CN214422942U - Clothing sterilization apparatus and clothing processing apparatus - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a clothing sterilization apparatus and clothing processing apparatus, clothing sterilization apparatus include the urceolus, are used for holding the inner tube of clothing, the urceolus cover is established on the inner tube, motor control the inner tube is rotatory or the swing, its characterized in that, still including setting up ultraviolet emergence part, fan part, heater block on the urceolus, it is porose to set up on the inner tube, the ultraviolet ray that ultraviolet emergence part produced can see through on the hole shines the clothing. The heating component and the ultraviolet generating component are used for combined sterilization, so that the clothes can be sterilized more thoroughly, and the sterilization efficiency is improved.
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Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of the clothing disinfection treatment, concretely relates to clothing sterilization apparatus and clothing processing apparatus.
Background
In the continuous development process of the washing machine market in recent years, the consumption promotion trend of quality life demands leads the washing machine industry to carry out continuous technical innovation and development aiming at the healthy washing and protecting demands. According to literature records and related investigations, the washing machine with the service life of more than half a year has a relatively serious bacterial and viral pollution phenomenon, particularly over 85 percent of bacteria, over 72.5 percent of mould, over 99.9 percent of escherichia coli and over 76 percent of virus, and the washing machine has great hidden danger to the health of consumers when being used for washing clothes. Especially for the clothes health of infants, the clothes are more important for consumers to pay attention.
The main sterilization modes of the washing machine in the market at present comprise high-temperature sterilization, ozone sterilization, silver ion sterilization, ultraviolet sterilization and the like. The ozone sterilization technology has low sterilization rate, the ozone has heavy taste, and the ozone can cause harm to human bodies when in high concentration; the silver ion sterilization technology has good sterilization effect, but researches show that silver ions have damage to human DNA and are prohibited from being used as antibacterial agents in developed countries in Europe and America, and the single high-temperature sterilization effect is not ideal. Ultraviolet degerming is tasteless, does not also produce harmful material, is fine degerming mode, but its effect of using ultraviolet degerming alone is not good, and current ultraviolet degerming mode illumination is inhomogeneous moreover, can not satisfy user's degerming requirement, and at present, the consumer demand of high-efficient degerming, healthy laundry is urgently needed to be solved.
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The utility model aims at the weak point that exists among the above-mentioned technique, provide a clothing sterilization apparatus and clothing processing apparatus to solve above-mentioned technical problem.
The utility model provides a clothing sterilization apparatus, including urceolus, the inner tube that is used for holding the clothing, the urceolus cover is established on the inner tube, and the motor control inner tube is rotatory or the swing, still including setting up ultraviolet emergence part, fan part, the heater block on the urceolus, sets up porosely on the inner tube, and the ultraviolet ray that ultraviolet emergence part produced can see through on the hole shines the clothing.
Further, a temperature control component and a temperature monitoring component are also arranged on the outer barrel, and the temperature control component is electrically connected with the heating component, the fan component and the temperature monitoring component; the temperature monitoring part transmits the detected temperature signal to the temperature control part, and the temperature control part controls the power of the heating part and the rotating speed of the fan part.
Further, be provided with the wind channel on the urceolus, the air outlet in wind channel is located the inner tube top, and fan part, heater block and temperature monitoring part all set up in the wind channel, and temperature monitoring part sets up and is close to air outlet department, and the heater block sets up the position between fan part and temperature monitoring part.
Further, the ultraviolet generating component is positioned between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder and is not contacted with the inner cylinder.
Further, the distance L between the ultraviolet generating component and the inner cylinder is more than or equal to 0.5a + R and less than or equal to a + R, wherein a is the distance between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder, and R is the equivalent radius of the theoretical emitter of the ultraviolet generating component.
Furthermore, at least 2 ultraviolet generating components are uniformly distributed around the inner cylinder.
Further, the ultraviolet generating component is an ultraviolet mercury lamp or an LED ultraviolet light source.
Further, in the clothes sterilization process, the heating time and the heating temperature of the heating part are selected according to the requirements of users or the types and the total mass of the clothes to be treated, and the value range of the set temperature is 60-130 ℃; the ultraviolet irradiation intensity and irradiation time of the ultraviolet generating part are selected according to the type and total mass of the clothes to be treated.
Further, the ultraviolet irradiation intensity is preferably 7-10W/m 2, and the irradiation time is preferably 10-60 minutes.
