CN1711388A - Fabric article treating method and device comprising a heating means - Google Patents
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Abstract
A fabric article treating device for use with a fabric article drying appliance. The fabric article treating device dispenses a benefit composition into a chamber so as to provide benefits to fabric articles contained within the fabric article drying appliance. The treating device includes a means of heating the benefit composition.
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Invention field
The present invention relates to a kind of textile article drying device treating apparatus that removably connects of (an one unrestricted embodiment comprises dryer) that is applicable to.Treating apparatus can be the device that stand alone type is separated.Described treating apparatus distributes advantageous compositions by a nozzle that advantageous compositions is ejected into a chamber (an one non-limiting example comprises the rotating cylinder of a dryer), so that provide beneficial effect for the textile article that is contained in the textile article drying device.Described treating apparatus comprises 1) one or more advantageous compositions source, 2) distribution member and 3) parts of one or more heating advantageous compositions.Treating apparatus also can comprise a power supply.
Background of invention
Various usefulness removes the method and/or the device of the gauffer in the fabric to be known in this area, and especially those use the method and/or the device of heat energy, mechanical energy or chemical energy.By using more than one type energy, wrinkle is removed become more effective.For example, though removing, wrinkle can realize that a kind of more efficient methods is by coming fabric is additionally increased mechanical energy with rear haulage fabric to the configuration of wanting by fibre lubrication with chemical energy.In an alternative method, chemical energy replenishes by heating described composition.Although found that removal has certain effect to above-mentioned method for wrinkle, they usually cause not is the result who is entirely satisfactory.
The most effective wrinkle removal method is used three types of whole energy: heat energy, mechanical energy and chemical energy.Not bound by theory, it is believed that when chemical substance provides when removing essential lubricated of wrinkle, and being added to of heat energy and mechanical energy broken and kept the hydrogen bond of fold place in the position extra energy is provided.The conventional equipment that has been found that family expenses flatiron and so on provides whole three kinds of energy very effective for removing wrinkle by pressure, water and heat.Also find in addition, if chemical substance is heated to be for example steam, itself in addition can be more effective.Yet no matter how satisfactory the result is, ironing clothes usually is the process of a large amount of work of needs, and it comprises loaded down with trivial details adjustment step by step and handles clothes.
Providing in order to obtain best wrinkle removal effect aspect three types the energy, made to make great efforts to reduce its amount of labour, be included in integrated injection apparatus in the clothes drying device.United States Patent (USP) 2,846,776 claim and disclose a kind of distributor in the dryer of being integrated into that adds liquid after drying process to clothes.United States Patent (USP) 4,207, thus 683 claim to disclose and a kind of spray nozzle, control valve and water pipe are integrated into the device of a dryer for clothes water spray.The common drawback of the distributor that these are integrated is that they have increased the expense and the complexity of drying device.In addition, because these devices are integrated in the drying device, they provide flexibility seldom for the user.For example, if an integrating device as described above breaks down, then need to repair drying device.This can bring great inconvenience and expensive maintenance cost to the user.In addition, described drying device can not turn round during maintenance is carried out.
Therefore, wish always and can provide heat energy, mechanical energy and chemical energy to remove wrinkle most effectively in the mode of convenient and high performance-price ratio.Treating apparatus of the present invention can removably be connected to drying device.Treating apparatus of the present invention can be the stand-alone device of a separation.The wrinkle that described treating apparatus is provided convenience is removed, and it is by being sent to warmed-up advantageous compositions in the textile article drying device, and coming provides beneficial effect for the textile article that is contained in the textile article drying device.In addition, treating apparatus of the present invention by eliminate be integrated into drying device in the relevant complexity of device, expense and inconveniently come to provide extra facility for the user.
Summary of the invention
The present invention relates to a kind for the treatment of apparatus that removably connects that is applicable to the textile article drying device.Described processing is ejected into a nozzle in the chamber by one with advantageous compositions and distributes advantageous compositions, so that provide beneficial effect for the textile article that is contained in the textile article drying device.Treating apparatus comprises 1) one or more advantageous compositions source, 2) distribution member and 3) parts of one or more heating advantageous compositions.Treating apparatus also can comprise a power supply.Treating apparatus can be the device that stand alone type is separated.
The present invention also relates to a system that is suitable for handling fabric, the described system that is suitable for handling fabric comprises:
A) textile article drying device; With
B) be detachably connected to fabric article treating device on the described textile article drying device.Treating apparatus comprises that at least one is used for heating the parts of advantageous compositions and comprises a distributor that is used for distributing advantageous compositions.
The invention still further relates to a kind of method that is used for handling fabric.This method comprises
A) provide a fabric article treating device, wherein fabric article treating device comprises:
I) at least one advantageous compositions source;
Ii) at least one is used for heating the parts of advantageous compositions; With
Iii) one is used for advantageous compositions is assigned to distribution member in the textile article drying device.
B) provide a textile article drying device;
C) add pending fabric to the textile article drying device;
D) fabric article treating device is detachably connected on the textile article drying device;
E) heating advantageous compositions; With
F) advantageous compositions with heating is assigned in the textile article drying device.
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Fig. 1 is the front view of an embodiment of fabrics made according to the present invention article treating device.
Fig. 2 is the cross-sectional side view along the fabric article treating device of the line 2-2 intercepting of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the cross-sectional side view along alternative embodiment of the fabric article treating device of the line 2-2 intercepting of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is the cross-sectional side view along alternative embodiment of the fabric article treating device of the line 2-2 intercepting of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is the cross-sectional side view along alternative embodiment of the fabric article treating device of the line 2-2 intercepting of Fig. 1.
Fig. 6 describes according to an embodiment that is used for the system of treatment articles of the present invention.
Fig. 7 illustrates an exploded view according to the fabric article treating device of an alternative embodiment manufacturing according to the present invention.
Fig. 8 is an exploded view according to the fabric article treating device of another embodiment of the invention manufacturing.
Fig. 9 is the perspective view according to another embodiment of a kind of fabric article treating device of the present invention's making.
Figure 10 is the perspective view of observing from the diagonal angle of the fabric article treating device of Fig. 9.
Fig. 9 is from the front view along the unilateral observation of the partial cross-section of the fabric article treating device of Fig. 9 of the line 3-3 of Figure 11 intercepting.
Figure 12 is from the front view along the unilateral observation of the partial cross-section of the inner casing part of the fabric article treating device of Fig. 9 of the line 4-4 of Fig. 9 intercepting.
