CN112501886A

CN112501886A - Dehumidification structure and have its washing machine

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Publication number: CN112501886A
Application number: CN202011326679.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 马祥龙; 陈涛; 刘雪龙; 丁金彪; 赵凯
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2020-11-24
Filing date: 2020-11-24
Publication date: 2021-03-16

Abstract

The invention provides a dehumidification structure and a washing and drying machine with the dehumidification structure, and relates to the technical field of washing devices. The hot steam flowing through the dehumidifying structure is cooled, decelerated and condensed by the expanding and shrinking unit, and the problem of condensation at the front end of the water box of the washing and drying machine with the dehumidifying structure is effectively solved.

Description

Dehumidification structure and have its washing machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of washing, in particular to a dehumidifying structure and a washing and drying machine with the dehumidifying structure.

Background

At present, the washing and drying integrated machine has become a popular trend, the air channel is additionally arranged on the washing machine for drying clothes, in the drying process, hot steam in the barrel can enter the water box from the exhaust pipe, because the temperature difference changes and condensation occurs, a large amount of condensation water drops occur in the interior of the water box and at the handle, the water drops can drop after the drawing is out, various schemes are also designed on a sample machine for competition products on the market to improve the condensation, and the effect is not satisfactory at that time.

Therefore, it is urgently needed to provide a new technical scheme to better improve the problem of the condensation of the washing and drying machine.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a dehumidifying structure and a washing and drying machine with the same, wherein the dehumidifying structure is structurally designed, so that the airflow pressure of hot steam passing through the dehumidifying structure shows a variation trend, the speed of the hot steam airflow is reduced, more temperature and condensation of the hot steam are reduced in the structure, and the temperature and the humidity of the airflow entering the front end of a water box are reduced. The dehumidifying structure is connected between the water box and the barrel of the washing and drying machine, so that the hot steam in the barrel is completely condensed before entering the water box, and the condensation phenomenon is slight or no longer generated in the water box and the lifting handle.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme: the utility model provides a dehumidification structure, its includes the heat transfer main part, the heat transfer main part includes upper cover and lower cover, upper cover and lower cover form a cavity that has air inlet and gas outlet, be formed with a plurality of muscle that keep off in the cavity, a plurality of muscle cooperations that keep off make be formed with the runner between upper cover and the lower cover, the runner is equipped with a plurality of throttle passageways that the unit series connection that contracts that expand along the direction of air inlet and gas outlet and form, the throttle passageway produces the cooling condensation effect to the damp and hot steam through it.

Further optionally, the expansion and contraction unit comprises a large space flow channel for expanding the steam flow area and a small space flow channel for reducing the steam flow area, and when steam enters the expansion and contraction unit, the steam enters the large space flow channel first and then enters the small space flow channel from the large space flow channel.

Further optionally, the plurality of expansion and contraction units are arranged along different directions, so that the steam is continuously turned when flowing through the throttling channel, and the flow area is repeatedly changed by expansion-contraction-expansion-contraction.

Further optionally, the air inlet is disposed on the large-volume flow passage of the first expansion and contraction unit through which the intake air flows, and the air outlet is disposed on the small-volume flow passage of the last expansion and contraction unit through which the intake air flows.

Further optionally, the flow passage comprises a front part and a rear part, wherein the front part is designed into a throttling passage formed by connecting the plurality of expansion units in series, and the rear part is designed into a throttling passage formed by a plurality of narrow straight passages; or the front part of the flow passage is designed into a throttling passage formed by a plurality of narrow straight passages, and the rear part of the flow passage is designed into a throttling passage formed by a plurality of expansion units connected in series.

Further optionally, an inwardly recessed water storage tank is arranged in the flow channel and used for collecting condensed water in the flow channel.

Further optionally, the air inlet and the air outlet are disposed on a first side of the dehumidifying structure, and the water storage tank is disposed on a second side of the dehumidifying structure opposite to the first side.

Further optionally, the first side surface and the second side surface are arranged in parallel, and the distance from the water storage tank to the air inlet is equal to the distance from the water storage tank to the air outlet.

Further optionally, the blocking rib is a straight blocking rib and/or a bent or folded blocking rib.

The invention also provides a washing and drying machine, which comprises a clothes treatment drum and a water box, wherein the dehumidifying structure is connected between the clothes treatment drum and the water box.

