CN112813658A - Drying chamber and clothes dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of household appliances, and provides a drying chamber and a clothes dryer, wherein the drying chamber comprises: the first drying cavity is formed inside the drying chamber and is of a hollow structure; the heating source is communicated with the inside of the first drying cavity so as to provide a heat source; and the folding assembly is used for driving the clothes to be dried to be switched from an unfolding state to a folding state so as to dry the clothes to be dried in the first drying cavity. When in use, the clothes drying device is convenient for drying large clothes and saves space.

Description

Drying chamber and clothes dryer

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a drying chamber and a clothes dryer.

Background

The dryer is a clean household appliance that instantly evaporates and dries moisture in washed laundry by using electric heating. This is particularly desirable in the case of "backsouth" clothes that are difficult to dry in the north winter and in the south. In addition, the clothes dryer is widely used in industrial production for drying fabrics, thereby improving production efficiency.

However, when a large amount of clothes are dried in the prior art, if the large amount of clothes are directly dried by using the drum dryer, the heat energy is consumed, and the dried clothes are not flat.

Disclosure of Invention

The main purpose of this application is to overcome the problem of the aforesaid prior art's bulky clothing stoving occupation space, provides a drying chamber and dryer.

According to an aspect of the present application, there is provided a drying chamber including: the first drying cavity is formed inside the drying chamber and is of a hollow structure; the heating source is communicated with the inside of the first drying cavity so as to provide a heat source; and the folding assembly is used for driving the clothes to be dried to be switched from an unfolding state to a folding state so as to dry the clothes to be dried in the first drying cavity.

Optionally, the folding assembly includes a plurality of folding plates, and each folding plate is connected in sequence in a rotating manner; when the folding assembly is folded, an included angle is formed between the adjacent folding plates; when the folding assembly is unfolded, all the folding plates are positioned on the same plane.

Optionally, a plurality of air guide holes are formed in the folding plate, and the air guide holes are distributed in the folding plate.

Optionally, the corners of each folding plate form an anti-collision part.

Optionally, the device further comprises a drawer; the drawer is slidably mounted in the first drying cavity, and the folding assembly is located in the drawer.

Optionally, when the folding assembly is in the folded state, the two folding plates at the two ends of the folding assembly are abutted against the side wall of the drawer.

Optionally, the drawer includes an open-ended support seat and a cover plate, the support seat is slidably mounted in the first drying cavity, and the cover plate is assembled at the support seat opening in an openable manner.

According to another aspect of the present application, a clothes dryer, a body, the drying chamber of the body; the first drying cavity and the heating source are both located in the machine body.

Optionally, a second drying cavity is further arranged in the machine body; the heating source can supply heat to the second drying cavity; the first drying cavity, the second drying cavity and the cavity where the heat generating source is located are independent respectively.

Optionally, a drum is rotatably mounted in the second drying cavity, and clothes to be dried are placed in the drum.

Optionally, the machine body further comprises an air exhaust device; and the exhaust device is communicated with the exhaust channels of the first drying cavity and the second drying cavity.

Optionally, the exhaust device includes an air guide duct and exhaust blades, the air guide duct is communicated with the exhaust channels of the first drying chamber and the second drying chamber, and the exhaust blades are disposed in the air guide duct.

According to the technical scheme, the drying chamber and the clothes dryer have the advantages and positive effects that:

according to the drying chamber, the folding assembly is firstly laid flatly, large clothes to be dried are placed on the folding assembly, then the folding assembly is folded together with the clothes to be dried and then placed into the first drying cavity for drying, and therefore drying space is saved; this application adopts the mode of built-in clothes folding board to fold the great clothing of flush surface area, and wherein built-in folding subassembly can manually be taken out, will treat to dry the clothing and fold the drying chamber of putting into again after neatly, and the drying chamber is still put back to finishing using, can dry, save space and can not occupy extra parking space with the folding mode to the clothing of major possession like this.

The application provides a dryer can dry at least one of first stoving chamber or second stoving chamber through auto-change over device for resource make full use of has avoided unnecessary wasting of resources.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

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, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view illustrating an internal structure in which a first drying chamber and a second drying chamber of a dryer are simultaneously opened according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 is an internal hot air flow diagram of a dryer according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view illustrating a braking device of a dryer according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view illustrating a folded assembly unfolded state of a dryer according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 5 is a structural schematic view illustrating a folded state of a folding assembly of a dryer according to an exemplary embodiment.

