CN213433756U - Multifunctional storage system for performing forced dehumidification of equipment room in air purification mode - Google Patents

Multifunctional storage system for performing forced dehumidification of equipment room in air purification mode Download PDF

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CN213433756U
CN213433756U CN202020231716.3U CN202020231716U CN213433756U CN 213433756 U CN213433756 U CN 213433756U CN 202020231716 U CN202020231716 U CN 202020231716U CN 213433756 U CN213433756 U CN 213433756U
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李景洙
姜兑炅
朴一松
金孝星
白仁奎
申京澈
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Abstract

The utility model relates to an execution equipment room is dehumidification by force's multi-functional system of accomodating under the air purification mode, multi-functional system of accomodating is by the clothing management mode end of humidification or dehumidification at the accomodating room, the dehumidification is forced to the execution equipment room, multi-functional system of accomodating includes: a storage chamber (100); an equipment room (200) having a fan unit (230); and a control unit (430) that operates the machine room (200) in any one of a plurality of modes including a clothes management mode and a machine room drying mode, wherein when the clothes management mode is finished, the control unit (430) forcibly executes the machine room drying mode in which the machine room (200) is dehumidified, and wherein in the machine room drying mode, the control unit (430) controls the fan unit (230) to operate in a state in which the machine room (200) is in communication with outside air.

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Multifunctional storage system for performing forced dehumidification of equipment room in air purification mode
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a multi-functional system of accomodating of executing equipment room forced dehumidification under air purification mode, specifically relates to a multi-functional system of accomodating, and it is constituted as after the clothing management mode, and the forced execution air purification mode makes the indoor portion of equipment remain moisture and waste heat and discharges to the outside to make the equipment room by forced dehumidification.
Background
Recently, as the concentration of the fine dust is deteriorated, not only the interest in the quality of indoor air but also the interest in the treatment and management of clothes, shoes, quilts, and the like, which may be contaminated with various contaminants floating indoors and outdoors, has increased. Accordingly, devices for removing contaminants, managing clothes, shoes, quilts, etc. are being developed, and the demand for devices having various functions associated therewith is increasing.
Generally, apparatuses for managing laundry are configured to clean the laundry through dust-dusting, humidifying, dehumidifying, and finishing steps. Such a clothes management apparatus generally physically separates a space for receiving clothes and a space provided with a machine for humidifying/dehumidifying the clothes, i.e., an equipment room. As described above, the equipment room is provided with a humidifying means for performing humidification, that is, a dehumidifying means for performing dehumidification, and the dehumidifying means may be constituted by a heat pump module.
When humidification and dehumidification are performed on a space in which laundry is stored, condensed water is generated in the vicinity of a heat exchanger, and particularly, there is a high possibility that such condensed water or moisture is generated on a condenser (condenser) side. Since the electronic equipment located in the equipment room is driven by being supplied with electric current from the power supply, moisture in the equipment room as described above causes an electric operation error, and if the electronic equipment is exposed to moisture for a long time, there is a risk of corrosion by the moisture. In addition, there may occur a sanitary fatal problem such as a smell generation problem and a bacteria reproduction problem due to the residual moisture, which may adversely affect the sanitation of the laundry stored in the storage chamber.
There is a prior art related to a laundry management device disclosed in korean registered patent No. 10-0672490. However, the above-mentioned conventional art discloses only a mode for controlling the mode of the storage chamber to manage the fabric at all times, and does not disclose a structure for removing residual moisture or humidity from the inside of the equipment chamber.
Therefore, recently, in addition to a storage chamber for storing clothes, a technology for dehumidifying an apparatus chamber itself in order to protect electronic apparatuses and components located inside the apparatus chamber is emerging.
Patent document 1: korean registered patent No. 10-0672490
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model discloses a solve above-mentioned problem and accomplish.
Specifically, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for forcibly dehumidifying an equipment room of a multi-functional storage system, which dehumidifies only the equipment room separately from the dehumidification of the storage room, thereby removing residual moisture or moisture from the inside of the equipment room.