Further optionally, the dehumidifying structure is connected with the laundry treating drum and the water box through a bellows.

The dehumidification structure and the washing and drying machine with the dehumidification structure provided by the invention have the following beneficial effects by designing the structure of the dehumidification structure:

1. the dehumidification structure is internally provided with a blocking rib which is designed to be provided with an empty flow path of an expansion and contraction unit, hot steam enters a large space from an air inlet pipe and enters another large space from a small space, the process is repeated, and finally the hot steam flows out from the front end of the water box, and the overall layout changes the flow velocity of the air flow, so that the effect of condensing the hot steam is achieved;

2. a water storage tank is designed in the dehumidification structure, and water accumulated in the water storage tank plays a positive role in condensation;

3. the washing and drying machine with the dehumidifying structure is connected with the water box and the barrel of the washing and drying machine through the corrugated pipe, is simple to assemble, solves the problem that condensation of the water box of the washing and drying machine is generated in the drying process, reduces water drops generated by the condensation in the water box, does not enter laundry detergent in the water box because of the water drops formed by the condensation and is diluted, and does not cause water leakage due to serious condensation at the bottom of the water box or at the front end of the water box. And because the hot steam in the tube condenses outside the water box, the temperature drops when entering the inside of the water box, and the parts in the water box can not deform because of being in a high-temperature environment for a long time; when the condensation phenomenon is serious, the handle buckle of the water box can form water drops, the user can pull the water box to contact the water drops, the water drops can drop in the pulling process, and the problem of user experience is solved by solving the condensation problem.

Drawings

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings. The drawings described below are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings may be derived from those drawings by those of ordinary skill in the art without inventive effort.

FIG. 1: a front view of a dehumidification structure in an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2: a left view of a dehumidification structure in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3: the lower cover of the dehumidification structure in the embodiment of the invention is in a top view;

FIG. 4: a front view of an upper cover of a dehumidifying structure in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5: the right view of the water box of the washing and drying machine in the embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6: the top view of the water box of the washing and drying machine in the embodiment of the invention.

In the figure:

1-a water box; 11-water receiving hopper; 12-a runner plate; 2-a dehumidifying structure; 21-upper cover; 22-lower cover; 23-blocking ribs; 24-a water storage tank; 25-large space flow channel; 26-small space flow channel; 27-an air inlet; 28-air outlet; 3-a corrugated tube; 4-screws; 5-a small hoop; 6-big clamp

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, 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 some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. 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.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the examples of the present invention and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, and "a" and "an" generally include at least two, but do not exclude at least one, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

It is also noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a good or system that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such good or system. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a commodity or system that includes the element.

Examples

As shown in fig. 1-6, the embodiment provides a washing and drying machine, which includes a water box 1 and a clothes treatment drum, a dehumidifying structure 2 is connected between the two, the washing and drying machine includes a heat exchange main body 2, the heat exchange main body 2 includes an upper cover 21 and a lower cover 22, the upper cover 21 and the lower cover 22 form a cavity with an air inlet 27 and an air outlet 28, a plurality of blocking ribs 23 are formed in the cavity, a flow passage is formed between the upper cover 21 and the lower cover 22 by the cooperation of the blocking ribs 23, the flow passage is provided with a throttling passage formed by connecting a plurality of expanding and contracting units in series along the direction of the air inlet 27 and the air outlet 28, and the throttling passage has a cooling and condensing effect on wet and hot steam passing through the throttling passage.

In the drying process of the washing and drying integrated machine, hot steam enters the dehumidifying structure 2, the runner and the blocking rib 23 in the dehumidifying structure 2 play a certain speed reduction and cooling role on the hot steam, the expanding and shrinking unit reduces the flow speed and the temperature of the hot steam, and the problem of condensation at the front end of the water box 1 of the washing and drying integrated machine is effectively solved.

As shown in fig. 3 to 4, in order to improve the assembly efficiency of the dehumidifying structure 2, it is preferable that the two parts of the upper cover 21 and the lower cover 22 are connected by a plurality of snaps. Further preferably, the upper cover 21 of the dehumidifying structure 2 is provided with a plurality of buckles for matching with the lower cover 22 of the dehumidifying structure 2, and in order to improve the sealing performance of the dehumidifying structure 2, the upper cover 21 and the lower cover 22 of the dehumidifying structure 2 are preferably provided with a concave groove in addition to the buckle connection, so that the sealing effect can be achieved, and the hot steam is prevented from overflowing from the matching position of the dehumidifying structure 2.

