CN116657385A - Clothes treatment equipment with clothes drying function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a clothes treating apparatus having a clothes drying function, comprising a clothes treating drum; a drying duct for feeding an air flow into the laundry treating drum; an illumination cavity is arranged in the drying air duct, and at least part of air flow enters the clothes treatment cylinder through the illumination cavity; the illumination cavity is internally provided with a light plasma tube for carrying out irradiation sterilization on the airflow flowing into the clothes treating cylinder. According to the invention, the light plasma tube is arranged in the independent cavity in the drying air duct, so that the light plasma tube irradiates part of the airflow flowing into the clothes treating cylinder, the power of the light plasma tube is reduced, the irradiation sterilization effect on the airflow is improved, and the sterilization and deodorization efficiency of the light plasma tube on the clothes treating cylinder is remarkably improved.

Description

Clothes treatment equipment with clothes drying function

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of clothes treatment equipment, and particularly relates to clothes treatment equipment with clothes drying and sterilizing functions.

Background

Along with the continuous improvement of living standard, the demands of people on clothes treatment equipment are continuously thinned, the demands of people on clothes are not remained only, especially the problems that clothes are not easy to dry in haze days in north China, the clothes are difficult to dry in plum rainy days in south China and have peculiar smell are solved, and the clothes treatment equipment with the clothes drying function is increasingly popular with people.

The clothes treatment equipment with the clothes drying function is provided with a drying air duct, a fan and a heating device are arranged in the air duct, the fan sends air flow into the drying air duct, the air flow forms high-temperature air flow under the action of the heating device in the drying air duct, and the high-temperature air flow flows into the clothes treatment cylinder through the drying air duct, so that the temperature in the clothes treatment cylinder is increased, and the evaporation of water on clothes in the cylinder is realized; the evaporated water vapor is then discharged from the laundry treating drum by the air flow, thereby achieving the effect of drying the laundry in the laundry treating drum.

However, since water vapor may remain in the laundry treating drum, bacteria, breeding and odor may occur in the laundry treating drum; the high temperature air during the drying process is limited by the use, and bacteria and the like in the clothes treating cylinder cannot be thoroughly killed. Also, the high temperature air during the drying process cannot remove the odor from the laundry, and even accelerates the diffusion of the odor inside the laundry treating drum.

In view of this, the present invention has been made.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the technical problems of overcoming the defects of the prior art and providing a clothes treatment device so as to achieve the aim of improving the sterilization efficiency of the clothes treatment device; it is still another object of the present invention to provide a laundry treating apparatus for the purpose of removing foreign odor of laundry.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the basic conception of the technical scheme that:

a laundry treating apparatus having a laundry drying function, comprising a laundry treating drum; a drying duct for feeding an air flow into the laundry treating drum; an illumination cavity is arranged in the drying air duct, and at least part of air flow enters the clothes treatment cylinder through the illumination cavity; the illumination cavity is internally provided with a light plasma tube for carrying out irradiation sterilization on the airflow flowing into the clothes treating cylinder.

Further, the drying air duct is provided with a disc-shaped air outlet cavity, and a separation rib is arranged in the air outlet cavity and divides the disc-shaped air outlet cavity into two parts; the first part with smaller cross-sectional area forms an illumination cavity, and the periphery of the illumination cavity is provided with a light plasma tube which is radially inserted into the illumination cavity.

Further, annular separation ribs are arranged in the middle of the disc-shaped air outlet cavity, first separation ribs and second separation ribs which are arranged at intervals and at angles are arranged at the peripheral parts of the annular separation ribs, the parts between the first separation ribs and the second separation ribs form an illumination cavity, openings for introducing air flow into the illumination cavity are formed in the first separation ribs, and the light plasma tube is arranged close to the second separation ribs.

Further, the drying air duct also comprises an air inlet cavity provided with a fan, and the air inlet cavity is directly communicated with the second part of the air outlet cavity through a connecting cavity extending obliquely upwards; the first separation rib separates the connecting cavity from the illumination cavity, a notch communicated with two sides is arranged on the first separation rib, and at least part of air flow flowing into the air inlet cavity flows into the illumination cavity through the notch; the opening is arranged close to the center of the annular air outlet cavity relative to the light plasma tube.

