clothes care equipment.

Background

The working principle of the clothes dryer on the current market is as follows: the fan rotates to enable air to flow circularly, the heating device heats the air and then the air enters the roller, hot air passes through damp clothes and then takes away water vapor, the water vapor continuously flows and generates condensed water through the cooling device, then the condensed water passes through the heating device, the hot air is changed and then the hot air enters the roller, and the circulation is carried out until the clothes are completely dried. The condensed water generated during the circulation of the air may be stored in a fixed water container by a drain pump or directly discharged to the outside of the machine.

With the upgrading of consumer demands, people have more and more requirements on the functions of the clothes dryer, and the clothes dryer with the ironing function starts to rapidly enter the lives of consumers. However, the existing steam generating device of the clothes dryer needs to add distilled water manually, and if the use frequency is high, the distilled water needs to be added frequently, so that the use is inconvenient; and the distilled water also needs to be purchased separately, so that the use experience of users is reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide clothes care equipment to solve the problems that in the prior art, a steam generating device of a clothes dryer consumes distilled water quickly and is inconvenient to add.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

a laundry care appliance comprising: the shell is internally provided with a hollow clothes nursing cavity and an air duct which is respectively communicated with an inlet and an outlet of the clothes nursing cavity, and the air duct is provided with a condensed water discharge port for discharging condensed water in the air duct; the water storage tank is arranged at the bottom in the shell and is communicated with the condensed water discharge port to collect condensed water; and the inlet of the steam generator is communicated with the water storage tank and is used for evaporating condensed water into steam, and the outlet of the steam generator is provided with a steam nozzle which extends into the air channel so that the sprayed steam flows into the clothes nursing cavity.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus further comprises a flow diversion chamber located within the housing; the reposition of redundant personnel chamber with the storage water tank communicates with each other and has the difference in height between the two, the reposition of redundant personnel chamber has two first sub-cavities and the second sub-cavity that separates mutually, first sub-cavity is used as the drainage of comdenstion water, the second sub-cavity with steam generator's import communicates with each other.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the system further comprises a spare water storage tank; the reserve storage water tank is connected and is located the second sub cavity with between the steam generator, the reserve storage water tank is located the below of second sub cavity, the top of reserve storage water tank set up one with the water inlet that the second sub cavity is connected, the bottom of reserve storage water tank set up one with the delivery port that steam generator connects.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the spare storage tank is adjacent to the storage tank; and an overflow port is formed in the side wall or the top of the upper part of the standby water storage tank and communicated with the water storage tank.

According to one embodiment of the invention, further comprising a filter structure; a water leakage port is formed in one side of the second sub-cavity, and an inlet of the steam generator is connected with the water leakage port through a pipeline; the filtering structure is arranged at the water leakage opening.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the diversion cavity comprises a cavity body and a water storage container which is detachably arranged in the cavity body; the cavity with the clearance between the water storage container forms the second sub-cavity, the water storage container is first sub-cavity.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the device further comprises a water drainage pipe and a flow dividing structure connected with the water drainage pipe; the inlet of the water drainage pipe is connected with the water storage tank; the reposition of redundant personnel structure includes the flow distribution box and follows two branch pipes that stretch out suddenly on the flow distribution box, the flow distribution box with the exit linkage of drain pipe communicates with each other, two the branch pipe respectively with first sub-cavity with the sub-corresponding connection of second.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the diversion chamber is arranged above the water storage tank; and a drainage pump connected with the drainage pipe and a water level sensor for detecting the water level in the tank are arranged in the water storage tank.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the device further comprises a heating structure and a refrigerating structure which are arranged in the air duct at intervals, wherein the refrigerating structure is opposite to the condensed water discharge port; the vapor nozzle is located upstream of the heating structure and the cooling structure.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the air conditioner further comprises a fan arranged in the air duct; the fan is located upstream or downstream of the steam spray head.