The utility model also provides a clothing processing apparatus, include as above-mentioned any technical scheme clothing sterilization apparatus or include as above-mentioned any technical scheme clothing sterilization method, clothing processing apparatus is washing machine or washing and drying all-in-one.
The utility model provides a clothing sterilization apparatus and clothing processing apparatus jointly carries out disinfection and isolation through high temperature and ultraviolet ray, can realize the efficient sterilization, and operating time subtracts the weak point, and is efficient.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a clothes sterilization device according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a preferred clothes sterilization method of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a flow chart of an alternative embodiment of the clothes sterilization method of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a flow chart of an alternative embodiment of the clothes sterilization method of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the ultraviolet generating part of the present invention illuminating the light-emitting region;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the position of the ultraviolet generating part of the present invention;
in the figure: 1. an outer cylinder; 2. an inner barrel; 3. a fan component; 4. a temperature control component; 5. a heating member; 6. a temperature monitoring component; 7. an ultraviolet generating part; 8. an air duct.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
The terminology used in the embodiments of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the embodiments of the present invention and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and "a plurality" typically includes at least two, but does not exclude the presence of at least one.
It should be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein is merely one type of association that describes an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.
It is also noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a good or system that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such good or system. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a commodity or system that includes the element.
It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict. The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.
As shown in fig. 1, a clothes sterilization device comprises an outer cylinder 1 and an inner cylinder 2 for containing clothes, wherein the outer cylinder 1 is sleeved on the inner cylinder 2, a motor controls the inner cylinder 2 to rotate or swing, the sterilization device also comprises an ultraviolet generating component 7, a fan component 3 and a heating component 5 which are arranged on the outer cylinder 1, holes are arranged on the inner cylinder 1, and ultraviolet rays generated by the ultraviolet generating component 7 can irradiate the clothes through the holes. The ultraviolet generating unit 7 is preferably an LED ultraviolet lamp, and may be other ultraviolet light generating units such as an ultraviolet mercury lamp.
Preferably, the outer cylinder 1 is further provided with a temperature control component 4 and a temperature monitoring component 6, the temperature control component 4 and the temperature monitoring component 6 are electrically connected with the heating component 5, and the temperature control component 4 is electrically connected with the fan component 3; the temperature control part 4 controls the power of the heating part 5 and the rotating speed of the fan part 3,
the outer barrel 1 is also provided with a temperature control component 4 and a temperature monitoring component 6, and the temperature control component 4 is electrically connected with the heating component 5, the fan component 3 and the temperature monitoring component 6; the temperature monitoring part 6 transmits the detected temperature signal to the temperature control part 4, and the temperature control part 4 controls the power of the heating part 5 and the rotating speed of the fan part 3.
Be provided with wind channel 8 on urceolus 1, the air outlet in wind channel 8 is located inner tube 2 tops, and fan part 3, heater block 5 and temperature monitoring part 6 all set up in wind channel 8, and temperature monitoring part 6 sets up and is close to air outlet department, and heater block 5 sets up the position between fan part 3 and temperature monitoring part 6. The temperature monitoring part 6 can be partially positioned in the air duct 8, namely, a temperature sensing probe of the temperature monitoring part 6 is positioned in the air duct 8; the temperature control component 4 can be a temperature limiter or a temperature controller. Through setting up wind channel 8, directly send the heat into the inner tube, reduce calorific loss.
Preferably, the ultraviolet generating member 7 is located between the inner cylinder 2 and the outer cylinder 1 and does not contact the inner cylinder 2. It is further preferred that the distance L between the ultraviolet generating member 7 and the inner cylinder 2 is not less than 0.5a + R and not more than a + R, i.e., 0.5a + R. ltoreq.L.ltoreq.a + R, where a is the distance between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder and R is the equivalent radius of the theoretical emitter of the ultraviolet generating member, so that more ultraviolet rays can be irradiated into the inner cylinder 2. In order to achieve better sterilization and disinfection effects, at least 2 ultraviolet generating components 7 are uniformly distributed around the inner cylinder 2. The ultraviolet generating component 7 is an ultraviolet mercury lamp or an LED ultraviolet light source.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the clothes sterilization device performs clothes sterilization by using the following method, which specifically comprises the following steps:
s1: switching on the power supply of the clothes sterilizing device and placing the clothes to be treated in the inner drum 2;
s2: selecting whether to perform a sterilization program according to the requirement by a user;
s3: if the user chooses not to perform the sterilization procedure, directly entering a washing procedure; if the user selects to perform the sterilization program, performing the sterilization program before the washing program starts or after the washing program finishes;
the sterilization procedure comprises the following steps of firstly carrying out a heating procedure, starting a heating part and a fan part, and heating the air around the inner cylinder; and when the temperature reaches the set temperature, starting a UV sterilization program, starting the ultraviolet generating component, and carrying out ultraviolet disinfection treatment on the clothes.