Further, a heater is arranged in the second part of the annular air outlet cavity, and the heater is opposite to the air outlet end of the connecting cavity and is used for directly heating the blown air flow; the heater is arranged close to the opening on the first separation rib and is used for heating the airflow flowing into the illumination cavity.

Further, the light plasma tube is columnar, the end part of the columnar light plasma tube is provided with an installation seat which is positioned at the outer side of the drying air duct and is at least partially radially protruded, and the radial protruding part of the installation seat is fixed with the outer wall of the drying air duct.

Further, radial opposite sides of the mounting seat are respectively provided with radial outwards protruding fixing ribs, the two fixing ribs are respectively attached to the outer wall of the drying air duct in a relative mode, through holes penetrating through the fixing ribs are respectively formed in the fixing ribs, and screws penetrate through the through holes and are fixed with the drying air duct in a fixed mode and are used for fixedly mounting the mounting seat on the drying air duct.

Further, the periphery cover of column light plasma tube is equipped with the shock washer, and the shock washer centre gripping is in fixing base and stoving wind channel between.

Further, one side of the annular air outlet cavity is provided with a plurality of air outlets, at least one air outlet is a first air outlet communicated with the illumination cavity, and the other air outlets are second air outlets communicated with the second part; the first air outlet is arranged opposite to at least part of the columnar light plasma tube in the illumination cavity.

Further, a bending part protruding outwards is arranged at the periphery of the second separation rib, which is close to the annular air outlet cavity, and the columnar light plasma tube is arranged in the area surrounded by the bending part; the first air outlet is a round opening which is correspondingly arranged at one side of the area surrounded by the bending part.

By adopting the technical scheme, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects.

1. According to the invention, the light plasma tube irradiates the hot air in the drying air duct, so that the hot air with sterilizing and deodorizing functions is formed in the drying air duct, and is rapidly diffused into the clothes treating cylinder through the drying air duct, so that the clothes drying function of the clothes treating equipment is ensured, the sterilizing and deodorizing procedures are performed on clothes, and the utilization efficiency of the hot air is improved.

2. According to the invention, the light plasma tube is arranged in the independent cavity in the drying air duct, so that the light plasma tube irradiates part of the airflow flowing into the clothes treating cylinder, the power of the light plasma tube is reduced, the irradiation sterilization effect on the airflow is improved, and the sterilization and deodorization efficiency of the light plasma tube on the clothes treating cylinder is remarkably improved.

3. In the invention, the light plasma tube is provided with UVC ultraviolet rays and/or UVD ultraviolet rays, the UVD ultraviolet rays can efficiently excite oxygen in the air and produce photo-plasma groups, and the UVC ultraviolet rays have an efficient sterilization effect, so that microorganisms attached to the clothes treatment cylinder and the clothes inside the clothes treatment cylinder are thoroughly killed.

The following describes the embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention. It is evident that the figures in the following description are only examples, and that other figures can be obtained based on these figures without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a garment treatment apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a rear drying duct portion of the laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing an exploded structure of a rear drying duct portion of the laundry treating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a rear drying duct portion of a clothes treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic view showing a partial structure of a rear drying duct portion of the laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a rear drying duct of the laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure at a in fig. 6 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Main element names in the figure: 1. a housing; 102. a rear back plate; 103. a back cover plate; 104. a gasket; 2. a laundry treating drum; 3. a light plasma tube; 321. a mounting base; 322. a shock-absorbing washer; 323. fixing ribs; 324. a notch groove; 325. a limit groove; 326. protruding ribs; 4. a drying air duct; 40. an air inlet cavity; 41. a connecting cavity; 42. an air outlet cavity; 421. a first portion; 422. a second portion; 43. an air outlet; 431. a first air outlet; 432. a second air outlet; 44. an illumination cavity; 45. a separation rib; 451. a first separator rib; 452. second separating ribs; 453. annular separation ribs; 46. a notch; 47. a bending portion; 48. an air inlet; 5. a heater; 9. a blower; 10. and a control device.