Wherein the reference numerals are as follows:

1. a first drying chamber; 11. a drawer; 111. a supporting seat; 112. a cover plate; 12. a folding assembly; 121. folding the board; 122. a wind guide hole; 2. a second drying chamber; 21. a drum; 3. an air diversion chamber; 31. a heat generating source; 4. a switching device; 41. a first switching assembly; 411. a first driving member; 412. a first control valve; 42. a second switching component; 421. a second driving member; 422. a second control valve; 5. an air exhaust device; 51. an air exhaust channel; 52. air exhaust fan blades; 6. a braking device; 61. a third driving member; 62. a clutch.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all 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 application.

The application provides a drying chamber, includes: a first drying cavity 1 which is formed inside the drying chamber and has a hollow structure; a heat source 31 communicated with the inside of the first drying chamber 1 to provide a heat source; and the folding assembly 12 is used for driving the clothes to be dried to be switched from the unfolding state to the folding state so as to dry the clothes to be dried in the first drying cavity 1.

According to the drying chamber provided by the application, the folding assembly 12 is firstly laid flatly, large clothes to be dried are placed on the folding assembly 12, and then the folding assembly 12 with the clothes to be dried is folded and then is placed into the first drying cavity 1 for drying; this application adopts the mode of built-in clothes folding board to fold the great clothing of flush surface area, and wherein built-in folding subassembly 12 can manually be taken out, will treat to dry the clothing and fold the drying chamber of putting into again after neatly, and the drying chamber is still put back to the completion of use, can dry, save space and can not occupy extra parking space with the folding mode to the clothing of major possession like this.

Wherein, the folding assembly 12 comprises a plurality of folding plates 121, and the folding plates 121 are connected in sequence in a rotating way; when the folding assembly 12 is folded, an included angle is formed between the adjacent folding plates 121; when the folding assembly 12 is unfolded, the folding plates 121 are located on the same plane. When the folding plates 121 are unfolded to be positioned on the same plane, the clothes to be dried are placed on the plane and laid flat, then the folding assembly 12 with the clothes to be dried is folded, and when the folding assembly is folded, an included angle of 60-90 degrees is formed between every two adjacent folding plates 121, so that the clothes to be dried on the adjacent folding plates 121 are not folded, and the dried clothes are flat. Specifically, adjacent clothes to be dried are connected through at least two hinges so as to realize stable rotating connection.

In addition, a plurality of air guiding holes 122 are formed in the folding plate 121, each air guiding hole 122 is distributed on the folding plate 121, and when the clothes are heated and dried, the air guiding holes 122 on the folding plate 121 enable the hot air to carry away excessive moisture in the first drying cavity 1, so that the clothes to be dried are sufficiently dried. Further, the air guiding holes 122 are uniformly distributed on the folding plate 121 to uniformly dry the clothes to be dried.

In order to avoid potential damage to the clothes to be dried, the corners of each folding plate 121 form anti-collision portions, that is, the corners of each folding plate 121 and the edges of each edge are arc-shaped transitions.

Further, the drawer structure also comprises a drawer 11; drawer 11 is slidably mounted in first drying chamber 1, and folding assembly 12 is located in drawer 11. Drawer 11 includes open supporting seat 111 and cover plate 112, supporting seat 111 is slidably mounted in first drying chamber 1, and cover plate 112 is openably and closably mounted at opening of supporting seat 111. When the folding assembly 12 is in the folded state, the two folding plates 121 at the two ends of the folding assembly 12 are abutted against the side wall of the drawer 11. Here, two sides that two folding plates 121 are located folding assembly length direction both ends butt in drawer 11 lateral wall to fixed folding assembly 12 and from the spacing folding assembly 12 of length direction, make it can not take place dislocation or warp when drying, in order to obtain better stoving effect.

According to another aspect of the present application, a clothes dryer comprises a body including a switching device 4, a second drying chamber 2 and the above-mentioned drying chamber; the first drying cavity 1, the second drying cavity 2 and the chamber where the heat generating source 31 is located are independent; the heat generating source 31 performs switching heat supply through the switching device 4 to supply heat to at least one of the first drying chamber 1 and the second drying chamber 2.

