CN117966447A

CN117966447A - Drying device, method and clothes treatment equipment

Info

Publication number: CN117966447A
Application number: CN202311782442.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈周儿; 吴浪; 陈紫健
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2023-12-21
Filing date: 2023-12-21
Publication date: 2024-05-03

Abstract

The application relates to the field of clothes treatment, in particular to a drying device, a method and clothes treatment equipment. Through setting up the quantity of gas outlet and seting up the air vent on the rotation axis, be convenient for dry the clothing that is in the middle part position in the processing bucket for the clothing is dried more evenly, has improved drying quality.

Description

Drying device, method and clothes treatment equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of clothes treatment, in particular to a drying device, a drying method and clothes treatment equipment.

Background

Washing and drying machines or dryers are now being used more commonly in the home, becoming increasingly a daily household appliance, such that the laundry drying needs of people are met. However, the existing electric heating dryer is unreasonable in structural design, so that the drying time is long and the drying is uneven, and the drying quality is reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a drying device, a drying method and clothes treatment equipment, which at least solve the technical problem of low drying quality.

According to a first aspect of the embodiment of the present application, there is provided a drying apparatus, including a housing, a front cover and a rear cover, wherein the front cover and the rear cover are respectively connected to opposite sides of the housing, a rotation shaft and a processing barrel are provided in the housing, and the rotation shaft is connected to the processing barrel to drive the processing barrel to rotate;

The shell is provided with a drying air channel which is communicated with the inside of the processing barrel, a fan and a heating piece are arranged in the drying air channel, the fan is used for driving drying air in the drying air channel to flow to the inside of the processing barrel, and the heating piece is used for heating the drying air flow;

The drying air channel comprises a first air outlet and a second air outlet, and the first air outlet extends to one side of the processing barrel so that drying air flow in the drying air channel enters the processing barrel from the first air outlet;

The rotary shaft is arranged in a hollow mode, the rotary shaft is provided with an air vent, the air vent enables the hollow space of the rotary shaft to be communicated with the inside of the treatment barrel, and the second air outlet of the drying air duct is communicated with the hollow space of the rotary shaft.

Optionally, a plurality of vents are provided, and the plurality of vents are oriented differently.

Optionally, an end of the rotation shaft provided with the vent extends to the inside of the treatment tub.

Optionally, the drying air duct comprises a main air duct, a first branch air duct and a second branch air duct, the fan and the heating element are both arranged in the main air duct, one end of the first branch air duct is communicated with the main air duct, and the other end of the first branch air duct extends to one side, close to the front cover, of the treatment barrel and is provided with the first air outlet; one end of the second branch air duct is communicated with the main air duct, and the other end of the second branch air duct is communicated with the hollow space of the rotating shaft and is provided with the second air outlet.

Optionally, the heating element gradually increases along the contact area between the flow direction of the drying air flow and the drying air flow.

Optionally, the main air duct and at least part of the first branch air duct and at least part of the second branch air duct are located at the top of the shell.

Optionally, a first air outlet and a second air outlet are arranged on one side of the processing barrel, which is close to the rear cover, and the first air outlet and the second air outlet are arranged one above the other.

According to a second aspect of the embodiment of the present application, there is provided a drying method applied to the above-mentioned drying apparatus, the method including:

Responding to a drying signal of a drying device, and acquiring the material of clothes to be dried;

and adjusting the heating power of the heating element according to the material of the clothes to be dried so as to dry the clothes to be dried.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present application, there is provided a laundry treating apparatus including the above-described drying device or adopting the above-described drying method.

Optionally, the laundry treatment apparatus is a washer-dryer or dryer.

In the embodiment of the application, the drying air channel comprises the first air outlet and the second air outlet, so that when clothes are dried, a plurality of air ports outputting drying air flow are arranged, the efficiency and the quantity of the drying air flow entering the processing barrel are increased, the drying efficiency is improved, and the drying time is shortened. Simultaneously, the second gas outlet communicates with the hollow space of the rotating shaft, and the air vent communicated with the inside of the treatment barrel is formed in the upper sea of the rotating shaft, so that the drying air flowing out of the second gas outlet flows into the treatment barrel along the rotating shaft, and is convenient for drying clothes at the middle position in the treatment barrel, so that the clothes are dried more uniformly, and the drying quality is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a top view of a drying apparatus in one embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a side view of a drying apparatus in one embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a drying apparatus having laundry to be dried therein according to an embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart of a drying method in one embodiment.