It should be noted that these drawings and the written description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate the inventive concept to those skilled in the art by referring to the specific embodiments.

Detailed Description

For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and the following embodiments are used to illustrate the present invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "longitudinal", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, in an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a laundry treating apparatus having a laundry drying function, including a housing 1 in which a laundry treating drum 2 is installed, and further including a drying duct 4 for feeding hot air into the inside of the laundry treating drum 2, an air outlet end of the drying duct 4 being connected to a rear portion of the laundry treating drum 2, and a light plasma tube 3 for radiating the hot air in the drying duct 4 being provided in the drying duct 4.

In the embodiment, a fan 9 is arranged in the drying air duct 4, and the fan 9 is used for driving air to flow through the drying air duct 4 to supply air to the inside of the clothes treating cylinder 2; the drying air duct 4 is also provided with a heater 5 for heating the air flow flowing therethrough to form a high-temperature drying air flow to flow back into the laundry treating drum 2 for drying the laundry. In this embodiment, the laundry treatment apparatus may be a direct-discharge type dryer, a circulating condensing type dryer, or the like; in the embodiment of the invention, an in-line dryer is taken as an example for unfolding and describing:

as shown in fig. 1 to 5, in the present embodiment, after the air inside the laundry treating drum 2 flows into the drying duct 4, the air can be irradiated by the light plasma tube 3 provided in the drying duct 4, so that an air flow having sterilizing and deodorizing functions is formed in the drying duct 4, and then is diffused into the laundry treating drum 2, so as to perform sterilizing and deodorizing treatment on the underwear.

In this embodiment, the light plasma tube 3 can emit light plasma and ion clusters, the light plasma tube 3 irradiates the hot air in the drying air duct 4, and the emitted light plasma and ion clusters decompose oxygen and water molecules in the air into hydroxyl radicals, free oxygen atoms, superoxide ions and other oxide bodies, so as to form sterilizing air, so that the clothes are sterilized, and harmful impurities in the air in the clothes treating cylinder 2 are decomposed to become inert compounds, such as carbon dioxide and water, and the peculiar smell of the clothes is rapidly and easily removed.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, in the present embodiment, the light plasma tube 3 is disposed in an illumination cavity 44 isolated from an air outlet cavity 42 of the drying air duct 4, so that the light plasma tube 3 can illuminate a part of the air flow flowing back into the laundry treating cylinder 2, and when the air flow passes through the illumination cavity 44 where the light plasma tube 3 is located, the light plasma and ion clusters emitted by the light plasma tube 3 decompose oxygen and water molecules in the air into hydroxyl radicals, free oxygen atoms, superoxide ions and other oxides, and generate a certain amount of ozone; under the condition that the flowing air flow has a certain amount of heat, ozone is easy to be heated and decomposed, so that the light plasma with low ozone concentration can be guaranteed to disinfect and sterilize the environment space in the clothes treatment cylinder 2 of the clothes treatment device.

In the embodiment, a part of the air outlet cavity 42 is divided into an illumination cavity 44 by a separation rib 45, and an optical plasma tube 3 is arranged in the illumination cavity 44; the opposite sides of the illumination cavity 44 are respectively provided with an air inlet and an air outlet, and the light plasma tube 3 is arranged close to or directly arranged at the air outlet, so that the light plasma tube 3 irradiates light towards the interior of the illumination cavity 44, the air flow flowing through the illumination cavity 44 can be completely irradiated by light, and further the sterilization and deodorization efficiency is effectively improved. In the embodiment, the ion clusters generated by the light plasma tube 3 change particles in the air into oxide bodies, and the encountered harmful substances are very active, so that the speed of damaging organic object tissues is 180 times faster than that of ultraviolet light and 2000 times faster than that of ozone in the same polluted environment, biological pollutants in the air are removed, bacteria, viruses and mold on the surfaces of the air neutralization objects are killed and destroyed, and the spread of the bacteria in the air is reduced.