Wherein the switching device 4 comprises a first switching assembly 41 and a second switching assembly 42; the first switching assembly 41 comprises a first driving member 411 and a first control valve 412, the first driving member 411 controls the operation of the first control valve 412 to realize the on-off of the heat generating source 31 and the first drying chamber 1; the second switching assembly 42 includes a second driving member 421 and a second control valve 422, and the second driving member 421 controls the operation of the second control valve 422 to switch the heat generating source 31 and the second drying chamber 2.

For the first drying cavity 1, an air inlet channel is arranged in the first drying cavity 1 in the air flow direction of the heat source 31; the first control valve 412 group includes a first driving member 411 and a first control valve 412, the first driving member 411 is in transmission connection with the first control valve 412, and the first control valve 412 is located at the air inlet or the air outlet of the air inlet channel, and drives the first control valve 412 to rotate so as to block or open the air inlet channel. Of the first control valve 412Width of blade D₁The width of the air inlet channel is D₂(ii) a Wherein D is₁≥D₂。

Wherein, the air inlet duct of the first drying chamber 1 is arranged at the upper end of the chamber where the heat source 31 is located, wherein a first control valve 412 and a first driving member 411 are arranged, the blades of the first control valve 412 are driven to rotate by the rotation of the first driving member 411, the air inlet duct of the first drying chamber 1 is disconnected when the blades of the first control valve 412 rotate to the horizontal position, and the air inlet duct of the first drying chamber 1 is opened when the blades of the first control valve 412 rotate to the vertical position.

In the case of the second drying chamber 2, a drum 21 is rotatably installed in the second drying chamber 2, and laundry to be dried is placed inside the drum 21. The second drying cavity 2 is provided with a vent in the wind flow direction of the heat source 31; the second switching component 42 includes a second driving member 421 and a second control valve 422, and the second driving member 421 and the second control valve 422 are in transmission connection, the second control valve 422 is located at the vent, and the second driving member 421 drives the second control valve 422 to move, so as to open and close the vent. Specifically, the output end of the second driving member 421 is provided with a gear, the second control valve 422 is provided with a rack adapted to the gear, and the second driving member 421 drives the gear to rotate forward or backward, so that the rack drives the blade of the second control valve 422 to move back and forth.

The second control valve 422 operates in such a manner that the second driving member 421 drives the blades of the second control valve 422 to move left and right through the cooperation of the gear and the rack, so that the blades of the second control valve 422 and the corresponding vents in the second drying cavity 2 are overlapped or staggered, thereby achieving the opening and closing of the vents.

Further, the machine body also comprises an air exhaust device 5; the exhaust device 5 is communicated with the exhaust channels 51 of the first drying chamber 1 and the second drying chamber 2. Specifically, the exhaust device 5 includes an air guiding duct and exhaust blades 52, the air guiding duct is communicated with the exhaust channels 51 of the first drying chamber 1 and the second drying chamber 2, and the exhaust blades 52 are disposed in the air guiding duct to exhaust the wet air.

In addition, a braking device 6 is also arranged in the machine body; the brake device 6 comprises a third driver 61 and a clutch 62; the output end of the third driving member 61 is in transmission connection with the driving end of the clutch 62 and the exhaust fan blade 52, and the output end of the clutch 62 is in transmission connection with the drum 21. Specifically, the third driving member 61 is in transmission connection with the exhaust fan blade 52 through an exhaust belt pulley, the clutch 62 is in transmission connection with the drum 21 through a drum 21 belt pulley, and the clutch 62 is connected with the third driving member 61 through a transmission shaft.

It should be noted that the heat generating source 31 in this embodiment is a heater, the chamber in which the heater is located is the air diversion chamber 3, the first control valve 412 and the second control valve 422 are air valves, and the first driving member 411, the second driving member 421 and the third driving member 61 are all stepping motors.

The control method of the clothes dryer comprises the following steps:

acquiring a target operation mode signal of the clothes dryer;

acquiring a current operation mode signal of the clothes dryer;

if the current operation mode is the same as the target operation mode signal, the current operation mode of the switching device 4 and the braking device 6 is maintained;

and if the current operation mode is different from the target operation mode signal, controlling the switching device 4 and the braking device 6 to switch the operation modes.

Wherein, the operation mode conversion comprises:

the first drying cavity 1 is in a drying mode: controlling the first control valve 412 to operate, the second control valve 422 to close, and the clutch 62 to disconnect from the third driver 61; in this mode, the first control valve 412 is open, the second control valve 422 is closed, the clutch 62 is open, and the heater is operating at third half power to provide heat. When the clothes are dried, the second drying cavity 2 is disconnected from the air shunting cavity 3 where the heater is positioned, and hot air cannot be supplied; the hot air is supplied separately to the first drying chamber 1 and the drum 21 is in a state of stopped rotation, which is suitable for clothes with little or no body clothes or clothes which are liable to wrinkle.