Figure 13 is the schematic diagram of the explanation electrothermal module that can use according to the present invention.
Figure 14 is the exploded view of another embodiment of fabric article treating device of the present invention.
Detailed Description Of The Invention
Phrase used herein " fabric article treating system " is meant a textile article drying device, and an one non-restrictive example comprises a conventional dryer and/or its modified version.Fabric article treating system also comprises a fabric article treating device that can be used to carry advantageous compositions.Fabric article treating device by removably with textile article drying device associating, and can comprise following non-limiting embodiments: the device of uniting by following conventional method with the textile article drying device of a separation, for example pass through Velcro
, magnet, belt and similar method; Perhaps it can be the device in the closing structure of a textile article drying device that is integrated into easy displacement, and this closing structure basically or be totally independent of the controller of textile article drying device.
Term " fabric " goods used herein " be meant the goods that conventional washing methods of any common usefulness or dry-cleaning method clean.This term comprises following textile article, includes but not limited to: clothing, flax and valance, clothes annex, leather, floor covering or the like.This term also comprises the article that all other or part are made by fabric, and the non-limiting example of these article comprises handbag, furniture cover, oil skin, shoes or the like.
Term used herein " advantageous compositions " is meant and is used for sending a kind of composition of beneficial effect to a textile article.The non-limiting example that comprises the material and composition thereof of advantageous compositions comprises: water, softening agent, crisp dose, spices, waterproof/anti-fouling agent, freshener, antistatic additive, antimicrobial, durable press agent, anti wrinkling agent, anti-smelly dose, anti-grinding agent, solvent, and their combination.
" conduit " used herein is meant pipeline or the passage of carrying advantageous compositions by it.The non-limiting example of conduit comprises: can be in fabric article treating device inside advantageous compositions be transported to pipeline, pipe-line system, passage of another point or the like from a bit.For example, conduit can be transported to an emission point, for example nozzle, aperture or the like from distribution member with advantageous compositions.
Phrase used herein " heat passage inside " be meant one or more parts of a thermal source and the device relevant with advantageous compositions and/or comprise and described one or more parts directly and/or any position between the advantageous compositions of mediate contact itself.The non-limiting example of thermal source comprises: fabric product dried device, exothermic reaction, heating collar, thermoelectric part or the like.
Phrase used herein " Heat Conduction Material " is used for being described in 25 ℃ of thermal conductivities or the k value is about 5W/m
*℃ or higher any material.The thermal conductivity of material can be determined with protective heat plate method or other known usability methods of those of ordinary skills among the ASTM method C177-97 that is called " Standard TestMethod for Steady-State Heat Flux Measurements and ThermalTransmission Properties by Means of the Guarded-Hot-PlateApparatus " as name.
Phrase used herein " dryer " or " drying device " or " textile article drying device " comprise and may maybe can not carry out real functions/drying, but can relate to the device of handling fabric and itself not planning to shine the letter dry fabric.As mentioned above, term " dryer " or " drying device " or " textile article drying device " can comprise " dry-cleaning " method or device, and it can maybe needn't comprise drying steps according to letter.
In addition, should be noted in the discussion above that some drying device comprises a hothouse (or " rotating cylinder "), it can not or rotate according to the letter motion when turning round arid cycle when drying device operates in.Some such drying devices adopt the moving air that passes hothouse, and chamber does not move when carrying out arid cycle.An embodiment of such drying device has the inlet loam cake of a door and other type, will put into chamber by dry clothes to allow people.Under many circumstances, can be on the upper bar of some type of hothouse inside " suspension " clothing.In case after clothes was put into and finished, door (or inlet loam cake) was closed, and drying device begins its functions/drying.An injection cycle can take place in such unit, then, should be carefully to guarantee that advantageous compositions is good in the inner distribution of drying chamber, bear seldom (or not having) advantageous compositions to prevent some fabric, and other fabric bears the advantageous compositions of very big concentration.
On behalf of an internal volume that makes the people can use drying device, term used herein " door " also in fact can be the movable closing structure of any physical form that can use like this.Door " closing structure " can be hatch of on the dryer apparatus upper surface one lid or some type or the like.
Fabric article treating device
The present invention relates to a kind of fabric article treating device that the advantageous compositions of heating can be provided.Treating apparatus can be the stand-alone device of separation.This device can be detachably connected on the drying device.The control of described treating apparatus can basically or be totally independent of textile article drying device controller.
Removably the non-limiting example of Lian Jieing comprises as Velcro
, magnet, belt or the like conventional method.Alternatively, treating apparatus can be integrated in the closing structure (an one non-limiting example is the door of a dryer) of a textile article drying device of replacing easily, and this closing structure is independent of the controller of drying device.
The advantageous compositions heater block
One or more heater blocks that fabric article treating device comprises between the one or more parts that place textile article drying device and fabric article treating device and/or the heat passage between the advantageous compositions itself is interior.Phrase used herein " heater block " can comprise Heat Conduction Material, heating collar, exothermic reaction, thermoelectric heating, thermoelectric heating and their combination, and heater block is providing heat for it before the advantageous compositions contact fabric goods and/or before its contact fabric product dried device inside thus.
Before the inside of advantageous compositions and textile article drying device and/or textile article contacted, heater block carried out heat with advantageous compositions and exchanges.Phrase used herein " carry out heat exchange " relates to the contact between one or more parts (comprising advantageous compositions itself) of heater block and the fabric article treating device related with advantageous compositions, so that the environment temperature that the temperature of advantageous compositions is elevated to than textile article drying device outside air exceeds at least about 5 ℃.The non-limiting example of the parts of the fabric article treating device related with advantageous compositions comprises: nozzle, conduit, emission point (for example nozzle) or the like.
A. Heat Conduction Material:
In one embodiment of the invention, advantageous compositions can be heated by the Heat Conduction Material in the passage of heat between advantageous compositions and one or more thermal source.The non-limiting example of thermal source comprises: clothes drying device, heating collar, exothermic reaction, thermoelectric heating, resistance heated, infrared ray heating, eddy-current heating or the like.
Although is possible with Heat Conduction Material around whole fabric article treating device, see that from the viewpoint of economy with Heat Conduction Material also be favourable around one or more parts of described device only.The location of Heat Conduction Material comprises the one or more parts that carry out the described device that heat exchanges with advantageous compositions, and its non-limiting example comprises: the source of advantageous compositions, conduit, reservoir or their combination.The non-limiting example in advantageous compositions source can comprise reservoir, home-use water pipe, box, pouch or the like.