In this embodiment, the drying duct 4 has an air inlet chamber 40, a connecting chamber 41 and an air outlet chamber 42 which are sequentially communicated; a fan 9 is installed in the air inlet cavity 40, and the fan 9 pumps outside air into the drying air duct 4 and provides flowing force for the air inlet flow.

In this embodiment, the air inlet cavity 40 and the air outlet cavity 42 are communicated by the connecting cavity of the drying air duct 4, so that the air flow pumped by the fan 9 enters the air outlet cavity 42; the heater 5 is arranged in the air outlet cavity 42, the heater 5 heats the air flow flowing into the air outlet cavity 42 to form high-temperature air flow, the high-temperature air flow flows into the clothes treatment cylinder 2 from the rear opening of the cylinder, and the clothes in the clothes treatment cylinder 2 are subjected to high-temperature drying treatment so as to directly irradiate the air flow flowing into the clothes treatment cylinder 2, so that the air flow which is irradiated by the light plasma tube 3 forms sterilization and deodorization can directly flow back into the cylinder, the diffusion quantity of the sterilization and deodorization air flow formed by irradiation of the light plasma tube in the drying air duct is reduced, and the sterilization and deodorization efficiency of the light plasma tube is further improved.

In this embodiment, the blower 9 causes the air inside the drying duct 4 and the laundry treating drum 2 to flow to form an air flow, and the light plasma tube 3 irradiates the air to form sterilizing air containing an oxidizing agent during the air flowing in the drying duct 4, so as to sterilize the laundry treating apparatus.

In this embodiment, the heater 5 disposed in the drying air duct 4 is disposed near the light plasma tube 3, so that the heater 5 can heat the space near the light plasma tube 3, so as to be beneficial to reducing the ozone concentration in the sterilizing air.

In this embodiment, the light plasma and ion cluster light emitted from the light plasma tube 3 decompose oxygen and water molecules in the air into hydroxyl radicals, free oxygen atoms, superoxide ions and other oxidized substances, however, with ozone generation, excessive ozone can strongly stimulate the respiratory tract of people, so that symptoms such as sore throat, chest distress and cough are caused, and the hot air in the drying air duct 4 can decompose ozone by heating, so that the ozone concentration in the circulating air flow can be effectively reduced.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the present embodiment describes a laundry treating apparatus having a laundry drying function, including a laundry treating drum 2; a drying duct 4 for feeding an air flow into the laundry treating drum 2; an illumination cavity 44 is arranged in the drying air duct 4, and at least part of air flows through the illumination cavity 44 and enters the clothes treating cylinder 2; a light plasma tube 3 for irradiating and sterilizing the air flow flowing into the laundry treating drum 2 is provided in the light chamber 44.

In the embodiment, the drying air duct 4 is formed by a clamping space of a front vertical plate and a rear vertical plate which are positioned at the rear part of the clothes treatment equipment; the two vertical plates are respectively a back plate 102 and a back cover plate 103; a gasket 104 made of rubber material is arranged between the back plate 102 and the back cover plate 103 so as to seal a drying air duct formed by the back plate 102 and the back cover plate; a blocking rib is arranged in a clearance space between the back plate 102 and the back cover plate 103 so as to separate the clearance space between the two plates to form a drying air duct 4 which is vertically arranged up and down; the lower part of the drying air duct 4 is an air inlet cavity 40, the upper part is an air outlet cavity 42, and the middle part is a connecting cavity 41; meanwhile, an air inlet 48 is formed in a rear back plate 102 on the front side of the lower part of the drying air duct 4 and used for conveying external atmosphere into the drying air duct 4 through a fan 9; also, a plurality of air outlets 43 for supplying air flow from the air outlet chamber 42 into the laundry treating drum 2 are formed in the rear plate 102 at the front side of the upper portion of the drying tunnel 4.

As shown in fig. 2 to 5, in this embodiment, the drying duct 4 has a disc-shaped air outlet cavity 42, a radially extending partition rib 45 is disposed in the annular air outlet cavity 42, and the partition rib 45 divides the disc-shaped air outlet cavity 42 into two sector-shaped areas; the first portion 421 constitutes an illumination chamber 44, and the peripheral side wall of the disc-shaped air outlet chamber 42 is provided with an optical plasma tube 3 radially inserted into the illumination chamber 44.