Preferably, in the sterilization process, the inner drum 2 is driven by the motor to keep rotating, and the clothes continuously rotate in the inner drum 2, so that the clothes are heated more uniformly and irradiated by ultraviolet light, and the sterilization is more comprehensive and thorough.
In the whole process of the sterilization procedure, the temperature control component 4 controls the output power of the heating component 5 and the rotating speed of the fan component 3 to keep the air around the inner cylinder 2 at 60-130 ℃, or the temperature control component 4 only controls the output power of the heating component 5 to keep the control around the inner cylinder 2 at 60-130 ℃ and the fan component 3 keeps the set rotating speed to work. When the temperature monitored by the temperature monitoring part 6 is higher than the set temperature, the temperature control part 4 controls the power of the heating part 5 to be reduced, so that the temperature is reduced, and meanwhile, the rotating speed of the fan part 6 can be further controlled to be increased; when the temperature monitored by the temperature monitoring part 6 is lower than the set temperature, the temperature control part 4 controls the power of the heating part 5 to be increased, so that the temperature is increased, and meanwhile, the rotating speed of the fan part 6 can be further controlled to be reduced. If the rotating speed of the fan component 3 is not adjustable, the rated rotating speed of the fan component 3 is maintained to work.
In the sterilization procedure, a heating procedure is firstly carried out, and a heating part and a fan part are started to heat the air around the inner cylinder; and when the temperature reaches the set temperature, closing the heating part and the fan part, starting the UV sterilization program, starting the ultraviolet generation part, and performing ultraviolet disinfection treatment on the clothes.
Preferably, in the sterilization procedure, the set temperature t is in the range of any temperature point or any temperature segment in the range of 60-130 degrees centigrade, such as t 100 degrees centigrade, 60 ≦ t ≦ 130 or 80 < t < 120. The set temperature t can be selected by the user according to the requirements or according to the type and the total mass of the clothes to be treated.
In a preferred UV sterilization procedure, the intensity and time of light irradiation are selected according to the kind and total mass of the laundry to be treated. The clothes type material can be judged by setting an RFID system on the clothes treatment device, an AI camera sampling, a spectrum analysis technology, a three-axis acceleration sensor for analyzing the motion state of the clothes, water absorption (quantity) and the like, and the clothes quality can be weighed by a weight sensor for weighing the total weight of the clothes.
The illumination intensity and illumination time can be selected and calculated as follows. The dose of uv light is the product of uv light intensity and contact time.
As shown in FIG. 5, according to the directly irradiated hole and the two adjacent holes which are adjacent, the irradiated area regions are respectively a directly irradiated region I and an adjacent irradiated region II, and the areas are respectively SI、SII. The theoretical irradiation coefficient kSIs composed of
Wherein k islIs SIIrradiation coefficient of area, kIIIs SIIIrradiation coefficient of area, S0Area of the cross-sectional area of the inner barrel.
The ultraviolet dose is the product of the ultraviolet intensity and the contact time, and the actual ultraviolet dose is M-M considering the influence of the holes on the inner cylinder 20*kS，M0The theoretical ultraviolet dose is determined according to factors such as the type of bacteria, the type of clothes, the quality and the like, and the set ultraviolet dose is more accurate by combining the consideration of the size of the holes and the irradiation area.
Ultraviolet intensity E preset range: 1-15W/m 2, and performing primary selection E of the illumination intensity within a preset range according to the type and quality of the clothes, wherein the primary selection E of the illumination intensity needs to be determined according to a specific washing program, for example, in standard washing, a median of 7-10W/m 2 is recommended. The actual illumination time may be calculated as follows:
the theoretical illumination time t0 is:
the actual illumination time t is:
wherein alpha is the UV illumination supplement; delta is the UV illumination allowance; the values of alpha and delta are related to the type, mass and rotating speed of clothes and the density of holes on the inner drum, alpha is more than or equal to 0.7 and less than or equal to 6.46, and delta is more than 0 and less than or equal to 40.