The thermal conductivity of Heat Conduction Material or k value will be about 5W/m at 25 ℃
*℃ or higher.The non-limiting example of this type of material comprises: metal material, ceramic material, the composite that has heat conduction filler and their combination.
The suitable embodiment of heat-transfer metal material includes but not limited to: aluminium, copper, tin, silver or the like.Metal material can be with the ductile thin plate of the form of rigid plate or paper tinsel and can around with one or more parts of the described device of advantageous compositions associating.The thickness of metal material can be about 0.1mm to about 100mm.
Non-limiting example semimetallic or nonmetallic Heat Conduction Material comprises the low Heat Conduction Material that has heat conduction filler, for example has the polyurethane or the polyethylene of nitride packing material.The non-limiting example of heat conduction packing material comprises aluminium, copper, magnesium, silver, carbon, graphite, ceramic material, zinc oxide, aluminium oxide, aluminium nitride, boron nitride, nitrogenize siloxanes, boron carbide, aluminium carbide, carbonization siloxanes, organosiloxane and their combination.Low Heat Conduction Material can comprise about by weight 10% to about 80% heat conduction packing material.A kind of suitable commercially available packing material can trade name PolarTherm
TMBuy from the GE Advanced Ceramics of Ohio Cleveland.The suitable embodiment of the pre-preparation mixture of a kind of polymer and heat conduction packing material can trade name CoolPoly
RS012 buys from the Cool Polymers of Rhode Island,USA Warwick, and it is made of a kind of polyphenylene sulfide sill and it is 10W/mC 25 ℃ of pyroconductivities that have.
In addition, on another parts that Heat Conduction Material can be adhered to fabric article treating device with the epoxy resin or the belt of heat conduction.The epoxy resin of these heat conduction and/or belt typically (but not always) comprise the siloxanes of a kind of metal or a kind of form, and are used for further conducting heat.An embodiment of suitable commercially available heat-conduction epoxy resin is TC-8805 for the belt of TC-2707 and a kind of heat conduction, and these two kinds all available from the 3M company of the St.Paul of Minnesota.
B. heating collar
In another embodiment of the invention, the heating of advantageous compositions also can realize by the resistance heated via a heating collar is provided, and this heating collar and advantageous compositions and/or the one or more parts related with advantageous compositions carry out heat and exchange.Referring to Fig. 3 to 4, heating collar 40 can be positioned within the fabric article treating device 1 and/or on any position and/or carry out heat with one or more parts that the source of advantageous compositions 10 is associated and exchange.Heating collar 40 can with advantageous compositions by directly contact, non-direct contact or their combination be associated.The non-limiting example of the parts of fabric article treating device that can be related with advantageous compositions comprises: reservoir 10, conduit 20, emission point (as nozzle 50), or their combination.
In addition, heating collar 40 can use a power supply 100, for example one or more batteries, one family electricity consumption and/or suchlike power supply.When using battery,, also can use a high voltage source 200 if additional electric current is wanted as power supply 100.
The typical material that is used for heating collar includes but not limited to copper, nickel, nichrome (alloy of a kind of nickel and chromium), stainless steel or the like.In a non-limiting embodiments, advantageous compositions is heated to about 70 ℃ by heating collar from about 30 ℃.
C. exothermic reaction
In another embodiment of the invention, advantageous compositions can be heated by the mode of exothermic reaction.Exothermic reaction can occur in advantageous compositions inside, perhaps occurs in contiguous with advantageous compositions but still carries out the position that heat exchanges with advantageous compositions.
Exothermic compositions can be disposable or reusable.Reusable exothermic compositions can comprise the supersaturated solution of a kind of sodium acetate or similar substance, and it can be by regenerating dissolution of crystals via heat once more in solution.
Exothermic compositions can be accommodated in the container.The suitable container material of exothermic reaction composition includes but not limited to: polypropylene, polyvinyl acetate, polyethylene, polyurethane, polyvinyl chloride or the like.The thickness of these materials can be about 0.1mm to about 30mm.
1. burning exothermic reaction
The exothermic reaction of burning needs several components finish electrochemical reaction: anode, negative electrode, water, oxygen and one or more electrolyte preferably.In addition, the component of exothermic reaction comprises a kind of liquid and a kind of solid of storing respectively usually until the preparation use.Although anode and negative electrode are generally solid, electrolyte can or be that solid forms or part are the form of the aqueous solution.
Anode comprises a kind of source electrode of metal, and its non-limiting example comprises: the metal dust of iron, copper, magnesium, chromium, manganese, aluminium, zinc or their composition.Source metal can have little particle diameter, but can have big reaction table area.Suitable average grain diameter is that about 20 μ m are to about 1000 μ m.For example, metal source can be an iron powder and by its content of weight about 30% to about 80% of solid composite.
The negative electrode of exothermic reaction can comprise active carbon, inactive carbon or their combination.The carbon that is used for negative electrode can be derived but is not restricted to: coconut husk, wood, charcoal, bone etc.Negative electrode can be nonactive carbon, has little particle diameter and big reaction table area, is about 3% to about 20% by its content of solid composite weight.Suitable typical for activated carbon the average grain diameter that will have is about 20 μ m to about 1000 μ m and can be with the Westvaco of trade name Nu Char available from Virginia Covington.
The heat release component also can comprise one or more electrolyte, with by providing electrical conduction between anode and the negative electrode further to promote reaction.Electrolyte can be dry state and be in the same container with anode and/or negative electrode, perhaps electrolyte can comprise a part of separating the aqueous solution of storage with metal dust (anode).Suitable electrolyte is that the salt of metal and its include but not limited to: alkali metal salt, alkali salt and transition metal salt, it comprises sulfate, chloride, carbonate, acetate, nitrate, nitrite, sulphite, chlorate or the like.Electrolytical non-limiting example comprises: ferric sulfate, potassium sulfate, sodium sulphate, manganese sulfate, magnesium sulfate, copper chloride, stannous chloride, potassium chloride, sodium chloride or the like.Electrolyte can comprise sodium chloride, and for example it can be the powdered form of doing that is contained in anode, and its concentration counts about 0.5% to about 10% by the weight of solid composite.When electrolyte was in the aqueous solution, its concentration can be about 0.1% to about 10% scope by the weight in the aqueous solution.
In order to give anode little by little make-up water and/or electrolyte solution, the heat release component also can comprise one or more absorbing materials.Absorbing material can be in the same container with anode and negative electrode or be in the independent container or both combinations.The non-limiting example of absorbent material comprises: vermiculite, porous silicate, carboxycellulose salt, wooden powder and/or flour, have cotton of high surface or the like.The water reserved materials can comprise the water that accounts for solid composite weight about 0.1% to about 30%.