Preferably, the circumferential dimension of the first portion 421 is much smaller than the circumferential dimension of the second portion 422, so that the light plasma tube 3 only illuminates the smaller-sized first portion 421 to enhance the illumination effect of the air flow flowing through the first portion 421.

As shown in fig. 3 to 5, in this embodiment, an annular partition rib 453 is disposed in the middle of the disc-shaped air outlet cavity 42, a first partition rib 451 and a second partition rib 452 are disposed at peripheral portions of the annular partition rib 453 and are arranged at intervals, the fan-shaped portions between the first partition rib 451 and the second partition rib 452 form the illumination cavity 44, that is, the first partition rib 451, the second partition rib 452, the annular partition rib 453 and the peripheral side wall of the air outlet cavity 42 jointly enclose two fan-shaped regions with different sizes, namely, a first portion 421 and a second portion 422, respectively, wherein the first portion 421 with a smaller area is the illumination cavity 44.

In this embodiment, the first partition rib 451 is provided with a notch 46 that is communicated with the air inlet cavity 40 through the connection cavity 41, so that the air inlet of the illumination cavity 44 is located at the side of the first partition rib 451; meanwhile, in order to improve the illumination efficiency in the illumination cavity 44, the light plasma tube 3 is arranged close to the second separation rib 452, so that the airflow flowing into the illumination cavity 44 can be fully illuminated by the light plasma tube 3, and the illumination effect is improved.

In this embodiment, the drying air duct 4 further includes an air inlet chamber 40 provided with a blower 9, and the air inlet chamber 40 is directly communicated with the second portion 422 of the air outlet chamber 42 through a connection chamber 41 extending obliquely upwards; the first separation rib 451 separates the connection cavity 41 from the illumination cavity 44, a gap 46 communicating two sides is formed in the first separation rib 451, and at least part of air flow flowing into the air inlet cavity 40 flows into the illumination cavity 44 through the gap 46 so as to branch-communicate the air inlet cavity 40 with the first part 421 of the air outlet cavity 42 through the gap 46; the notch 46 is arranged near the center of the annular air outlet cavity 42 relative to the light plasma tube 3.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, in the present embodiment, the first partition rib 451 extends to the air intake chamber 40 in a substantially tangential direction of the annular partition rib 453 to form the connection chamber 41 extending along a common tangent line of the air intake chamber 40 and the air outlet chamber 42.

In this embodiment, the second portion 422 of the annular air outlet cavity 42 is provided with a heater 5, and the heater 5 is opposite to the air outlet end of the connecting cavity 41 and is used for directly heating the blown air flow; meanwhile, the heater 5 is disposed near the opening 46 and can be used for heating the air flow flowing into the illumination cavity 44 so as to raise the temperature of the air flow flowing through the illumination cavity 44.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, in the present embodiment, the second separating rib 452 extends along a wavy line with two sides respectively bent to the outer periphery of the annular air outlet cavity 42. In this embodiment, the second separating rib 452 is provided with two curved portions 47 protruding outwards and recessed inwards near the outer periphery of the annular air outlet cavity 42, and the columnar light plasma tube 3 is arranged in the area surrounded by the curved portions 47. By arranging the light plasma tube 3 at the bending part 47, the bending part 47 can guide the airflow in the illumination cavity 44 to form vortex near the light plasma tube 3, so that the residence time of the airflow is prolonged, and the illumination effect is further improved.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, in the present embodiment, a plurality of air outlets 43 are provided at one side of the annular air outlet chamber 42, each air outlet 43 being for guiding the air flow in the air outlet chamber 42 into the laundry treating drum 2; at least one air outlet 43 of the annular air outlet cavity 42 is a first air outlet 431 communicated with the illumination cavity 44, and the other air outlets 43 are second air outlets 432 communicated with the second part 422; the first air outlet 431 is opened opposite to at least part of the columnar light plasma tube 3 in the illumination cavity 44. Therefore, the columnar light plasma tube 3 can irradiate the area of the first air outlet 431, so that the air flow flowing into the clothes treating cylinder 2 can be totally irradiated by the light plasma tube 3, the amount of the air in the clothes treating cylinder 2 after illumination is increased, and the purposes of sterilizing and deodorizing effects are further achieved.