In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for forcibly dehumidifying an equipment room of a multi-functional storage system, which not only performs dehumidification of the equipment room but also purifies air in a space where the multi-functional storage system is located in the process of forcibly dehumidifying the equipment room.
In order to solve the above problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a multifunctional storage system, which performs forced dehumidification of an equipment room when a laundry management mode in which a storage room is humidified or dehumidified is finished, the multifunctional storage system including: a housing chamber 100; an equipment room 200 having a fan unit 230; and a control unit 430 that operates the machine room 200 in any one of a plurality of modes including a clothes management mode and a machine room drying mode, wherein when the clothes management mode is finished, the control unit 430 forcibly executes the machine room drying mode for dehumidifying the machine room 200, and in the machine room drying mode, the control unit 430 controls the fan unit 230 to operate in a state where the machine room 200 communicates with the outside air.
Further, it is preferable that the equipment room 200 further includes: a suction port 210 and a discharge port 250 for communicating external air with the equipment room 200; and a cleaning filter unit 219 for filtering the external air sucked through the suction port 210, wherein in the device chamber drying mode, the external air sucked through the suction port 210 is cleaned by the cleaning filter unit 219 and then discharged to the exhaust port 250.
Further, it is preferable that the equipment room 200 further includes: a dehumidifying part 260 for dehumidifying the circulating air flowing in the housing chamber 100; a circulating air inflow port 141 and a circulating air outflow port 142 for communicating the storage chamber 100 with the equipment chamber 200; and a circulation filter unit 229 for supplying moisture to the circulation air supplied to the storage chamber 100 through the circulation air inlet 141, wherein the dehumidifying part 260 and the circulation filter unit 229 are alternately operated by the control part 430 in the laundry management mode.
Further, it is preferable that: a memory unit 410 for storing information related to a predetermined mode when the predetermined mode for the equipment room 200 is ended, and the control unit 430 downloads the information related to the finally ended mode from the memory unit 410 and determines whether the downloaded finally ended mode is a laundry management mode.
Preferably, the control unit 430 controls the air cleaning mode to be executed again after the laundry management mode is completed if it is determined that the laundry management mode is forcibly executed during the execution of the air cleaning mode, and controls the equipment room drying mode to be executed only for a preset time after the laundry management mode is completed if it is determined that the air cleaning mode is not being executed while the laundry management mode is forcibly executed.
It is preferable that the circulation air inlet 141 and the circulation air outlet 142 are opened and the air inlet 210 and the air outlet 250 are closed when the laundry management mode is executed, and that the circulation air inlet 141 and the circulation air outlet 142 are closed and the air inlet 210 and the air outlet 250 are opened when the equipment room drying mode is executed.
Further, it is preferable that the equipment room 200 further includes: a first flow path 220 formed to communicate the suction port 210 and the fan unit 230; a second flow path 240 in which the exhaust port 250, the fan unit 230, the first flow path 220, and the storage chamber 100 are communicated; a first flow path switching member 241 for opening and closing the circulation air inflow port 141; and a second flow path switching member 242 for opening and closing the circulation air outlet 142, wherein the first flow path switching member 241 and the second flow path switching member 242 selectively communicate the second flow path 240 with the exhaust port 250 or the storage chamber 100, and in the laundry management mode, the controller 430 closes the exhaust port 250 and opens the circulation air inlet 141 and the circulation air outlet 142 by the first flow path switching member 241 and the second flow path switching member 242, and in the air purification mode, the controller 430 opens the exhaust port 250 and closes the circulation air inlet 141 and the circulation air outlet 142 by the first flow path switching member 241 and the second flow path switching member 242.
In the air cleaning mode, the controller 430 preferably causes the air introduced through the inlet port 210 to flow through the cleaning filter unit 219, the first flow path 220, the fan unit 230, the second flow path 240, and the outlet port 250 in this order.
Further, it is preferable that the control unit 430 continuously performs the device chamber drying mode for a preset time period.