In one embodiment, burning component provides in two or more containers.First container will typically comprise anode and negative electrode and optional absorbing material.When electrolyte was dry state, it can appear in the same container with anode and/or negative electrode, and second container can comprise a kind of aqueous solution.In the variant of this embodiment, electrolyte can be in the aqueous solution, and be stored in the container that is separated with anode, negative electrode and optional absorbing material.The described aqueous solution can be the water or the electrolytical aqueous solution, and can typically exist with about 10% to about 50% amount by the weight of total heat release component.Second container can be stored in the same compartment with first container, and can be a pouch that can be pierced through by the sharp keen object as pin with the starting reaction.The interpolation of the content of first and second containers can realize that exothermic reaction can be started thus by a frangible pouch after the sealing between two containers is broken.
In an alternative embodiment, the solid metal oxidation component can provide in a container.This container can comprise anode, negative electrode, solid-state electrolyte and optional a kind of absorbent material.The user of device starts exothermic reaction then by adding water to composition.
2. saturated salt exothermic reaction:
In another variant of this embodiment, exothermic reaction can be the recycling mistake cold saturated salt solution related with a kind of metal reaction trigger.Saturated salt solution and metal trigger can be contained in the same container.When the metal trigger was crooked by the user, the crystallization that can start salt subsequently produced heat thus.Not bound by theory, the deflection that it is believed that metal tape provides small duration along slit or crack with the initiate crystallisation process.The non-limiting example that is used for the suitable material of trigger comprises: iron-bearing materials, beryllium-copper alloy or the like, and it comprises a large amount of slits or crack.In a non-limiting example, container comprises the saturated solution of sodium acetate and the metal trigger of iron content is bent, and the scope that produces heat thus is at about 35 ℃ to about 75 ℃.
The non-limiting example that is used for the acceptable acid addition salts of saturated salt solution comprises: sodium acetate, calcium nitrate tetrahydrate or the like.Saturated salt solution can comprise sodium acetate and water, and its ratio is about 1: 1 to about 2: 1 by weight.This solution is put into a sealed subsequently sack by Jiang Shui, salt and metal trigger usually and is made.The content of described sack is heated to about 60 ℃ or higher temperature (for sodium acetate) subsequently so that salt is brought in the solution.After this, sack can be by sub-cooled." sub-cooled " used herein is meant a kind of material is cooled to below the freezing point and do not solidify and/or crystallization.
After the use, the composition of saturated salt can be reproduced subsequently, its by heated solution to the fusing point that is slightly higher than crystal so that crystal dissolved again.In a non-limiting example, the sodium acetate composition is regenerated, and it is dissolved again by heating combination to 60 ℃ or the higher crystal that makes exothermic reaction produce.The nonrestrictive appropriate methodology that reheats solution comprises microwave, immerse in the boiling water or the like.
3. original position exothermic reaction
In another variant, the exothermic reaction component can comprise advantageous compositions itself, and advantageous compositions can be used as a kind of component of exothermic reaction thus.Phrase used herein " original position exothermic reaction " is meant the composition that is made of advantageous compositions itself, and said composition distributed by fabric article treating device, so that described composition is assigned on textile article drying device inside and/or the textile article.The original position exothermic reaction comprises a kind of solute and solvent, wherein solvent typically (but not always) be moisture in essence.The interpolation of solvent can be carried out simultaneously with the interpolation of solute, or takes place before it and/or afterwards, and heat provides by exothermic reaction thus.The interpolation of solvent can take place before the interpolation of solute and carry out in the inside in advantageous compositions source.In alternative embodiment, the interpolation of solute and solvent can be carried out in the outside in advantageous compositions source, and can be added in the source subsequently.In another embodiment, solute and solvent are accommodated in the independent reservoir (source of advantageous compositions), wherein solute and solvent be transported in the common conduit and two or more components mixed.The amount of solvent can be by weight exists with about 50% to about 99.9% amount in reaction, and (but not always) is moisture in essence typically.
The suitable non-limiting example of adding water to an exothermic reaction in the system that relates to comprises: the dissociating or the like of dissolving, hydration, acid.Exothermic reaction can have the enthalpy of 1kJ/ mole when 25 ℃ of measurements, or preferably has 5kJ/ mole or littler enthalpy in the time of 25 ℃.Total enthalpy that the enthalpy of-reaction can deduct reactant usually by the total enthalpy from product obtains, it can find in the known any suitable reference book of those of ordinary skill in the art, for example " The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics ", " Perry ' s ChemicalEngineer ' s Handbook " or the like.
The embodiment of the solubilizing reaction of heat release is usually directed to one or more solutes are added in a kind of solvent, exists with about 0.1% to about 50% amount by the weight solute of composition.Solute can be solid, gas, liquid or their combination.In alternative embodiment, described solute can be added after solvent (for example water) adds, but also can be in the solvent interpolation and/or before be added.The suitable non-limiting example of the solute of heat release comprises in water: ammonia (gaseous state), NaOH, lithium bromide, sodium acetate, potassium acetate, potassium hydroxide, zinc chloride or the like.
The embodiment of water-free exothermic reaction includes but not limited to following interpolation: laurate adds carbon tetrachloride, urethane to and adds chloroform, urethane to and add that methyl alcohol, acetone add acetate to, heptane adds isobutanol or the like to.In alternative mode of operation, the temperature of clothes drying device is lower than the flash-point of solvent and/or solute.
The diluting reaction of heat release relates to the solvent that will replenish on the other hand to be added in the composition, produces heat thus.Add the diluting reaction that aqueous solvent (for example water) can be used for heat release in the acid.The non-limiting example of suitable acid comprises: nitric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, maleic acid, picric acid, acetate and their combination.