Marking: 1. a housing; 2. a front cover; 3. a rear cover; 4. a rotation shaft; 5. a treatment barrel; 6. a drying air duct; 7. a blower; 8. a heating member; 9. a vent; 10. a main air duct; 11. the first branch air duct; 12. a second branch air duct; 13. a first air outlet; 14. and a second air outlet.

Detailed Description

In order that those skilled in the art will better understand the present application, a technical solution in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in which it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present application without making any inventive effort, shall fall within the scope of the present application.

The embodiment of the application provides a drying device, as shown in fig. 1-3, which comprises a shell 1, a front cover 2 and a rear cover 3, wherein the front cover 2 and the rear cover 3 are respectively connected with one side opposite to the shell 1, a rotating shaft 4 and a processing barrel 5 are arranged in the shell 1, and the rotating shaft 4 is connected with the processing barrel 5 and is used for driving the processing barrel 5 to rotate;

A drying air duct 6 is arranged on the shell 1, the drying air duct 6 is communicated with the inside of the processing barrel 5, a fan 7 and a heating element 8 are arranged in the drying air duct 6, the fan 7 is used for driving drying air in the drying air duct 6 to flow towards the inside of the processing barrel 5, and the heating element 8 is used for heating the drying air flow;

the drying air duct 6 comprises a first air outlet and a second air outlet, and the first air outlet extends to one side of the processing barrel 5, so that the drying air flow in the drying air duct 6 enters the processing barrel 5 from the first air outlet;

the rotary shaft 4 is arranged in a hollow mode, the rotary shaft 4 is provided with an air vent 9, the air vent 9 enables the hollow space of the rotary shaft 4 to be communicated with the inside of the treatment barrel 5, and the second air outlet of the drying air duct 6 is communicated with the hollow space of the rotary shaft 4.

In an embodiment, the rotation shaft 4 is an output shaft of a driver, and the driver refers to a device for driving the processing barrel 5 to rotate through the rotation shaft 4, for example, the driver is a rotation motor or a rotation cylinder, which is not particularly limited in this embodiment.

An opening is provided at one side of the treating tub 5 for a user to place laundry to be dried into the inside of the treating tub 5. In an embodiment, the rotation axis 4 of the treatment tub 5 is arranged horizontally, that is, the rotation axis 4 of the rotation axis 4 is also arranged horizontally, and the opening of the treatment tub 5 is directed toward the front cover 2. After the drying device is started, the driver drives the rotating shaft 4 to rotate, the rotating shaft 4 drives the processing barrel 5 to rotate, clothes to be dried in the processing barrel 5 rotate along with the processing barrel 5 and are contacted with drying airflow, and drying is achieved.

In an embodiment, the fan 7 may be a normal fan 7 or a centrifugal fan 7, which is not limited in this embodiment. The heating element 8 refers to a device having a heating air flow function, such as an electric heating wire or the like. The fan 7 introduces the air flow outside the drying air channel 6 into the drying air channel 6 to form a drying air flow, and then the drying air flow is heated by the heating piece 8, so that the temperature is increased and the humidity is reduced, and the water content of the clothes to be dried can be reduced after the drying air flow contacts with the clothes to be dried.

In an embodiment, the first air outlet may be located on the upper side or the lower side of the housing 1, or may be located on the side where the front cover 2 is located, which is not limited in particular.

In one embodiment, the rotating shaft 4 is connected with the drying duct 6 through a bearing. The front cover 2 is used as a door plate of the drying device and is rotatably connected with the shell 1.

Through the above, the drying duct 6 includes the first air outlet and the second air outlet, so that when the laundry is dried, there are a plurality of air outlets outputting the drying air flow, which increases the efficiency and the amount of the drying air flow entering the processing tub 5, and helps to improve the drying efficiency and reduce the drying time. Simultaneously, the second gas outlet communicates with the hollow space of the rotary shaft 4, and the rotary shaft 4 is provided with a vent 9 communicated with the inside of the treatment barrel 5, so that the drying air flowing out of the second gas outlet flows into the treatment barrel 5 along the rotary shaft 4, and is convenient for drying the clothes at the middle position in the treatment barrel 5, so that the clothes are dried more uniformly, and the drying quality is improved.

Optionally, a plurality of air vents 9 are provided, and the orientations of the plurality of air vents 9 are different.