In this embodiment, the first air outlet 431 is located at the offset side of the opening, and is closer to the center of the air outlet cavity 42 than the opening; meanwhile, the first air outlet 431 and the notch 46 are both located on the same side of the light plasma tube 3, so as to improve the irradiation effect of the light plasma tube on the airflow flowing through the illumination cavity 44.

Preferably, the first air outlet 431 may be disposed at an overlapping position of the columnar light plasma tube 3, so that the air outlet of the illumination cavity 44 is located at the opposite most distal side of the air inlet, so as to prolong the flowing distance of the air flow in the illumination cavity 44 and improve the illumination effect; meanwhile, the second air outlet 432 is formed at the position of the light plasma tube 3, so that the air flow flowing into the laundry treating cylinder 2 can be completely irradiated by the light plasma tube 3, so as to further increase the amount of the air in the laundry treating cylinder 2 after the irradiation, thereby achieving the purpose of improving the sterilization and deodorization effects (not shown in the drawings).

In this embodiment, the first air outlet 431 is a circular opening correspondingly disposed at one side of the area surrounded by the curved portion 47; the cross-sectional area of the circular opening is smaller than the second air outlet 432; the radial dimension of the first air outlet 431 formed by the circular openings is smaller than or equal to the width of the notch 46 and is approximately equal to the extension length of the light plasma tube 3 in the illumination cavity 44.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, in the present embodiment, the light plasma tube 3 is in a column shape, the end of the column-shaped light plasma tube 3 is provided with an installation seat 321 located at the outer side of the drying air duct 4 and protruding radially at least partially, and the radial protruding part of the installation seat 321 is fixed with the outer wall of the drying air duct 4. In this embodiment, two radially opposite sides of the mounting base 321 are respectively provided with a fixing rib 323 protruding radially outwards, the two fixing ribs 323 are respectively attached to the outer wall of the drying air duct 4, through holes penetrating through the fixing ribs 323 are respectively provided with screws, and the screws penetrate through the through holes and are fixed to the drying air duct 4, so that the mounting base 321 is fixedly mounted on the drying air duct 4.

Preferably, the outer wall of the drying air duct 4 is provided with a mounting groove, the bottom of the mounting groove is provided with a through hole for the columnar light plasma tube 3 to pass through, the mounting seat is provided with a limiting part which radially protrudes out of the through hole and is in corresponding contact with the inner wall of the mounting groove, the periphery of the limiting part is sleeved with a damping washer 322 made of elastic materials, and the damping washer 322 is clamped between the fixing seat 321 and the outer wall of the drying air duct 4.

The shock-absorbing gasket 322 is in a cylinder shape coaxially penetrating through the through hole on the side wall of the drying air duct 4, and the light plasma tube 3 is positioned inside the shock-absorbing gasket 322; the outer wall of the damping washer 4 is provided with a circle of notch groove 324 which is inserted with the side wall of the drying air duct 4 at the periphery of the through hole in a relative manner so as to realize the fixed installation between the damping washer 322 and the drying air duct 4 in the axial direction; a circle of protruding ribs 326 are arranged on the outer wall of the mounting seat 321 and correspondingly inserted into annular limiting grooves 325 arranged on the inner peripheral wall of the cylindrical shock absorption gasket 322, so that the fixed mounting between the light plasma tube 3 and the shock absorption gasket 322 in the axial direction is realized.

In this embodiment, the optical plasma tube 3 may be an ultraviolet light tube having at least two wavelength bands of UVC ultraviolet and UVD ultraviolet.