D. electrothermal module
The heating of advantageous compositions also can be finished by using an electrothermal module, for example realizes by a reverse Poltier module.Phrase used herein " reverse Poltier module " is meant and utilizes a Poltier module, wherein one or more parts of fin and advantageous compositions and/or the fabric article treating device related with advantageous compositions carry out heat and exchange, and the non-limiting example of parts comprises like this: the source of advantageous compositions, conduit, reservoir, nozzle or the like.Generally speaking, reverse Poltier module/effect can obtain by voltage being applied on the module, thereby by electron motion heat is moved by side to opposite side from one of module.Not bound by theory, it is believed that the following manner operation of peltier effect to illustrate as Figure 13:
1) module 500 comprises at least a conductive material that is preferably a kind of minus semi-conducting material 530 and at least a different conductive material that is preferably a kind of eurymeric semi-conducting material 540, they in series are electrically connected, but thermally coupled in parallel, and be sandwiched in and be set at parts to be heated and one as between two ceramic substrates 510 between the heating source of textile article drying device (not shown); 2) be added to a direct current on the electric connection 520e and make electronics flow to eurymeric doped semiconductor materials 540, its electric connection 520d place between the joint of 530 of parts to be cooled and eurymeric doped semiconductor materials 540 and minus doped semiconductor materials absorbs heat; 3) electronics flow to electric connection 520c place through minus doped semiconductor materials 530 then, so heat is transferred to second joint between minus doped semiconductor materials 530 and another eurymeric doped semiconductor materials 540; With 4) heat transfers to fin 550 from this second joint 520c, this fin carries out heat with advantageous compositions source (or another parts related with advantageous compositions) and exchanges, and heat is transferred to the parts that are associated with advantageous compositions from drying device thus.
Each module 500 that is used for peltier effect is made of at least a conductive material and another kind of different conductive material.Although conductive material can comprise different metals, in preferred embodiments, module 500 comprises at least a minus doped semiconductor materials 530 and at least a eurymeric doped semiconductor materials 540.Minus and eurymeric doped semiconductor materials in series are electrically connected, but thermally coupled in parallel.In addition, semiconductor (540 and 530) and their electric connection 520 are bridged between two ceramic substrates 510.First ceramic substrate 510 carries out heat with parts to be cooled with semi-conducting material (540 and 530) and exchanges.Second ceramic substrate 510 carries out heat with semi-conducting material (540 and 530) with thermal source and exchanges.Further related with the advantageous compositions one or more parts of fin 550 carry out heat and exchange, in the above semi-conducting material is used electric current, the heat that gathers is brought to advantageous compositions and/or is carried out one or more parts of the device that heat gets in touch with advantageous compositions.For the stronger thermal effect that adds,, then can adopt more than one module 500 if parallel connection stacks.
Generally speaking, semi-conducting material usually but differ and be decided to be bismuth telluride, lead telluride, SiGe and/or bismuth antimony alloy.Semi-conducting material can comprise a kind of crystalline bismuth telluride that becomes P type equal and discontinuous ratio and N type, although other ratio is effective equally." N type " used herein semi-conducting material is a minus, and it has than producing the desirable unnecessary electronics of the required electronics of molecular lattice structure; Conversely, " P type " semi-conducting material eurymeric, it has than producing the electronics that the desirable required electronics of molecular lattice structure lacks.Not bound by theory, it is believed that the excess electron of n type material and " missing " electronics (or hole) of P-type material help heat energy to transfer to the other end from a semi-conductive end.
With fin 550 typically so that the mode of material surface area maximum is loaded onto fin.Fin can be made of aluminium, copper, silver etc., although also can adopt other conductive material.
Dc source can be any power source, for example household electricity, battery or the like.Generally speaking, the electricity that is added on the module can be about 12V, although stronger if desired heat transmission also can be adopted higher voltage value.
Referring to Fig. 7, reverse Poltier module 310 is positioned in advantageous compositions source 10 and installs between the inner panel of 1 described door.The fin of Poltier module 310 is located in contiguous advantageous compositions source 10, and heat is passed to advantageous compositions source 10 subsequently from textile article drying device (not shown) thus.In this embodiment of the present invention, the surface of fabric article treating device 1 is built by Heat Conduction Material, is preferably metal.Poltier module 310 can be placed on other parts of the device related with advantageous compositions 1, and its non-limiting example comprises nozzle 50 or conduit 20.Utilizing an embodiment of the electrothermal module of peltier effect is module 6302/127/060AX, and it can be buied from the FerrotecAmerica Corporation of state of New Hampshire Nashua.
Power supply
Participate in Fig. 2, fabric article treating device 1 can be included as the power supply 100 of the parts supply power of fabric article treating device 1.The non-limiting example of these parts comprises: circuit 80, be used for the motor 60 of distribution member 30 and their combination.The non-limiting example of suitable power supply 100 comprises: source of battery reusable type or a sexual type, solar energy, tame electricity consumption or the like.When using battery as power supply 100, one or more batteries can be rechargeable types or disposable.Suitable and battery easy utilization includes but not limited to: alkaline storage battery, lithium battery or the like.A kind of embodiment of suitable alkaline storage battery is Energizer No.E95,1.5VZn/MnO
2D Cell battery, it can be available from the EvereadyBattery Company of Missouri State St.Louis.
The advantageous compositions source
Fabric article treating device 1 also comprises one or more advantageous compositions source 10, and it is associated with device 1, so that the advantageous compositions that is used for being assigned within the textile article drying device is provided.Advantageous compositions source 10 can be reservoir, box, pouch, conduit, home-use water pipe or the like.In addition, advantageous compositions source 10 can be the container that recharge and/or that can not recharge of the finite quantity liquid that wherein can contain.In another embodiment, the advantageous compositions source can be water service pipe and two kinds in container that can recharge and/or that can not recharge.The advantageous compositions source can be fixedly connected on the textile article drying device 10 or with it and removably connect.
Described source 10 also can be made of rigidity, semi-rigid and/or pliable and tough material.Advantageous compositions source 10 should mainly be made of rigidity or semi-rigid material, and these embodiments also can comprise a discharging unit for discharging, flow to distribution member 30 to allow existing advantageous compositions.
Distribution member
Referring to Fig. 4, distribution member 30 can be non-motor driven type to save the energy from power supply.The non-limiting example of non-motor driven type distributor comprises: spring, pressurizing reservoir, elastic container, marmem, gravity feeding mechanism, capillarity, propellant, syringe, gas (pressurization in advance and/or original position produces these two kinds) or the like.The suitable embodiment of non-motor driven type distributor 30 is the compression pump of a LPD series, and it can be buied from the PARTechnologies LLC of Virginia Hampton.
High voltage source (HVPS)
Referring to Fig. 3, described device also can comprise a high voltage source (HVPS) 200, and it can randomly be used for transmission current is that heating collar 40 is supplied with power.Power supply 100 typically (but not always) is the one or more 9V of having or the battery of low-voltage more, and may need or not need the voltage that adds for the temperature heating collar of wanting.The miniature stable high voltage power supply 200 that is suitable for is a model in the C series, for example C50, C60 or C80, and it can be available from the EMCO High Voltage Corporation that is positioned at California SutterCreek.Other high voltage source 200 that is suitable for comprises piezoelectric transformer, and it utilizes the mechanical energy storage system of a uniqueness to come power conversion.These piezoelectric transformers specifically are used in when adopting ullrasonic spraying.Piezoelectric transformer can be available from the Fuji ﹠amp of Japan; Co..