And the second drying cavity 2 is in a drying mode: the first control valve 412 is controlled to be closed, the second control valve 422 is operated, and the clutch 62 is controlled to be connected with the third driver 61; in this mode, the first control valve 412 is closed, the second control valve 422 is open, the clutch 62 is closed, and the heater is operating at a second lower power level. When the clothes dryer runs, the first drying cavity 1 is disconnected from the air shunting cavity 3 where the heater is positioned, and hot air cannot be supplied; the hot air is separately supplied to the second drying chamber 2 and the drum 21 is rotated, which is suitable for the case that the laundry is small and the laundry is not separately dried.

The simultaneous drying mode of the first drying chamber 1 and the second drying chamber 2 is as follows: the first control valve 412 and the second control valve 422 are controlled to operate simultaneously, and the control clutch 62 is connected to the third driver 61. In this mode, the first control valve 412 and the second control valve 422 are open, the clutch 62 is closed, and the heater is operating at full first gear. When the clothes dryer is in operation, the first drying chamber 1 and the second drying chamber 2 can be supplied with hot air, and the drum 21 is in a rotating state, which is suitable for the condition that more clothes are needed, or different clothes need to be dried separately, or clothes which are easy to wrinkle exist.

It is noted that, in this document, relational terms such as "first" and "second," and the like, may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The foregoing are merely exemplary embodiments of the present invention, which enable those skilled in the art to understand or practice the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims (12)

1. A drying chamber, comprising:

the first drying cavity (1) is formed inside the drying chamber and is of a hollow structure;

the heating source (31) is communicated with the inside of the first drying cavity (1) to provide a heat source; and the folding assembly (12) is used for driving the clothes to be dried to be switched from an unfolding state to a folding state so as to dry the clothes to be dried in the first drying cavity (1).

2. A drying chamber according to claim 1, wherein said folding assembly (12) comprises a plurality of folding plates (121), each of said folding plates (121) being rotatably connected in sequence;

when the folding assembly (12) is folded, an included angle is formed between the adjacent folding plates (121);

when the folding assembly (12) is unfolded, the folding plates (121) are positioned on the same plane.

3. The drying chamber according to claim 2, wherein the folding plate (121) is provided with a plurality of air guiding holes (122), and each air guiding hole (122) is distributed on the folding plate (121).

4. A drying chamber according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the corners of each of said folded sheets (121) form impact protection portions.

5. A drying chamber according to claim 1, further comprising a drawer (11);

the drawer (11) is slidably mounted in the first drying cavity (1), and the folding assembly (12) is located in the drawer (11).

6. A drying chamber according to claim 5, wherein when said folding assembly (12) is in the folded state, two folding plates (121) at both ends of said folding assembly (12) abut against the side walls of said drawer (11).

7. Drying chamber according to claim 5, wherein said drawer (11) comprises an open support (111) and a cover plate (112), said support (111) being slidably mounted to said first drying chamber (1), said cover plate (112) being openably mounted at said support (111) opening.

8. Laundry dryer characterized by comprising a body comprising a drying chamber according to any one of claims 1 to 7;

the first drying cavity (1) and the heat generating source (31) are both positioned in the machine body.

9. Laundry drying machine, according to claim 8, characterized in that a second drying chamber (2) is also provided inside said body;

the heat generating source (31) can supply heat to the second drying cavity (2);

the first drying cavity (1), the second drying cavity (2) and the cavity where the heat generating source (31) is located are independent respectively.

10. Laundry drying machine, according to claim 9, characterized in that said second drying chamber (2) internally houses a drum (21), said drum (21) being internally loaded with the laundry to be dried.

11. Laundry drying machine according to claim 10, characterized in that said machine body further comprises air exhaust means (5);

the exhaust device (5) is communicated with exhaust channels (51) of the first drying cavity (1) and the second drying cavity (2).

12. The laundry dryer according to claim 11, characterized in that said air exhaust device (5) comprises an air guiding duct and air exhaust blades (52), said air guiding duct is communicated with both air exhaust channels (51) of said first drying chamber (1) and said second drying chamber (2), and said air exhaust blades (52) are disposed in said air guiding duct.

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