Further, it is preferable that the preset execution time of the equipment room drying mode depends on a ratio of the preset humidification time to the dehumidification time of the laundry management mode.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view schematically showing the operation of the equipment room to explain the humidification of the storage room in the clothes management mode of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view schematically showing the operation of the equipment room to explain the dehumidification of the storage room in the clothes management mode of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram schematically illustrating the operation of the equipment room in order to explain the dry noise mode of the equipment room according to the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the multi-function housing system used in the method for forcibly dehumidifying an equipment room of the multi-function housing system according to the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a method for forcibly dehumidifying an equipment room of the multifunctional storage system according to the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing information transfer among the equipment room, the memory unit, and the control unit of the multi-function housing system of the present invention.
Fig. 7a is a schematic view of an apparatus room forced dehumidification method of the multifunctional storage system according to the present invention in a case where a laundry management mode is forcibly performed during an air purification mode.
Fig. 7b is a schematic view of the forced dehumidifying method for the equipment room of the multifunctional storage system according to the present invention in the case of forcibly performing the laundry management mode when the air cleaning mode is not performed.
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100: storage chamber
141: circulating air inlet
142: circulating air flow outlet
200: equipment room
210: air suction inlet
219: purifying and filtering unit
220: first flow path
229: circulating filter unit
230: fan unit
240: second flow path
241: first flow path switching member
242: second flow path switching member
250: exhaust port
260: dehumidification part
270: water supply tank
280: condensate water tank
300: recirculation module
410: memory unit
430: control unit
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, the "laundry management mode" indicates a predetermined mode or process for cleaning laundry in the storage chamber, but it should be noted that items requiring regular cleaning, such as bedding and dolls, other than laundry, may be stored and cleaned in the storage chamber 100. In the following description, the "equipment room dry noise mode" according to an embodiment of the present invention is based on the case after the "clothes management mode" is completed, but the present invention is applicable to all cases where the humidification operation or the dehumidification operation is performed, except for the clothes management mode.
1. Description of the Structure of the multifunctional storage System
Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the multifunctional storage system of the present invention includes a storage chamber 100, an equipment chamber 200, a recycling module 300, a memory part 410, and a control part 430.
The storage chamber 100 is a space for storing clothes and the like and removing contaminants, smelly objects and the like. Therefore, the natural humidified air can be flowed into the storage chamber 100 as the circulating air and circulated after the interior thereof has risen to a high temperature. A circulation filter attachment/detachment unit (not shown), a circulation air inlet, and a circulation air outlet are disposed on the bottom surface inside the housing chamber 100. The circulation filter attachment/detachment unit is an opening that is disposed so as to be easily attached/detached for repairing, replacing, or the like the circulation filter unit 229 located in the equipment room 200.
The circulation air inlet 141 and the circulation air outlet 142 are openings for allowing circulation air inside the housing chamber 100 to flow into and out of the equipment chamber 200. The circulation air inlet 141 is formed to communicate with the fan unit 230 so that air is discharged from the equipment room 200 toward the storage room 100. The circulating air outlet 142 is formed so that air circulates from the storage chamber 100 toward the equipment chamber 200. In addition, a portion of the storage chamber 100 communicating with the circulation air inlet 141 is formed to be inclined upward, so that the air flowing in from the circulation air inlet 141 is discharged into the storage chamber 100 upward at a predetermined angle from the bottom surface of the interior of the storage chamber 100 (meaning not vertical but inclined). Accordingly, the laundry or the like stored in the storage chamber 100 is contacted in a larger area than the case where the circulating air discharged from the circulating air inlet 141 is vertical, and thus the cleaning efficiency can be improved.
The equipment room 200 is a space that functions as circulating air by allowing air to flow from the storage room 100 in the "clothes management mode", filtering the air, and allowing natural humidified air to flow out as circulating air. The equipment chamber 200 includes an air inlet 210, a first flow path 220, a fan unit 230, a second flow path 240, an air outlet 250, a dehumidification portion 260, a water supply tank 270, and a condensed water tank 280.