Nozzle
Referring to Fig. 1 to 9 and Figure 12, fabric article treating device 1 also can comprise and typically comprise a nozzle 50, transmit advantageous compositions during the interior zone of textile article and/or textile article drying device advantageous compositions by this nozzle.
In some embodiments, spray nozzle 50 can use a pressure-swirl formula atomizer, is similar to the atomizer that is used for the trigger-type nozzle, but can pack into a fan atomizer or one collision or screen cloth foam maker.An embodiment of suitable atomizer is that the model of being made by the Seaquist Dispensing of Illinois Cary is the pressure vortex atomizer of DU-3813.In another embodiment, composition is sent by a pressure atomization system.
Can randomly can adopt filter and/or filtering technique to filter advantageous compositions if necessary.Because being heated repeatedly of composition can cause concentrating of composition, and this might cause the formation of particle, this filtration may be necessary when using the advantageous compositions of heat.The non-limiting example of filter and/or filtering technique comprises: adopt a filter in treating apparatus 1 before nozzle 50; Before being assigned to advantageous compositions reservoir 10, filter advantageous compositions; Before being assigned to advantageous compositions reservoir 10, advantageous compositions is carried out centrifugal filtration; Or the like; Or their combination.
In alternative embodiment, nozzle 50 comprises a filter (not shown) before the aperture, and it is intended to reduce the possibility of stopping up the aperture.For its cleaning with for the purpose of changing, the pattern of nozzle 50 can be like this, or separates with the other parts of device or as a unit, filter and shower nozzle are dismountable.The aperture that filter can have is equal to or less than the maximum outlet diameter of nozzle orifice.
Signal component
Still further, described device can comprise a signal component so that exchanges with the user of device, for example vision, the sense of hearing, the signal that vibrates or their combination.The non-limiting example of signal component comprises: flash lamp, color lamp (its non-limiting example comprises green/red light), serge sound, squeal, the tinkle of bells and vibration.Signal component can be used for the situation of indicating device, and it can require parts of user's starting drive again.
Referring to Fig. 7 and 8, it illustrates a non-limiting example of signal component.The LED light lamp 280 that sees on the outer surface of textile article drying device closing structure can have different colors to indicate a kind of duty: particularly the LED light lamp indicating device of a green is in the running, or the low state of red light pilot cell electric weight that may a flicker.
Advantageous compositions
Advantageous compositions can comprise one or more textile article active materials and can be a kind of cleaning, smoothing wrinkle, arrangement and/or deodorant compositions or the like.In addition, advantageous compositions can be liquid, solid, gas physical form or their combination.The non-limiting example of textile article active material comprises solvent, surfactant, the agent of going to wrinkle, antistatic additive, nonshrink aqua, antimicrobial, wetting agent, crystal modification agent, detergent, colouring agent, brightening agent, spices, subtract flavor/eliminating smell agent, deodorant/freshener, drive dirty agent, color reinforcing agent, starch, softening agent and adhesive.
Advantageous compositions can comprise water, surfactant, spices, preservative agent, bleaching agent, auxiliary cleaning agent, nonshrink aqua, solvent, anti wrinkling agent, antiseptic, wetting agent, crystal modification agent, and their mixture.
The typical advantageous compositions of this paper can comprise by weight water at least about 50%, preferably at least about 65%, more preferably at least about 80% water.
The challenge that advantageous compositions is ejected in the textile article drying device is the possibility of advantageous compositions plug nozzle in the middle of using.Several method can be used for avoiding this obstruction, includes but not limited to use single phase soln, comprises that the wetting agent of high-load more or other moisture keep composition, and hydrophilic solvent uses the film softening ingredient and add hygroscopic salt in advantageous compositions with polymer.
Referring now to accompanying drawing,, in particular to Fig. 6, it illustrates the fabric article treating device 1 that is used to handle textile article according to of the present invention.Fabric article treating device 1 communicates in one way with textile article drying device 260, so that one or more advantageous compositions are assigned to the inside 270 of textile article drying device 260 and/or are assigned on the textile article of the inside 270 that is arranged in textile article drying device 260.In one embodiment, when being in motion, textile article comes in contact.In another embodiment, contact can not take place under textile article is in the state of motion yet.In another embodiment, contact can occur in that textile article is in some place of running and at another time point place that is not in running.Fabric can be wetting or drying regime when handling.
Substantially, fabric article treating device 1 can removably or for good and all be connected to the inside 270 of textile article drying device 260.The non-limiting example of possible join domain comprises the closing structure 110 of textile article drying device 260, the rotating cylinder of textile article drying device 260 (if having a rotating cylinder), rear wall or the like.The non-limiting example of attaching parts comprises: sucker, suspension hook, strap, adhesive, Velcro
, magnet or the like.In another embodiment that illustrates as Fig. 7 to 8 ,-fabric article treating device 1 can with a segregative closing structure 110 that is suitable for using for the textile article drying device in be combined into one.
Referring to Fig. 1 to 2, it illustrates a kind of fabric article treating device 1 that is used to handle textile article according to one aspect of the present invention.In this embodiment, reservoir 10 is built by Heat Conduction Material, and advantageous compositions is heated via a thermal source as textile article drying device (not shown) thus.In a non-limiting example, reservoir 10 is built by the suitable material that 25 ℃ thermal conductivity is 10W/m ℃, and for example a kind of commodity are called CoolPoly
The sulfuration polyphenylene material of RS012, this material can be available from the CoolPolymers of Rhode Island State Warwick.In a typical operation, in case the textile article drying device turn round in the mode of regulation, and subsequently and/or the processing cycle at first, fabric article treating device 1 is started.In one embodiment, treating apparatus 1 is started after textile article drying device running, preferably after beginning arid cycle at least about 5 minutes.
Fabric article treating device 1 can be started by depress switch 21, and it is the motor 60 of priming pump 30 subsequently.Motor 60 common (but not always) provides power by power supply 100, and power supply typically comprises one or more batteries.Power supply 100 can be connected to motor 60 by the optional electron plate 80 that electric wire 70 and are used for controlling motor 60.