Ultraviolet rays can be classified into vacuum ultraviolet rays (ultra low frequency, UVD), short wave sterilization ultraviolet rays (low frequency, UVC), medium wave erythema effect ultraviolet rays (medium frequency, UVB) and long wave black spot effect ultraviolet rays (high frequency, UVA) according to waves, wherein the UVC wave band of the ultraviolet rays has high-efficiency sterilization effect with the wavelength of 200-275 nm and the UVC wave band of 253.7 nm; the UVD wave band of ultraviolet rays has the wavelength of 100-200 nm, and the 185nm UVD ultraviolet rays can excite oxygen in the air and generate photoplasma.

In this embodiment, the air conditioner further includes a control device 10, where the control device 10 is connected to the light plasma tube 3 to control the light plasma tube 3 to irradiate the air flow in the drying air duct 4. The control device 10 can be independently arranged on the outer wall of the drying air duct 4; or may be integrally provided on the control board of the laundry treating apparatus.

In this embodiment, a light plasma concentration detection device is disposed in the drying air duct 4 or in the laundry treating drum 2, and the light plasma concentration detection device is used for detecting whether the light plasma concentration in the drying air duct 4 or the light plasma concentration in the laundry treating drum 2 into which sterilizing gas is introduced meets the sterilizing requirement, and the light plasma concentration detection device is a concentration sensor (not shown in the drawing).

In this embodiment, the inside of the laundry treating drum 2 is provided with a smell detecting means for detecting the smell concentration and taste concentration of the laundry treating drum 2 or the laundry inside thereof to precisely control the operation of the light plasma generating module.

In this embodiment, the light plasma concentration detection device and the smell detection device are respectively connected to the control device 10, the control device 10 receives the light plasma concentration detected by the light plasma concentration detection device and the smell concentration and smell concentration value detected by the smell detection device, and the control device 10 controls the working time of the light plasma tube 3 based on the obtained light plasma concentration, smell concentration and smell concentration value to ensure that the light plasma concentration in the drying air duct 4 meets the requirements of sterilization and smell removal.

By the above-mentioned laundry treatment apparatus, the photo plasmatron 3 is provided with UVC ultraviolet rays and/or UVD ultraviolet rays, and the UVD band ultraviolet rays can efficiently excite oxygen in the air and produce photo plasma groups, and the UVC band ultraviolet rays have an efficient sterilization effect, so that microorganisms adhered to the laundry treatment drum 2 and the laundry therein are thoroughly killed.

In this embodiment, the optical plasmatron 3 may also be a broad-wave-amplitude photon tube, where the broad-wave-amplitude photon tube emits light with energy balance in a specific wave band, and the wavelength is 100nm-300nm.

In this embodiment, the drying air duct 4 is internally provided with a photocatalytic layer, the wide-wave-amplitude photon tube is arranged on one side of the photocatalytic net, or the inside of the wide-wave-amplitude photon tube is provided with the photocatalytic layer, the photocatalytic layer is formed by nano-scale noble metal catalytic materials, and under the catalysis of specific nano-scale noble metal media, the wide-wave-amplitude photon tube irradiates air to generate a large amount of hydroxide ions, super oxygen ions, hydrogen peroxide and pure negative oxygen ions, thereby forming photo-hydrogen ions, rapidly and effectively killing more than 99% of bacteria, viruses and moulds in the air, and dissolving the peculiar smell in the air, and achieving the effect of purifying the air.

In this embodiment, the broad-spectrum photon tube may be a broadband ultraviolet light tube, and compared with an ultraviolet light tube having UVC ultraviolet and/or UVD ultraviolet wavelength bands, the broad-spectrum ultraviolet light tube irradiates air under the catalysis of a specific nanoscale noble metal medium, so that a large amount of hydroxide ions, super oxygen ions, hydrogen peroxide and pure negative oxygen ions can be generated, and the sterilization effect is improved.

The foregoing description is only illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, but is to be construed as limiting the invention to any and all simple modifications, equivalent variations and adaptations of the embodiments described above, which are within the scope of the invention, may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention.

Claims (10)

1. A clothes treating apparatus having a clothes drying function, comprising,

a laundry treating drum;

a drying duct for feeding an air flow into the laundry treating drum;

the method is characterized in that:

an illumination cavity is arranged in the drying air duct, and at least part of air flow enters the clothes treatment cylinder through the illumination cavity;

the illumination cavity is internally provided with a light plasma tube for carrying out irradiation sterilization on the airflow flowing into the clothes treating cylinder.