The inlet port 210 is a portion for sucking external air into the device chamber 200. The exhaust port 250 receives the filtered outside air from the second flow path 240 and discharges the filtered outside air to the outside. It can be switched on or off, depending on the choice. The suction port 210 is provided with a purification filter unit attachment/detachment portion (not shown) so that the purification filter unit 219 can be installed. The purification filter unit 219 plays a role of filtering the external air input in the "air purification mode" as another process of the multifunctional storage system, and may include a prefilter (prefilter), a high efficiency air filter (HEPA filter), and the like, but is not limited thereto.
The first flow path 220 communicates with the suction port 210, the second flow path 240, and the fan unit 230. A circulation filter unit 229 is provided inside the first flow path 220. The circulation filter unit 229 may function to filter the circulation air. The circulation filter unit 229 can include a humidification filter, and thus if water stored in the water supply tank 270 is supplied to the humidification filter, moisture is supplied in the process of passing the circulation air, thereby forming natural humidification air. The user can remove or install the circulation filter unit 229 by opening a door (not shown) to access a circulation filter attachment/detachment portion (not shown).
By the operation of the fan unit 230, the air inside the housing chamber 100 flows into the second flow path 240 through the circulating air outlet 142, flows into the first flow path 220 again, and flows into the fan unit 230. In this process, the air becomes natural humidified air through the humidifying filter of the circulation filter unit 229. It is supplied to the housing chamber 100 again through the second flow path 240 and through the circulating air inflow port 141. This process is repeated, thereby continuously circulating the circulation air between the receiving chamber 100 and the equipment chamber 200. The circulated air may contain contaminants or bad smells in the receiving chamber 100, but these are not discharged to the outside, thereby providing a suitable environment to the user.
The second flow path 240 receives the filtered outside air or the circulated air from the fan unit 230. The second flow path 240 is selectively communicable with one of the storage chamber 100 and the exhaust port 250, and includes a first flow path switching member 241 and a second flow path switching member 242 for controlling this. The first channel switching member 241 and the second channel switching member 242 operate in pairs to change the channel. In one embodiment, the first channel switching member 241 and the second channel switching member 242 may be members that rotate about an axis, but any mechanism for selectively changing the channel may be employed.
The dehumidifying part 260 performs a function of dehumidifying the circulating air flowing in the receiving chamber 100. For example, the dehumidifying part 260 may be a heat pump, but is not limited thereto. Heat is generated during the dehumidification performed by the dehumidifying part 260, and the heat is not wasted and can be used for laundry management. For example, the housing chamber 100 is heated to 50 to 70 degrees celsius by heat generated during dehumidification by the dehumidification unit 260, and then receives normal-temperature circulating air from the second flow path 240 through the circulating air inlet 141, thereby removing contaminants such as laundry and odor. As another example, as described above, the heat generated during dehumidification by the dehumidifier 260 is supplied to the humidifying filter of the circulation filter unit 229 or the pipe connecting the water supply tank 270 and the humidifying filter, so that the natural humidified air functioning as the circulation air can be heated. The above temperatures are merely examples, and various changes may be made without limitation. In addition, one of the dehumidifying part 260 and the circulation filtering unit 229 (i.e., the humidifying filter) may be selected to operate so as not to interfere with each other.
The water supply tank 270 stores water to be supplied to the humidification filter provided in the circulation filter unit 229. For this purpose, a circulation filter unit 229 and a pipe are connected. The condensed water tank 280 collects and stores condensed water generated in the storage chamber 100, or condensed water generated in a process in which saturated humid air generated in the storage chamber 100 flows into the first flow path 220, the second flow path 240, or the like of the equipment chamber 200 and is condensed. For this purpose, the receiving chamber 100 and/or the first flow path 220 and/or the second flow path 240 are connected by a pipe. In order to fill water or discard the collected condensed water, it is preferable that both the water supply tank 270 and the condensed water tank 280 are easily accessible to a user.
The equipment room 200 may be located in any direction with respect to the housing room 100, but is preferably located at the lower portion of the housing room 100. This is because the condensed water or the saturated humidified air condensed in the storage chamber 100 can flow into the equipment chamber 200 by its own weight and can be discharged to the outside through the condensed water tank 280.