In an embodiment, the radius of the side of the rotating shaft 4 with the air vent 9 may be set larger according to the actual situation, and specifically, according to the requirement. That is, the larger the radius of the rotating shaft 4, the more the number of the air vents 9 that can be supported, and the increased number of the air vents 9 helps to increase the amount of the drying air flow into the treating tub 5. Meanwhile, the number of the air vents 9 is increased, the direction of the air vents 9 is more, and the drying uniformity of clothes to be dried is improved.

Alternatively, the end of the rotation shaft 4 provided with the air vent 9 extends to the inside of the treatment tub 5.

In one embodiment, the treating tub 5 is rotated to drop downwards after the laundry to be dried reaches a certain height, and the laundry in the middle is contacted by the drying air flowing out of the rotating shaft 4 during the falling process, so as to be dried. And extend to the inside rotation axis 4 of handling bucket 5, be convenient for set up the homogeneity that dries and improve the stoving quality of more a lot of ventilation openings 9.

Optionally, the drying air duct 6 includes a main air duct 10, a first branch air duct 11 and a second branch air duct 12, both the fan 7 and the heating element 8 are disposed in the main air duct 10, one end of the first branch air duct 11 is communicated with the main air duct 10, and the other end of the first branch air duct 11 extends to one side of the treatment barrel 5 close to the front cover 2 and is provided with the first air outlet; one end of the second branch air duct 12 is communicated with the main air duct 10, and the other end of the second branch air duct 12 is communicated with the hollow space of the rotating shaft 4 and is provided with the second air outlet.

In one embodiment, the first branch air duct 11 and the second branch air duct 12 are vertically connected to the main air duct 10. The first gas outlet is arranged on the first branch air duct 11, the second gas outlet is arranged on the second branch air duct 12, the first branch air duct 11 is positioned on one side close to the front cover 2, the rotating shaft 4 is positioned on one side of the rear cover 3, and drying air flows entering the processing barrel 5 conveniently in front of and behind each other are beneficial to improving drying efficiency and uniformity and drying quality.

Alternatively, the heating member 8 gradually increases in contact area with the drying air flow along the flow direction of the drying air flow.

In an embodiment, the heating element 8 comprises an electric heating device, i.e. an electric heating wire. The heating member 8 is provided in the shape of a sine wave, and the farther from the blower 7, the corresponding amplitude of the wave is greater to increase the contact area with the drying air flow.

Through the above, the heating element 8 is designed to be a structure which is changed from small to large, which is helpful for improving more heat and improving the heating efficiency of the drying air flow.

Optionally, the main duct 10 and at least part of the first branch duct 11 and at least part of the second branch duct 12 are located at the top of the housing 1.

In an embodiment, the main air duct 10, at least part of the first branch air duct 11 and at least part of the second branch air duct 12 are all located at the top of the casing 1, so that the weight of the drying air duct 6 can be used as a balancing weight, and therefore the drying air duct 6 replaces the balancing weight, the number of parts of the drying device is reduced, and the cost is reduced.

Optionally, a first air outlet 13 and a second air outlet 14 are disposed on a side of the processing barrel 5 near the rear cover 3, and the first air outlet 13 and the second air outlet 14 are disposed one above the other.

In one embodiment, the first air outlet 13 is located above, the second air outlet 14 is located below, and the rotation shaft 4 is located in the middle of the first air outlet 13 and the second air outlet 14. That is, the first air outlet 13 is above the rotation shaft 4, the second air outlet 14 is below the rotation shaft 4, the first air outlet 13 and the second air outlet 14 are convenient for balancing the air pressure in the treatment barrel 5, and meanwhile, the two air outlets are arranged one above the other, so that the flow direction of the drying air flow in the treatment barrel 5 is conveniently guided, the distribution uniformity of the drying air flow in the treatment barrel 5 is improved, and the drying uniformity is further improved.

The embodiment of the application also provides a drying method, as shown in fig. 4, which is applied to the drying device, and the drying method comprises the following steps:

And adjusting the heating power of the heating element 8 according to the material of the clothes to be dried so as to dry the clothes to be dried.

In an embodiment, the material of the laundry to be dried may be input by a user, or may be identified by hardware such as a sensor or a camera, which is not limited in this embodiment.