According to the technical scheme, the clothes care equipment provided by the invention at least has the following advantages and positive effects:

the clothes care equipment comprises a shell, a water storage tank and a steam generator, wherein the water storage tank and the steam generator are arranged in the shell. The inside of the shell is provided with a hollow clothes nursing cavity and an air channel which is respectively connected and communicated with an inlet and an outlet of the clothes nursing cavity, and the water storage tank is communicated with a condensed water discharge port on the air channel so as to collect condensed water. The inlet of the steam generator is communicated with the water storage tank, and condensed water in the water storage tank can be utilized to be evaporated and converted into steam. The outlet of the steam generator is provided with a steam nozzle extending into the air duct, and the sprayed steam can flow into the clothes care cavity along with the air in the air duct to contact with the clothes, so that the clothes become unfolded and flat under the action of the steam. Above-mentioned clothing care apparatus can regard the comdenstion water that equipment self produced as steam generator's water source, solves the user pain point of traditional artificial addition distilled water, and easy operation saves worry again, has greatly improved user's use and has experienced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view showing the construction of a clothes care apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The reference numerals are explained below: 100-clothes care equipment, 200-clothes, 1-shell, 10-clothes care cavity, 13-air channel, 131-clothes care cavity air outlet, 133-clothes care cavity air inlet, 135-condensed water outlet, 15-diversion cavity, 151-first sub-cavity, 152-second sub-cavity, 153-water leakage port, 2-water storage tank, 21-drainage pump, 23-first water level sensor, 3-steam generator, 31-steam nozzle, 33-electromagnetic pump, 4-standby water storage tank, 401-water inlet, 402-water outlet, 403-water overflow port, 41-second water level sensor, 5-drainage pipe, 6-water inlet pipe, 7-diversion structure, 71-diversion box, 73-branch pipe, 8-filtering structure, 91-blower, 93-heating structure, 95-condensing structure.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments that embody features and advantages of the invention are described in detail below in the specification. It is to be understood that the invention is capable of other embodiments and that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention and the description and drawings are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not as restrictive.

At present, a steam generating device of a clothes dryer needs to add distilled water manually, the adding frequency of the distilled water is high, and the distilled water needs to be purchased separately, so that the use experience of a user is poor.

In order to solve the above problem, the present embodiment provides a clothes care apparatus, which includes a housing, and a clothes care chamber, a water storage tank and a steam generator disposed in the housing. Condensed water is collected in the water storage tank, is generated by evaporating and then condensing water on clothes, and is clean and free of impurities. The inlet of the steam generator is communicated with the water storage tank, and the outlet of the steam generator is provided with a steam nozzle extending into the air channel. The steam generator can utilize the condensed water in the water storage tank to evaporate and convert the condensed water into steam. The steam sprayed through the steam spray head can flow into the clothes care cavity, so that the clothes become unfolded and flat under the action of the steam. So, clothing care apparatus can regard the comdenstion water that equipment self produced as steam generator's water source, solves the user pain point of traditional artificial addition distilled water, and easy operation saves worry again, has greatly improved user's use and has experienced.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 shows a specific structure of a clothes care apparatus 100 provided in this embodiment, which includes a housing 1, and a water storage tank 2 and a steam generator 3 disposed in the housing 1.

In the present embodiment, the clothes care apparatus 100 is a drying and ironing integrated machine. The casing 1 is a box-shaped structure with a rectangular outer contour, and the inside of the casing 1 is provided with a hollow clothes care cavity 10 and an air duct 13 which is respectively communicated with an inlet and an outlet of the clothes care cavity 10. The laundry care cavity 10 is a horizontally-arranged drum structure for accommodating the laundry 200 to be cared, and the openings at the two ends are respectively a laundry care cavity air outlet 131 and a laundry care cavity air inlet 133. The air duct 13 is disposed below the clothes care cavity 10, and two ends of the air duct are respectively connected with openings at two sides of the clothes care cavity 10 to form a closed loop channel, so that steam can flow in an internal circulation manner, the utilization rate of the steam is improved, and the clothes 200 can be dried and ironed. During the flowing process of the steam, condensed water is generated in the air duct 13, and a condensed water discharge port 135 for discharging the condensed water is opened at the lower part of the air duct 13.