The recirculation module 300 facilitates circulation of the circulating air. The recirculation module 300 recirculates the circulating air from above the receiving chamber 100, and thus the convection phenomenon is more smoothly accomplished in the entire receiving chamber 100. In addition, since the operation is performed regardless of whether the equipment room 200 is operated, the operation may be performed to remove contaminants such as laundry stored in the storage room 100. Although fig. 1 to 3 illustrate the state of having the recirculation module 300 as a reference, it is needless to say that the recirculation module 300 may not be provided. In addition, even if the recirculation module 300 is provided, the recirculation module 300 may be formed not to operate when the fan unit 230 operates, thereby independently operating.
The memory unit 410 is a space for storing information of the multi-function storage system. The memory unit 410 may include an EEP-ROM (electrically erasable programmable read Only memory), but is not limited thereto as long as it can store a memory. The EEP-ROM can be written and deleted by the control section 430. The EEP-ROM may be configured as a non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory) in which information stored therein is maintained without being erased even if power supply is stopped by turning off the power supply.
The control unit 430 functions to operate each device provided in the facility room 200. Specifically, the control unit 430 can set the interior of the storage chamber 100 to a specific state by operating each device provided in the facility chamber 200. The operation states of the respective machines provided in the equipment room 200 are different when the laundry management mode and the air cleaning mode are performed. The device used in the control unit 430 may include a microcomputer (MICOM), but is not limited thereto as long as it can be used for calculation, control, and the like. The microcomputer may be configured as a very small computer or the like having an arithmetic processing unit and a storage device mounted thereon.
On the other hand, the memory unit 410 can store various programs, data, and the like in cooperation with the control unit 430. The program stored in the memory can be executed by the control section 430. In the present description, the memory unit 410 and the control unit 430 are described as separate structures, but this represents functional separation, and does not represent physical separation. The memory part 410 and the control part 430 may be formed in one body according to a system and a machine to be implemented.
2. Description of forced dehumidification method for equipment room of multifunctional storage system
The forced dehumidification method of the equipment room of the present invention is constituted by steps S100 to S120.
(1) Description of clothes management modes
Step S100 is a step of executing the "laundry management mode".
The equipment room 200 may perform a pre-treatment process P constituting a detailed process of the laundry management modepreHumidification process PhumidA dehumidification process PdryPost-treatment process Ppost. Hereinafter, the laundry management mode is roughly classified into the pretreatment process PpreHumidification process PhumidA dehumidification process PdryPost-treatment process PpostHowever, an additional mode related to the cleaning of the laundry may be added. On the other hand, the equipment room 200 can be operated so that the operation of the laundry management mode can follow the pretreatment process PpreHumidification process PhumidA dehumidification process PdryPost-treatment process PpostSequentially executed, but with pre-processing of the process PprePost-treatment process PpostThe structure can omit a part or all of the components according to the selection of the user.
1) Humidification process PhumidDescription of the invention
Referring to FIG. 1, a humidifying process P will be describedhumidThe operation of each structure of the equipment room 200.
In the humidification process PhumidThe air sucked by the fan unit 230 passes through the circulation filter unit 229 to form natural humidified air. The circulation air inlet 141 and the circulation air outlet 142 are opened to circulate the natural humidified air into the storage chamber 100. Here, the circulation filter unit 229 may be provided with a humidification filter, and water may be supplied from the water supply tank 270 to the humidification filter of the circulation filter unit 229 and stored in the humidification filter by a supply pump (not shown)The water in the water tank 270 is forcibly supplied.
Humidification process PhumidNatural humidified air is circulated into the storage chamber 100, thereby forming a humid environment inside the storage chamber 100. This can humidify the clothes stored in the storage chamber 100. The air particles contained in the natural humidified air are combined with the contaminant particles and the foreign odor particles stuck to the clothes, and in the dehumidification process P described laterdryDuring the process of dehumidifying the clothes during operation, pollutant particles and peculiar smell particles are removed from the clothes.
On the other hand, in fig. 1, the description has been made with reference to the case where the fan 230 is a suction fan, but it may be constituted by a discharge fan, in which case the arrangement of the respective structures inside the equipment room 200 may be rearranged to be suitable for the discharge fan.