2. A laundry treatment apparatus having a clothes drying function according to claim 1, wherein:

the drying air duct is provided with a disc-shaped air outlet cavity, and a separation rib is arranged in the air outlet cavity and divides the disc-shaped air outlet cavity into two parts; the first part with smaller volume forms an illumination cavity, and the periphery of the illumination cavity is provided with a light plasma tube which is radially inserted into the illumination cavity.

3. A laundry treating apparatus having a clothes drying function according to claim 2, wherein:

the middle part in discoid air-out chamber is equipped with annular separation muscle, and annular separation muscle's peripheral portion is equipped with first separation muscle and the second separation muscle that looks interval angle was arranged, and part between first separation muscle and the second separation muscle constitutes illumination chamber, is equipped with the opening of introducing illumination chamber with the air current on the first separation muscle, and the light plasma tube is close to the setting of second separation muscle.

4. A laundry treatment apparatus having a clothes drying function according to claim 2 or 3, wherein:

the drying air duct also comprises an air inlet cavity provided with a fan, and the air inlet cavity is directly communicated with the second part of the air outlet cavity through a connecting cavity extending obliquely upwards; the first separation rib separates the connecting cavity from the illumination cavity, a notch communicated with two sides is arranged on the first separation rib, and at least part of air flow flowing into the air inlet cavity flows into the illumination cavity through the notch; the opening is arranged close to the center of the annular air outlet cavity relative to the light plasma tube.

5. A laundry treating apparatus having a clothes drying function according to claim 4, wherein:

a heater is arranged in the second part of the annular air outlet cavity, and the heater is opposite to the air outlet end of the connecting cavity and is used for directly heating the blown air flow; the heater is arranged close to the opening on the first separation rib and is used for heating the airflow flowing into the illumination cavity.

6. A laundry treatment apparatus having a clothes drying function according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein:

the light plasma tube is columnar, the end part of the columnar light plasma tube is provided with an installation seat which is positioned at the outer side of the drying air duct and is at least partially radially protruded, and the radial protruding part of the installation seat is fixed with the outer wall of the drying air duct.

7. A laundry treating apparatus having a clothes drying function according to claim 6, wherein:

the radial opposite sides of the mounting seat are respectively provided with radial outwards protruding fixing ribs, the two fixing ribs are respectively attached to the outer wall of the drying air duct in a relative mode, through holes penetrating through the fixing ribs are respectively formed in the fixing ribs, and screws penetrate through the through holes and are fixed with the drying air duct in a fixed mode and are used for fixedly mounting the mounting seat on the drying air duct.

8. A laundry treating apparatus having a clothes drying function according to claim 6, wherein:

the periphery of the columnar light plasma tube is sleeved with a damping washer, and the damping washer is clamped between the fixed seat and the drying air duct;

preferably, the damping washer is in a cylinder shape coaxially penetrating through the through hole of the side wall of the drying air duct, and the light plasma tube is positioned in the damping washer; the outer wall of the damping washer is provided with a circle of opening which is inserted with the side wall of the drying air duct at the periphery of the through hole; a circle of protruding ribs are arranged on the outer wall of the mounting seat and correspondingly inserted into annular limiting grooves formed in the inner peripheral wall of the cylindrical shock-absorbing gasket.

9. A laundry treatment apparatus having a clothes drying function according to any one of claims 2 to 8, wherein:

one side of the annular air outlet cavity is provided with a plurality of air outlets, at least one air outlet is a first air outlet communicated with the illumination cavity, and the other air outlets are second air outlets communicated with a second part;

the first air outlet is arranged opposite to at least part of the columnar light plasma tube in the illumination cavity.

10. A laundry treatment apparatus having a clothes drying function according to claim 9, wherein:

the second separation rib is provided with a bending part protruding outwards at the periphery of the annular air outlet cavity, and the columnar light plasma tube is arranged in the area surrounded by the bending part; the first air outlet is a round opening which is correspondingly arranged at one side of the area surrounded by the bending part.