The water storage tank 2 is arranged at the bottom in the shell 1 and is positioned below the air duct 13. The water storage tank 2 communicates with a condensate discharge port 135 to collect condensate flowing from the air duct 13. A drain pump 21 and a first water level sensor 23 electrically connected to the drain pump 21 are installed in the water storage tank 2. The water level in the tank is detected by the first water level sensor 23 in real time, when the condensed water in the water storage tank 2 is continuously gathered until reaching a set water level height, the first water level sensor 23 can generate an electric signal at the moment, the control system of the device receives the electric signal and controls the drainage pump 21 to work according to the electric signal, the water is drained, and the accumulation of the condensed water in the tank is avoided.

The steam generator 3 is provided on the outer wall of the air duct 13, in particular in the gap between the air duct 13 and the laundry care chamber 10. An inlet of the steam generator 3 is communicated with the water storage tank 2 through a pipeline for evaporating the condensed water discharged from the water storage tank 2 into steam. The outlet of the steam generator 3 is provided with a steam nozzle 31, and the steam nozzle 31 extends into the air duct 13, so that the sprayed steam flows into the clothes care cavity 10 along the air duct 13. In this embodiment, the steam generator 3 is further provided with an electromagnetic pump 33 disposed on the pipe for driving the condensate to flow in a directional manner.

The garment care device 100 of this embodiment further comprises a diversion chamber 15 located within the housing 1, and a drain 5 for connecting the diversion chamber 15 to the storage tank 2.

The diversion chamber 15 is communicated with the water storage tank 2 and has a height difference therebetween, and is used for diverting the condensed water discharged from the water storage tank 2 into two parts so as to fully utilize the condensed water.

In particular, the diversion chamber 15 is located above the storage tank 2 and near the top of the housing 1. The inlet at the lower end of the drain pipe 5 extends into the water storage tank 2 and is connected with the drainage pump 21; the upper outlet of the water discharge pipe 5 extends into the diversion cavity 15. The drain pump 21 is driven to deliver the condensed water from below to above into the branch chamber 15.

The distribution chamber 15 has two first sub-chambers 151 and a second sub-chamber 152 spaced apart from each other to realize distribution of condensed water by the two sub-chambers. Wherein the first sub-chamber 151 is used to collect a portion of the condensed water from the storage tank 2 and to drain the condensed water. The second sub-chamber 152 is adapted to store another portion of the condensed water, and the second sub-chamber 152 is in communication with the inlet of the steam generator 3 for providing a source of water for the steam generator 3.

In this embodiment, the flow dividing chamber 15 includes a chamber body and a water storage container detachably disposed in the chamber body. Wherein, the water storage container is arranged in a suspended manner, and a distance is arranged between the water storage container and the bottom of the cavity. The water storage container is a first sub-cavity 151. The user can lift off the water storage container to pour away by oneself or recycle the comdenstion water that has in the water storage container, realize the drainage operation of comdenstion water. And the gap between the chamber and the water reservoir forms a second sub-chamber 152, and the volume of the second sub-chamber 152 is slightly less than the volume of the first sub-chamber 151. A water leakage port 153 is formed in one side of the second sub-cavity 152, and an inlet of the steam generator 3 is connected with the water leakage port 153 through a pipeline. In other embodiments, the structure of the diversion chamber 15 may be modified according to the specific application, for example, two sub-chambers may be provided side by side, or the number of the sub-chambers is not limited to the above two, and may be multiple, so as to achieve more functions.

Further, the laundry care apparatus 100 further includes a reserve water storage tank 4, and a water inlet pipe 6 for connecting the reserve water storage tank 4 and the second sub-chamber 152.

The reserve water tank 4 is connected between the second sub-chamber 152 and the steam generator 3, and is used for collecting the condensed water from the second sub-chamber 152 and serving as a reserve water source of the steam generator 3.

The spare water storage tank 4 is located below the second sub-cavity 152, specifically at the bottom of the housing 1. Under the action of gravity, the condensed water in the second sub-cavity 152 flows through the water leaking port 153 and naturally flows into the spare water storage tank 4 along the water inlet pipe 6. The top of the reserve water storage tank 4 is provided with a water inlet 401 connected with the water inlet pipe 6, and the bottom of the reserve water storage tank 4 is provided with a water outlet 402 connected with the steam generator 3. After the user starts the steam ironing function, the electromagnetic pump 33 pumps the condensed water from the reserve water tank 4 to the steam generator 3 through the pipe connected to the water outlet 402, the condensed water is heated into steam under the action of high temperature, and then enters the air duct 13 through the steam nozzle 31, and the clothes 200 become unfolded and flat through the ironing action of the steam as the circulating air enters the clothes care cavity 10.