2) Dehumidification Process PdryDuring operation
Referring to FIG. 2, a dehumidification process P is illustrateddryThe operation of the various structures of the equipment room 200.
Dehumidification Process PdryThe dehumidifying unit 260 located inside the equipment room 200 is operated to dehumidify the circulating air flowing through the storage room 100. In order to dehumidify the storage chamber 100, the fan unit 230 is operated to circulate the dry air, and the circulation air inlet 141 and the circulation air outlet 142 are opened. The condensate tank 280 stores the condensate generated at this time. By performing a dehumidification process PdryThe contaminant particles and the odor particles stuck to the laundry can be removed from the laundry.
3) Pretreatment Process PpreAnd a post-treatment process PpostDuring operation
Referring to FIG. 3, a pretreatment process P is illustratedpreAnd a post-treatment process PpostThe operation of each structure of the equipment room 200.
Pretreatment Process PpreIs an initial step of the laundry management process, which discharges air to primarily remove relatively large particles of dust or contaminants stuck to laundry, etc. Pretreatment Process PpreAlso known as air shower, represents a process of strongly spraying air. Inside the overall removal storage chamber 100Before the contaminants etc. stuck to the laundry, the contaminants may be brushed off in advance to improve the cleaning efficiency of the laundry. In a pretreatment process PpreIn this configuration, the circulation filter unit 229 and the dehumidifier 260 are not operated, and only the fan unit 230 is operated.
Working-up procedure PpostIt is an ending step of the laundry management process, and the fan unit 230 supplies air to remove foreign substances possibly remaining on the laundry again and to dry the inside of the receiving chamber 100 again. Pretreatment Process PpreAnd a post-treatment process PpostThe operation of each structure of the equipment room 200 is the same, but the input of the fan unit 230 may be controlled to be different. For example, in a pretreatment process PpreThe output of the fan unit 230 may be relative to the post-processing process PpostThe output of the fan unit 230 in (1) is greater.
In addition, the pretreatment process P is described in the present specificationpreAnd post-treatment process PpostPerforms a humidification process P in betweenhumidAnd a dehumidification process PdryBut a humidification process PhumidAnd a dehumidification process PdryCan be repeatedly executed, and the user can adjust the humidifying process P according to the type of clothes or cloth stored in the storage chamber 100humidAnd a dehumidification process PdryThe number of executions of (c).
In addition, it is preferable to perform the pretreatment process PpreAnd post-treatment process PpostThe middle storage chamber 100 and the equipment chamber 200 are communicated with each other and are operated in a state of being blocked from the outside air. This is because, in particular, the preprocessing procedure P is carried outpreIn this case, if the equipment room 200 is not blocked from the outside, foreign particles in the storage room 100 may be discharged to the outside of the multifunctional storage system, which may reduce the air quality of the space where the multifunctional storage system is located. Post-processing procedure PpostIn order to block the influence on the humidity and temperature of the space in which the multifunctional housing system is located, it is preferable to operate the equipment room 200 in a state of being blocked from the outside air.
(2) Description for end of laundry management mode
Step S110 is a step of ending the laundry management mode, and is described with reference to fig. 6.
In this connection, the memory unit 410 is configured to store information on a predetermined mode when the predetermined mode for the equipment room 200 is completed.
Step S110 further includes: step S111, the control unit 430 downloads information on the mode that is finally ended from the memory unit 410; and step S112, the control part 430 determines whether the finally ended mode downloaded in step S111 is the laundry management mode.
That is, steps S111 and S112 are steps for determining whether or not the mode currently stored in the memory unit 410, that is, the mode last executed is the laundry management mode. Accordingly, the control unit 430 determines whether or not the device chamber dry mode is to be executed. This is because, as described above, humidification and dehumidification are alternately performed in the laundry management mode, whereas humidification and dehumidification may not be performed in modes other than the laundry management mode, in order to prevent the equipment room drying mode from being unnecessarily performed after these modes are ended.