Regarding the specific arrangement of the expansion and contraction unit, it is preferable that the expansion and contraction unit includes a large space flow passage 25 for increasing the flow area of the steam and a small space flow passage 26 for decreasing the flow area of the steam, and when the steam enters the expansion and contraction unit, the steam enters the large space flow passage 25 and then enters the small space flow passage 26 from the large space flow passage 25. Further preferably, the plurality of expansion and contraction units are arranged along different directions, so that the steam is continuously diverted when flowing through the throttling channel, and the expansion-contraction-expansion-contraction change of the flow area is repeated. It is further preferable that the inlet 27 is provided in the large volume flow passage of the first expansion and contraction unit through which the intake air flows, and the outlet 28 is provided in the small volume flow passage of the last expansion and contraction unit through which the intake air flows.

Different from the flow passage structure design of the dehumidification structure 2, the embodiment also adopts the following design, preferably, the flow passage comprises a front part and a rear part, wherein the front part is designed into a throttling passage formed by connecting a plurality of expansion units in series, and the rear part is designed into a throttling passage formed by a plurality of narrow straight passages; or the front part of the flow passage is designed into a throttling passage formed by a plurality of narrow straight passages, and the rear part is designed into a throttling passage formed by a plurality of expansion units connected in series.

As shown in fig. 2 to 3, in order to further enhance the condensation effect of the dehumidifying structure 2, it is preferable that a water storage groove 24 depressed inward is provided in the flow passage for collecting the condensed water in the flow passage. In order to increase the condensation effect of the water storage tank 24, it is preferable that the air inlet 27 and the air outlet 28 are provided on a first side of the dehumidifying structure 2, and the water storage tank 24 is provided on a second side opposite to the first side of the dehumidifying structure 2. Further preferably, the first side surface and the second side surface are arranged in parallel, and the water storage tank 24 is equidistant from the air inlet 27 and the air outlet 28. Preferably, a section of water storage tank 24 is arranged on the lower cover 22 of the dehumidifying structure 2, and water drops formed by condensation of hot steam in the dehumidifying structure 2 can be collected, so that the water drops have a positive effect on condensation of hot steam after temperature reduction.

In addition to the above-mentioned configuration, the condensation effect of the dehumidifying structure 2 can be improved, and in other aspects, it is preferable in the present embodiment that the blocking rib 23 is a straight blocking rib 23 and/or a bent or folded blocking rib 23.

As shown in fig. 5 to 6, it is preferable that the dehumidifying structure 2 is connected to the laundry treating drum and the water cartridge 1 through the bellows 3 for improving the assembling efficiency. That is, the bellows 3 includes an inlet bellows 3 connected to an inlet 27 of the dehumidifying structure 2 and an outlet bellows 3 connected to an outlet 28 of the dehumidifying structure 2. Preferably, the water box 1 comprises a water receiving bucket 11 and a runner plate 12 which are connected through a buckle, wherein the water receiving bucket 11 and an air outlet corrugated pipe are connected through a large clamp 6, the air outlet corrugated pipe and an air inlet corrugated pipe are respectively connected with an air outlet 28 and an air inlet 27 of the dehumidification structure 2 through a small clamp 5, and the dehumidification structure 2 and the runner plate 12 are connected through a screw 4.

Preferably, the washing and drying machine is an electric heating washing and drying integrated machine.

In the washing and drying machine provided by the embodiment, in the drying process of the washing and drying machine, hot steam flowing out of the clothes treatment drum enters from the air inlet of the dehumidifying structure, passes through the flow channel in the dehumidifying structure 3, and is discharged from the air outlet. The overall arrangement of rectification dehumidification structure presents the mode of big space little space circulation, in hot steam gets into the passageway from the inlet port, at first get into big space, the air current diffuses, air current speed reduces, get into another big space through little space again, repetition like this, the speed has reduced a lot when the air current arrives dehumidification structure venthole, flow velocity is slow, the time that the air current exists in the passageway is long, the time of cooling in the passageway also can lengthen, thereby it is lower to become higher drying and temperature when making the air current discharge from the venthole. When the temperature and the flow speed of the air flow reaching the water box of the washing and drying machine are reduced a lot, the condensation phenomenon at the front end of the water box can be solved.