Preferably, the reserve tank 4 is adjacent to the tank 2. An overflow 403 is formed on the upper side wall of the reserve water tank 4, and the overflow 403 is communicated with the water tank 2. When the amount of condensed water collected in the reserve storage chamber is increased until the entire chamber is filled, the condensed water flows back into the water storage tank 2 through the overflow hole 403.

A second water level sensor 41 is also arranged in the spare water storage tank 4, and the condition of the water level in the tank can be monitored in real time through the second water level sensor 41. The second water level sensor 41 is also electrically connected to the drain pump 21. When the water level in the standby water storage tank 4 is detected to be low, the second water level sensor 41 generates an electric signal, so that the drainage pump 21 is controlled to be started, condensed water in the water storage tank 2 is extracted and conveyed into the standby water storage tank 4, and the use requirement of the steam generator 3 is met.

In this embodiment, the laundry care apparatus 100 further includes a flow dividing structure 7 connected to an upper end of the drain pipe 5. The flow dividing structure 7 includes a flow dividing box 71 and two branch pipes 73 protruding from the flow dividing box 71. The diversion box 71 is connected with an outlet of the water discharge pipe 5, and the two branch pipes 73 are respectively connected with the first sub-cavity 151 and the second sub-cavity 152, so that the condensed water from the water discharge pipe 5 is diverted into the two sub-cavities through the two branch pipes 73.

In this embodiment, the laundry care apparatus 100 further comprises a filter structure 8. This filtration 8 locates the mouth of a river 153 that leaks in the second sub-cavity 152 for impurity such as a small amount of flocks in the filtration condensate water ensures that the final condensate water that flows into steam generator 3 is comparatively clean. In particular, the filter structure 8 may be a filter element, a filter with activated carbon, or the like.

In this embodiment, the clothes care apparatus 100 further includes a fan 91, a heating structure 93 and a condensing structure 95 sequentially disposed in the air duct 13 at intervals. Wherein the blower 91 is disposed adjacent to the laundry care cavity inlet 133 so as to be upstream of the heating structure 93 and the condensing structure 95. It should be noted that the upstream and downstream of the air duct 13 are defined by the directions of the arrows of the air flow shown in fig. 1. The cooling structure is located close to the laundry care cavity outlet 131 and opposite to the condensed water discharge port 135. The heating structure 93 is located upstream of the cooling structure, and the vapor nozzle 31 is located between the blower fan 91 and the heating structure 93.

The process of generating the condensed water in the air duct 13 is specifically as follows: when it is required to dry the laundry 200, the heating structure 93 is turned on to heat the air in the wind tunnel 13 to form high-temperature steam. And the high temperature steam flows from the laundry care cavity air inlet 133 to the laundry care cavity 10 under the blowing action of the blower 91, so as to care the wet laundry 200. Then, the steam passing through the clothes 200 has a large water content and a low temperature, and as the air continues to flow and comes out from the air outlet 131 of the clothes care cavity, the steam contacts the condensing structure 95, part of the water is condensed to form condensed water, and is discharged downwards into the water storage tank 2 through the condensed water discharge port 135, the rest of the low-temperature steam continues to flow and contacts the heating structure 93, is heated to be high-temperature steam, and enters the clothes care cavity 10, and the process is repeated until the clothes 200 are completely dried.

In the process of circulating the steam, since the condensed water is generated by evaporating and then condensing the moisture on the clothes 200, the condensed water is clean and free of impurities, and the generation of scale in the steam generator 3 can be avoided, so that the condensed water can be used as a water source for the steam generator 3 instead of distilled water.