(3) Drying mode of the Equipment Chamber
Step S120 is a step of executing the device chamber dry mode. The following description will be made with reference to fig. 3 and 4.
Here, the equipment room drying mode is basically operated for a preset time period for drying the inside of the equipment room 200, and the air cleaning mode is automatically operated according to a user's selection or a user's setting condition for cleaning the air in the space where the multifunctional storage system is installed in addition to the drying of the inside of the equipment room 200, with respect to the distinction between the equipment room drying mode and the air cleaning mode, and the operation time and the operation purpose are different.
However, the operation of the internal structure of the equipment room 200 is similar to the air cleaning mode described later, and the "air cleaning mode" is used below to replace the equipment room drying mode.
The air cleaning mode is a mode in which only the equipment room 200 is operated separately and independently from the storage room 100 to perform a function of cleaning the outside air. Namely, the following operation modes are provided: in a state where the outside air is contaminated, there is a possibility that clean clothes and the like are located inside the storage chamber 100, and thus the outside air does not flow into the storage chamber 100.
If the user selects the air cleaning mode, the exhaust valve 650 of the door 600 is opened and the suction port 210 is also opened.
The first inflow conversion member 241 and the second flow path conversion member 242 of the equipment chamber 200 operate to communicate the second flow path 240 with the exhaust port 250 and block the housing chamber 100 and the first flow path 220. In this process, the storage chamber 100 becomes a space independent of the equipment chamber 200.
The fan unit 230 operates. By the operation of the fan unit 230, the external air flows into the first flow path 220 through the suction port 210 and flows toward the fan unit 230. In the process of passing through the suction port 210, the external air is filtered by the purifying filter unit 219 provided at the suction port 210. In the process of passing through the first flow path 220, it may be further filtered by a circulation filtering unit 229 located at the first flow path 220. In the process of forcibly circulating the air by the fan unit 230, the humidifying filter provided in the circulation filter unit 229 is dried, and the humidification filter to which water is always supplied from the water supply tank 270 is dried to prevent the growth of bacteria, and also to solve the problem of generation of odor. The filtered outside air having passed through the fan unit 230 passes through the second flow path 240 and is discharged to the outside through the exhaust port 250.
Through repeating this process, the utility model discloses a multi-functional storage system carries out an air purifier's function. The external air is continuously introduced into the equipment room 200 and filtered, and the filtered air is continuously discharged.
The preferred air purification mode can be performed regardless of whether the user opens the door 600. During the operation of the air cleaning mode, the user can freely open the door 600 to put laundry or the like inside the receiving chamber 100 or take out the laundry or the like. The water supply tank 270 can be filled with water and the water in the condensate tank 280 can be drained at any time. Since the door 600 does not cover the air inlet 210 and the air outlet 250 is opened from the inside of the door 600, the opening of the door 600 does not affect the air cleaning mode operation.
The user can confirm whether the air cleaning mode or the laundry management mode is currently operated by confirming whether the exhaust valve 650 is opened or not even at a position far from the multifunctional storage system, that is, at a position where the control part 610 is not seen clearly.
Referring to fig. 7a and b, a process of performing the air cleaning mode again after the equipment room drying mode is finished will be described.
In step S120, if it is determined by control unit 430 that the laundry management mode of step S100 is forcibly executed during execution of the air cleaning mode, the air cleaning mode is executed again after the laundry management mode is ended. This is because the equipment room dry mode is performed for a preset time, and if the air purification mode is already being performed, the air purification mode is performed again after the execution of the equipment room dry mode is finished, which may improve user convenience.
In contrast, if control unit 430 determines that the laundry management mode of step S100 is not being executed during execution of the air cleaning mode, the equipment room drying mode is executed for a preset time period after the laundry management mode is finished. Here, the case where the air cleaning mode is not executed may be a state where the power supply is turned off. In the case where the laundry management mode is executed by the user's operation in the state where the power is turned off, the equipment room drying mode is executed for only a preset time after the laundry management mode is finished. The preset time is preferably 30 minutes, which can be continuously performed.