In order to facilitate understanding, materials of clothes to be dried in the drum are detected before a drying program runs, parameters such as an electric heating switch and an air inlet temperature are adjusted based on the clothes with the lowest temperature bearing capacity, and drying is started after the parameters are adjusted to a drying mode which is most suitable for clothes drying.

Through the steps, different materials use different heating powers, so that clothes are not easy to damage due to high temperature, and the drying quality is improved.

The embodiment of the application also provides clothes treatment equipment which comprises the drying device or adopts the drying method.

Alternatively, the laundry treating apparatus is a washer-dryer or dryer.

The foregoing embodiment numbers of the present application are merely for the purpose of description, and do not represent the advantages or disadvantages of the embodiments.

In the foregoing embodiments of the present application, the descriptions of the embodiments are emphasized, and for a portion of this disclosure that is not described in detail in this embodiment, reference is made to the related descriptions of other embodiments.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed technology may be implemented in other manners. The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely exemplary, and the division of the units, for example, may be a logic function division, and may be implemented in another manner, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not performed. Alternatively, the coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed with each other may be through some interfaces, units or modules, or may be in electrical or other forms.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in the embodiments of the present application may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit. The integrated units may be implemented in hardware or in software functional units.

The integrated units, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as stand-alone products, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be embodied essentially or in part or all of the technical solution or in part in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a usb disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (RAM, random Access Memory), a removable hard disk, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.

The foregoing is merely a preferred embodiment of the present application and it should be noted that modifications and adaptations to those skilled in the art may be made without departing from the principles of the present application, which are intended to be comprehended within the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. The drying device is characterized by comprising a shell (1), a front cover (2) and a rear cover (3), wherein the front cover (2) and the rear cover (3) are respectively connected with one side opposite to the shell (1), a rotating shaft (4) and a processing barrel (5) are arranged in the shell (1), and the rotating shaft (4) is connected with the processing barrel (5) and used for driving the processing barrel (5) to rotate;

A drying air duct (6) is arranged on the shell (1), the drying air duct (6) is communicated with the inside of the processing barrel (5), a fan (7) and a heating piece (8) are arranged in the drying air duct (6), the fan (7) is used for driving drying air in the drying air duct (6) to flow towards the inside of the processing barrel (5), and the heating piece (8) is used for heating the drying air flow;

The drying air duct (6) comprises a first air outlet and a second air outlet, and the first air outlet extends to one side of the processing barrel (5) so that drying air flow in the drying air duct (6) enters the processing barrel (5) from the first air outlet;

the rotary shaft (4) is arranged in a hollow mode, the rotary shaft (4) is provided with an air vent (9), the air vent (9) enables the hollow space of the rotary shaft (4) to be communicated with the inside of the treatment barrel (5), and the second air outlet of the drying air duct (6) is communicated with the hollow space of the rotary shaft (4).

2. Drying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of air vents (9) are provided, the plurality of air vents (9) being oriented differently.

3. Drying apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the end of the rotation shaft (4) provided with the air vent (9) extends to the inside of the treatment tub (5).

4. The drying device according to claim 1, characterized in that the drying air duct (6) comprises a main air duct (10), a first branch air duct (11) and a second branch air duct (12), the fan (7) and the heating element (8) are both arranged in the main air duct (10), one end of the first branch air duct (11) is communicated with the main air duct (10), and the other end of the first branch air duct (11) extends to one side of the processing barrel (5) close to the front cover (2) and is provided with the first air outlet; one end of the second branch air duct (12) is communicated with the main air duct (10), and the other end of the second branch air duct (12) is communicated with the hollow space of the rotating shaft (4) and is provided with the second air outlet.

5. Drying apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that the heating element (8) is arranged to increase gradually in contact area with the drying air flow along the flow direction of the drying air flow.

6. Drying apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that the main duct (10) and at least part of the first branch duct (11) and at least part of the second branch duct (12) are located at the top of the housing (1).

7. The drying apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a first air outlet (13) and a second air outlet (14) are provided at a side of the treatment tub (5) adjacent to the rear cover (3), and the first air outlet (13) and the second air outlet (14) are provided one above the other.

8. A drying method, characterized by being applied to the drying apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, comprising:

and adjusting the heating power of the heating piece (8) according to the material of the clothes to be dried so as to dry the clothes to be dried.

9. A laundry treatment apparatus comprising the drying device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 or employing the drying method according to claim 8.

10. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 9, characterized in that the laundry treatment apparatus is a washer-dryer or dryer.