In summary, the present invention provides a clothes care apparatus 100 having at least the following advantages and positive effects:

the laundry care appliance 100 comprises a housing 1 and a water storage tank 2 and a steam generator 3 provided within the housing 1. The inside of the casing 1 has a hollow clothes care cavity 10 and an air duct 13 respectively connected and communicated with an inlet and an outlet of the clothes care cavity 10, and the water storage tank 2 is communicated with a condensed water discharge port 135 on the air duct 13 to collect condensed water. The inlet of the steam generator 3 is communicated with the water storage tank 2, and the condensed water in the water storage tank 2 can be utilized to be evaporated and converted into steam. The outlet of the steam generator 3 is provided with a steam nozzle 31 extending into the air duct 13, and the sprayed steam can flow into the clothes care cavity 10 along with the air in the air duct 13 to contact the clothes 200, so that the clothes 200 become unfolded and flat under the action of the steam. Above-mentioned clothing care apparatus 100 can regard the comdenstion water that equipment self produced as steam generator 3's water source, solves the user pain point of traditional artificial addition distilled water, and easy operation saves worry again, has greatly improved user's use and has experienced.

While the present invention has been described with reference to several exemplary embodiments, it is understood that the terminology used is intended to be in the nature of words of description and illustration, rather than of limitation. As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described embodiments are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the meets and bounds of the claims, or equivalences of such meets and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A garment care device, comprising:

the shell is internally provided with a hollow clothes nursing cavity and an air duct which is respectively communicated with an inlet and an outlet of the clothes nursing cavity, and the air duct is provided with a condensed water discharge port for discharging condensed water in the air duct;

the water storage tank is arranged at the bottom in the shell and is communicated with the condensed water discharge port to collect condensed water;

and the inlet of the steam generator is communicated with the water storage tank and is used for evaporating condensed water into steam, and the outlet of the steam generator is provided with a steam nozzle which extends into the air channel so that the sprayed steam flows into the clothes nursing cavity.

2. A garment care device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that:

the shunt cavity is positioned in the shell;

the reposition of redundant personnel chamber with the storage water tank communicates with each other and has the difference in height between the two, the reposition of redundant personnel chamber has two first sub-cavities and the second sub-cavity that separates mutually, first sub-cavity is used as the drainage of comdenstion water, the second sub-cavity with steam generator's import communicates with each other.

3. A garment care device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that:

the device also comprises a standby water storage tank;

the reserve storage water tank is connected and is located the second sub cavity with between the steam generator, the reserve storage water tank is located the below of second sub cavity, the top of reserve storage water tank set up one with the water inlet that the second sub cavity is connected, the bottom of reserve storage water tank set up one with the delivery port that steam generator connects.

4. A garment care device as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that:

the spare water storage tank is adjacent to the water storage tank;

and an overflow port is formed in the side wall or the top of the upper part of the standby water storage tank and communicated with the water storage tank.

5. A garment care device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that:

also includes a filter structure;

a water leakage port is formed in one side of the second sub-cavity, and an inlet of the steam generator is connected with the water leakage port through a pipeline; the filtering structure is arranged at the water leakage opening.

6. A garment care device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that:

the flow dividing cavity comprises a cavity body and a water storage container which is detachably arranged in the cavity body;

the cavity with the clearance between the water storage container forms the second sub-cavity, the water storage container is first sub-cavity.

7. A garment care device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that:

the device also comprises a drain pipe and a flow dividing structure connected with the drain pipe;

the inlet of the water drainage pipe is connected with the water storage tank;

the reposition of redundant personnel structure includes the flow distribution box and follows two branch pipes that stretch out suddenly on the flow distribution box, the flow distribution box with the exit linkage of drain pipe communicates with each other, two the branch pipe respectively with first sub-cavity with the sub-corresponding connection of second.

8. A garment care device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that:

the flow dividing cavity is arranged above the water storage tank;

and a drainage pump connected with the drainage pipe and a water level sensor for detecting the water level in the tank are arranged in the water storage tank.

9. A garment care device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that:

the air conditioner also comprises a heating structure and a refrigerating structure which are arranged in the air duct at intervals, wherein the refrigerating structure is opposite to the condensed water discharge port;

the vapor nozzle is located upstream of the heating structure and the cooling structure.

10. A garment care device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that:

the fan is arranged in the air duct;

the fan is located upstream or downstream of the steam spray head.