In case pump 30 is started, the advantageous compositions of heating is drawn into nozzle 50 by conduit 20 from reservoir 10.The internal diameter of conduit can be the scope of about 10mm or littler, and/or is about 5mm or littler.Randomly, conduit 20 also comprises a filter before nozzle 50.The aperture of filter can be equal to or less than the wideest aperture of nozzle 50.
Illustrating the running of installing as Fig. 3 to 4 in another embodiment of the invention is to carry out in the similar mode of embodiment that a kind of and Fig. 1 to 2 illustrate.In this embodiment, the heating of advantageous compositions is that the method for the heating collar 40 by being arranged in reservoir 10 realizes.Heating collar 40 can be placed in it, and any parts of perhaps related with advantageous compositions device carry out heat and get in touch.The non-limiting example that can be used for parts related with advantageous compositions of the present invention comprises: reservoir 10, conduit 20, emission point (as nozzle 50) or their combination.
In this embodiment, power is to provide by one or more batteries 100, and randomly can provide by high voltage source 200, and this high voltage source provides power for the heating collar 40 that heats advantageous compositions subsequently.
The represented embodiment of Fig. 4 turns round in the mode similar to the embodiment of Fig. 3, and is its more economic mode.In order to preserve the energy of power supply 100, distribution member 30 is non-motor driven type, and its suitable non-limiting example comprises actuating device of the spring, gravity feed pump or the like.In addition, heating collar 40 can only be supplied with power by battery 100, does not need high voltage source.
The embodiment that Fig. 5 illustrates heats advantageous compositions by exothermic reaction.In this embodiment, heat release bag 160 can be bent and be added to provide heat to the advantageous compositions in the storage tank 10 via reservoir opening 140 subsequently.The non-limiting example of heat release bag comprises those burning reactions, saturated salt solution or the like.In an alternative variant of this embodiment, exothermic reaction can original position produces, and wherein solute is added directly in the advantageous compositions in the reservoir 10, produces heat thus.The interpolation of solute can be before the interpolation of solvent, take place afterwards or simultaneously, or their combination.In addition, solute and solvent are mixed before can be in being placed to storage tank 10, and are assigned to wherein subsequently.
The embodiment that Fig. 7 describes is the method heating advantageous compositions by electrothermal module 310.The power supply 100 that electrothermal module 310 uses one as house current to originate, and be so positioned so that the fin of module carries out heat with one or more sources of advantageous compositions 10 exchanges.In addition, the inwall of device is made of the road hot material, for example steel.Heat is delivered to electrothermal module 310 by the textile article receiving volume of textile article drying device, peltier module for example, and this module is passed to advantageous compositions with heat subsequently.Electrothermal module also can be related with advantageous compositions other parts carry out heat and exchange, its non-limiting example comprises: conduit 20, emission point (for example nozzle 50) or the like.An embodiment who uses the module of peltier effect is the 6302/127/060AX model, and it can be available from the Ferrotec America Corporation of state of New Hampshire Nashua.
An advantage of the embodiment of being described by Fig. 7 is a fabric article treating device 1 and the closing structure of drying device is combined into one.By only outward winding existing closing structure be connected fabric article treating device 1 of the present invention, fabric article treating device 1 can with an existing apparatus the door easily the exchange.This provides the facility of an integrated fabric article treating device, yet does not need intricately and/or expensively renovate existing apparatus.
This embodiment also provides method to signal the user of fabric article treating device 1 by LED light 280 or reservoir window 290.For example LED light 280 can show green light indicating a kind of mode of operation, or shows the operating environment of red light to represent to be harmful to of flicker, and for example the amount of advantageous compositions is few, and it can cause result unsatisfactory.The content of advantageous compositions also can come perception by reservoir window 290, and this also can indicate remaining access times with dosage mark sign.In addition, there is temperature also can be shown with composition.
The embodiment of Fig. 8 is similar to the outward appearance of the embodiment of Fig. 7, also provides heat to advantageous compositions in a kind of mode similar to the embodiment of Fig. 2.The inwall 230 of the fabric article treating device that the embodiment of Fig. 8 comprises access panels 300, be made of the Heat Conduction Material of for example steel, the advantageous compositions source 10 that constitutes by a kind of Heat Conduction Material, for example this Heat Conduction Material be 25 ℃ thermal conductivity be 10W/m ℃, commodity CoolPoly by name
The sulfuration polyphenylene material of RS012, this material can be available from the Cool Polymers of Rhode Island State Warwick.In this embodiment, be transferred into the inwall 230 of fabric article treating device 1 from the heat of textile article drying device work, be sent to the source 10 of advantageous compositions, it provides heat to advantageous compositions thus.
Fig. 9 to 12 has described an alternative embodiment of fabric article treating device 1.Fabric article treating device 1 comprises two casings or hood, a inside an or inner casing and an outside or outside casing.Inner casing 230 is positioned at the inside of textile article drying device.Outer cage 220 is positioned at the outside of textile article drying device.The inner casing 230 of fabric article treating device 1 exchanges each other with outer cage 220.220 non-limiting examples that exchange of inner casing 230 and outer cage comprise that transmission exchanges (promptly with composition in electricity interchange (wherein transmission of electric signals between outer cage), wherein advantageous compositions transmits between outer cage and inner casing), exchange (promptly with heat, wherein transition temperature is poor between outer cage and inner casing, and an one non-limiting example is heated in a casing for advantageous compositions wherein and is transferred to another casing).Inner casing 230 and outer cage 220 can be connected with each other.The non-limiting enforcement parts of outer cage comprise flat cable, electric wire and/or conduit 340 (an one non-limiting example is the conduit that is used for shifting advantageous compositions between outer cage and inner casing) in connecting.Available fixedly strap 210 is fixed to inner casing 230 on the closing structure of textile article drying device.
Interior outer cage can be made of the material that those of ordinary skills are familiar with.The non-limiting example of this type of material comprises polymeric material and metal, and polymeric material includes but not limited to polyurethane, polypropylene, Merlon, polyethylene and their composition, and metal includes but not limited to the porcelain metal.
In the non-limiting example of using as Fig. 1 to Fig. 2 and fabric article treating device shown in Figure 6, one or more textile articles can be placed in the inside 270 of textile article drying device 260.The operator depresses the 21 a bit of times of on/off (On/Off) switch on the fabric article treating device 1 simply.Drying device 260 is started by the mode of producer's regulation.After the predefined time cycle or after environmental condition begins, the electronic component 80 of on/off switch 21 starting devices is to connect the motor 60 of batteries 100 and pump by electric wire 70.