In addition, as a modification example described above, the plant chamber drying mode may be set to be executed at a different time depending on the ratio of the humidification time to the dehumidification time in the clothes drying mode executed in step S100, instead of being executed for a preset time. The humidity inside the equipment room 200 may be different according to a ratio of the humidification time to the dehumidification time in order to optimize the dehumidification efficiency in consideration of the humidity inside the equipment room 200.
While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the same is by way of illustration and example only and that various modifications and equivalents of the novel embodiments of the present invention may be made by those skilled in the art. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the claims.

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1. A multifunctional storage system for performing forced dehumidification of an equipment room when a laundry management mode in which a storage room is humidified or dehumidified is finished, the multifunctional storage system comprising:
a storage chamber;
an equipment room having a fan unit; and
a control part for operating the equipment room in any one of a plurality of modes including a clothes management mode and an equipment room drying mode,
the control part forcibly executes an equipment room drying mode in which the equipment room is dehumidified if the clothes management mode is finished,
in the equipment chamber drying mode, the control unit controls the fan unit to operate in a state where the equipment chamber is in communication with outside air.
2. The multi-functional storage system of claim 1,
the equipment room further comprises:
an air suction port and an air discharge port for communicating external air with the equipment room; and
a purifying and filtering unit for filtering the external air sucked from the suction port,
in the device chamber dry mode,
the external air sucked from the air suction port is filtered by the purifying and filtering unit and then discharged to the air discharge port.
3. The multi-functional storage system of claim 2,
the equipment room further comprises:
a dehumidification section configured to dehumidify the circulation air flowing through the storage chamber;
a circulating air inlet and a circulating air outlet for communicating the storage chamber with the equipment chamber; and
a circulation filter unit that supplies moisture to the circulation air supplied to the housing chamber through the circulation air inflow port,
in the laundry management mode, in which the laundry management mode,
the dehumidification section and the circulation filtration unit are alternately operated by the control section.
4. The multi-functional storage system of claim 1, further comprising:
a memory unit for storing information on a predetermined mode when the predetermined mode for the equipment room is ended,
the control part downloads information about a finally ended mode from the memory part, and determines whether the downloaded finally ended mode is the laundry management mode.
5. A multi-functional storage system according to claim 3,
the control part controls the air purification mode to be executed again after the clothes management mode is finished when judging that the clothes management mode is executed forcibly during the execution of the air purification mode,
the control part controls the device chamber drying mode to be executed only for a preset time after the laundry management mode is finished, if it is determined that the air cleaning mode is not being executed when the laundry management mode is forcibly executed.
6. A multi-functional storage system according to claim 3,
when the laundry management mode is performed, the circulation air inflow port and the circulation air outflow port are opened, and the intake port and the exhaust port are closed,
when the equipment room drying mode is executed, the circulation air inflow port and the circulation air outflow port are closed, and the intake port and the exhaust port are opened.
7. The multi-functional storage system of claim 6,
the equipment room further comprises:
a first flow path formed to communicate the air inlet and the fan unit;
a second flow path in which the exhaust port, the fan unit, the first flow path, and the storage chamber are communicated with each other;
a first flow path switching member for opening and closing the circulating air inflow port; and
a second flow path switching member for opening and closing the circulating air outflow port,
the first and second flow path switching members selectively communicate the second flow path with the exhaust port or the housing chamber,
in the laundry management mode, the control unit closes the air outlet by the first and second flow path switching members and opens the circulation air inlet and the circulation air outlet,
in the air cleaning mode, the control unit opens the exhaust port and closes the circulating air inlet and the circulating air outlet by the first and second flow path switching members.
8. The multi-functional storage system of claim 7,
in the air cleaning mode, the control unit causes the air flowing in through the air inlet to flow through the cleaning filter unit, the first flow path, the fan unit, the second flow path, and the air outlet in this order.
9. The multi-functional storage system of claim 1,
the control unit continuously executes the device chamber drying mode for a preset time.
10. The multi-functional storage system of claim 9,
the preset execution time of the equipment room drying mode depends on a preset humidification time to dehumidification time ratio of the laundry management mode.
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