In summary, the present invention provides a dehumidification structure, which comprises a heat exchange main body, wherein the heat exchange main body comprises an upper cover and a lower cover, the upper cover and the lower cover form a cavity having an air inlet and an air outlet, a plurality of blocking ribs are formed in the cavity, the blocking ribs cooperate to form a flow channel between the upper cover and the lower cover, the flow channel is provided with a throttling channel formed by connecting a plurality of expansion units in series along the air inlet and the air outlet, and the throttling channel has a cooling and condensing effect on the wet and hot steam passing through the throttling channel. The hot steam flowing through the dehumidifying structure is cooled, decelerated and condensed by the expanding and shrinking unit, and the problem of condensation at the front end of the water box of the washing and drying machine with the dehumidifying structure is effectively solved.

The invention provides a dehumidifying structure and a washing and drying machine with the dehumidifying structure, which are not limited only to the description and the implementation mode. Therefore, all equivalent changes or modifications made according to the structure, characteristics and principles of the invention claimed should be included in the scope of the invention claimed.

Claims

1. A dehumidifying structure characterized in that: it includes the heat transfer main part, heat transfer main part (2) are including upper cover (21) and lower cover (22), upper cover (21) and lower cover (22) form a cavity that has air inlet (27) and gas outlet (28), be formed with a plurality of muscle (23) of keeping off in the cavity, a plurality of muscle (23) of keeping off cooperate and make be formed with the runner between upper cover (21) and lower cover (22), the runner is equipped with the throttle passageway that a plurality of expansion and contraction units establish ties and form along the direction of air inlet (27) and gas outlet (28), the throttle passageway produces cooling condensation effect to the damp and hot steam through it.

2. The dehumidifying structure of claim 1, wherein the expansion and contraction unit comprises a large space flow passage (25) for expanding the flow area of the steam and a small space flow passage (26) for reducing the flow area of the steam, and when the steam enters the expansion and contraction unit, the steam enters the large space flow passage (25) and then enters the small space flow passage (26) from the large space flow passage (25).

3. The dehumidifying structure of claim 1, wherein: the expansion and contraction units are arranged along different directions, so that steam is continuously turned when flowing through the throttling channel, and the flow area is repeatedly changed by expansion, contraction, expansion and contraction.

4. The dehumidifying structure of claim 2, wherein: the air inlet (27) is arranged on a large-volume flow passage of the first expansion and contraction unit through which the inlet air flows, and the air outlet (28) is arranged on a small-volume flow passage of the last expansion and contraction unit through which the inlet air flows.

5. The dehumidifying structure according to claim 1, wherein the flow path comprises a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the front portion is a throttling passage formed by connecting the plurality of expansion units in series, and the rear portion is a throttling passage formed by a plurality of narrow straight paths; or the front part of the flow passage is designed into a throttling passage formed by a plurality of narrow straight passages, and the rear part of the flow passage is designed into a throttling passage formed by a plurality of expansion units connected in series.

6. The dehumidifying structure of any one of claims 1-5, wherein: an inwards concave water storage tank (24) is arranged in the flow channel and used for collecting condensed water in the flow channel.

7. The dehumidifying structure of claim 6, wherein: the air inlet (27) and the air outlet (28) are arranged on a first side face of the heat exchange main body (2), and the water storage tank (24) is arranged on a second side face, opposite to the first side face, of the heat exchange main body (2).

8. The dehumidifying structure of claim 7, wherein said first side surface and said second side surface are arranged in parallel, and said water storage tank (24) is located at an equal distance from said air inlet (27) and said air outlet (28).

9. The dehumidifying structure of claim 1, wherein: the blocking ribs (23) are straight blocking ribs (23) and/or bent and folded blocking ribs (23).

10. A washing and drying machine is characterized in that: comprising a laundry treatment drum and a water box (1), and a dehumidifying structure according to any one of claims 1-9 is connected between the laundry treatment drum and the water box (1).

11. The washer dryer as claimed in claim 10, wherein: the heat exchange main body (2) is connected with the clothes treatment drum and the water box (1) through a corrugated pipe (3).