Advantageous compositions transmits by distribution member 30 and conduit 20 from reservoir 10, and is discharged from nozzle 50 and enters the fabric article treating device 260.Advantageous compositions can be discharged from nozzle 50 with vaporific.Generally speaking, the time of using advantageous compositions can be between about 0.5 to about 120 minutes, and it depends on the cycle and the loadings of selection.Air themperature during the processing can for about 30 ℃ to about 80 ℃, more preferably about 40 ℃ to about 65 ℃ scope.Discharge duct can be connected with pipeline so that waste gas is discharged from user family, as conventional dryer is used.Pipeline can be installed a closing feature so that can close this pipeline during the advantageous compositions step of applying.
The selected specific advantageous compositions that is used for this method can change very big with required specific beneficial effect.Yet in the certain operations pattern, advantageous compositions will comprise for the effective composition of various types of textile articles.For example, advantageous compositions can be suitable for " dry-cleaning " only typically operates (being home washings and arid cycle) significant need smoothing wrinkle operation afterwards in the laundering of routine textile article and textile dress shirt.
Also can exist non-verbal cue to help the user in fabric article treating device inside select required advantageous compositions, processing cycle or the like also can be present on following one or more object: described device, advantageous compositions container, operation instruction and other such goods related with fabric article treating system.Not bound by theory, it is believed that these non-verbal cues have simplified the operation of fabric article treating system, and provide convenience therefore for the user of system.Non-verbal cue can be, and signal vision, the sense of hearing, sense of touch or vibration maybe can comprise the combination of these signals.The non-limiting example of non-verbal cue comprises: red/green light (stopping/run indicator), the window of indicating fluid levels on reservoir, icon, serge sound, ring, rubber handle or the like.An embodiment of visual cues is present in a battery icon on the device, display, and prompting user battery needs to change.In another embodiment, the sense of touch prompting can comprise a rubber part of device, and the prompting user can cosily catch device herein.
The full text or the appropriate section of the All Files of quoting in the detailed Description Of The Invention of the present invention are incorporated herein by reference.Quoting of any document all may not be interpreted as its approval as prior art of the present invention.
Although illustrate and described specific embodiments of the present invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many other variations and modifications may be made in the case of without departing from the spirit and scope of protection of the present invention.Therefore in additional claims, comprise all such changes and modifications in the scope of the invention consciously.
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1. system that is used to handle fabric, the described system that is used to handle fabric comprises:
A) textile article drying device; With
B) fabric article treating device, it is detachably connected on the described textile article drying device, it is characterized in that described fabric article treating device comprises that at least one is used for heating the parts of advantageous compositions and comprises a distribution member that is used for distributing advantageous compositions.
2. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fabric article treating device are the stand-alone device of separating.
3. the described system of each claim as described above, wherein said textile article drying device also comprises closing structure, thus described fabric article treating device and described closing structure become one.
4. the described system of each claim as described above, described system also comprises advantageous compositions, wherein said advantageous compositions is heated by exothermic reaction, and the enthalpy that preferably wherein said exothermic reaction has at 25 ℃ is-1kJ/ mole or littler, and wherein exothermic reaction is:
A) burning reaction, preferably wherein said burning reaction comprises at least a metal, and wherein said metal is iron, copper, aluminium, magnesium, manganese, zinc or their combination;
B) saturated salt reaction, preferably wherein said saturated salt reaction comprises sodium acetate and water;
C) reaction in-situ; Or
D) above-mentioned a), b) and combination c).
5. the described system of each claim as described above, wherein the burning reaction also comprises at least a electrolyte, wherein said electrolyte is:
A) alkali metal salt, alkali salt, transition metal salt or their combination; Or
B) wherein said burning reaction also comprises the source of carbon, and the source of wherein said carbon is activity, inactive or their combination.
6. device that removably connects, described device is used for being connected on the textile article drying device, and the described device that removably connects comprises:
I) at least one advantageous compositions source;
Ii) at least one is used for heating the parts of advantageous compositions; With
Iii) be used for described advantageous compositions is assigned to distribution member in the textile article drying device.
7. device as claimed in claim 6, described device also comprises power supply, wherein said power supply comprises:
A) one or more batteries, wherein said battery are disposable, chargeable or their combination; Or
B) source of household electricity; Or
C) described item a) and b) combination.
8. as claim 6 and 7 described devices, wherein said advantageous compositions source is reservoir, box, sack or their combination.
9. as each described device in the claim 6 to 8, wherein said distribution member is a pump, and described pump comprises:
A) conduit, wherein said conduit comprise inlet and floss hole; With
B) nozzle, described nozzle are connected to the described floss hole of described conduit;
The described inlet of wherein said conduit communicates with the source of described advantageous compositions, so that described advantageous compositions is assigned to described nozzle by described conduit from the source of described advantageous compositions, thereby among described advantageous compositions is assigned to described textile article drying device from described nozzle.
10. as each described device in the claim 6 to 9, the described parts that wherein are used for heating described advantageous compositions comprise: a) heating collar;
B) Heat Conduction Material, it is located in the heat passage between described textile article drying device and the described fabric article treating device, and the thermal conductivity that preferably wherein said Heat Conduction Material has is at least about 5W/m* ℃ at 25 ℃;
C) electrothermal module; Or d) above-mentioned a), b) or combination c).
11. a method that is used to handle fabric, described method comprises:
A) provide fabric article treating device, wherein said fabric article treating device comprises:
I) at least one advantageous compositions source;
Ii) at least one is used for heating the parts of advantageous compositions; With
Iii) be used for described advantageous compositions is assigned to distribution member in the textile article drying device;
B) provide the textile article drying device;
C) pending fabric is added in the described textile article drying device;
D) described fabric article treating device is detachably connected on the described textile article drying device; E) heating advantageous compositions; With
F) advantageous compositions with heating is assigned in the described textile article drying device.
12. method as claimed in claim 11, wherein said heating steps also comprises provides exothermic compositions, so that described exothermic compositions contacts described advantageous compositions, thereby with after described exothermic compositions contacts, the temperature of described advantageous compositions is enhanced.
13. as claim 11 and 12 described methods, described method also comprises the operation instruction that exothermic compositions is provided, so that described advantageous compositions is heated.
14. as each described method in the claim 11 to 13, described method comprises that also the user to described system provides one or more non-verbal cues, wherein said non-verbal cue can offer described user, wherein step (e) before, during step (e), in step (e) afterwards or their combination, described user's operation and/or adjust the parts of described fabric article treating system.
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