The illumination time can also be selected and calculated in a simplified manner as follows.
Firstly, selecting the types of clothes and setting a proper dosage lambda 0 of unit mass required by ultraviolet sterilization of the clothes;
then drying by mass section according to the weight of the clothes, wherein the weight of the weighed clothes is M1, and the total ultraviolet dose required by the clothes is M1 multiplied by lambda 0 multiplied by Ks
Assuming that the primarily selected UV intensity of the UV generator in the barrel is E0, the theoretical illumination time is
Due to the limitation of the actual light transmission amount of the holes of the inner barrel 2, the disinfection time is added with delta t, and the actual illumination time is as follows:
wherein Δ t is preferably 0 to 600 s.
Preferably, the washing program is a first washing program or a second washing program, the first washing program includes steps of washing and dewatering in sequence, and the second washing program includes steps of washing, dewatering and drying in sequence. The user selects the first washing course or the second washing course according to the requirement.
In order to make the clothes sterilization device more intelligent and match the sterilization mode for the user; in a preferred embodiment, when the user selects the second washing program and selects the sterilization program, the dry sterilization program is automatically entered, that is, the sterilization program is performed when the laundry is in a dry state; as shown in fig. 2, the dry sterilization process may be performed by performing the sterilization process directly after step S2, and performing the second washing process after the sterilization process is completed; as shown in fig. 3, another dry sterilization process is directly performed to the second washing process after step S2, and then to the sterilization process after the second washing process is completed.
When the user selects the first washing program, the wet sterilization program is automatically entered, namely, the sterilization program is carried out under the condition that the clothes contain more moisture; as shown in fig. 4, the wet sterilization process is performed after step S2, and the wet sterilization process is performed after the first washing process is completed. Preferably, after the user selects the first washing program, the user is reminded whether to dry, and if the user selects to dry, the user will finish the sterilization program and then dry.
Another preferred embodiment is that three options are provided in step S2, and the user can select any one of the dry sterilization procedure, the wet sterilization procedure or the non-sterilization procedure according to the requirement. The clothes sterilizing device automatically performs a dry sterilizing program or a wet sterilizing program according to the selection of a user; alternatively, in step S2, after the user selects the sterilization program, the user selects either one of the dry sterilization program and the wet sterilization program as needed.
Another specific embodiment is a laundry treatment apparatus comprising the laundry sterilization apparatus according to any one of the above embodiments or the laundry sterilization method according to any one of the above embodiments, wherein the laundry treatment apparatus is a washing machine or a washing and drying machine. In the washing and drying integrated machine, the heating component 5 can be replaced by a drying component without newly adding the heating component 5. The washing machine may be a pulsator washing machine or a drum washing machine.
The foregoing is merely a preferred embodiment of the invention and is not intended to limit the invention in any way. The technical solutions of the present invention can be used by anyone skilled in the art to make many possible variations and modifications to the technical solution of the present invention, or to modify equivalent embodiments with equivalent variations, without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the present invention. Therefore, any modification, equivalent change and modification of the above embodiments according to the present invention are all within the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. A clothes sterilization device comprises an outer barrel and an inner barrel used for containing clothes, wherein the outer barrel is sleeved on the inner barrel, a motor controls the inner barrel to rotate or swing; when the clothes are sterilized, the heating component and the fan component are started to heat the air in the inner cylinder; and when the temperature reaches the set temperature, the ultraviolet generating component is started to carry out ultraviolet disinfection treatment on the clothes.
2. The clothes sterilization device according to claim 1, wherein a temperature control part and a temperature monitoring part are further provided on the outer tub, and the temperature control part is electrically connected with the heating part, the fan part and the temperature monitoring part; the temperature monitoring component transmits the detected temperature signal to the temperature control component, and the temperature control component controls the power of the heating component and the rotating speed of the fan component.
3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the outer tube has an air duct, an air outlet of the air duct is located above the inner tube, the fan unit, the heating unit and the temperature monitoring unit are all disposed in the air duct, the temperature monitoring unit is disposed near the air outlet, and the heating unit is disposed between the fan unit and the temperature monitoring unit.
4. A garment sterilisation device according to claim 3, wherein the uv generating means is located between the inner drum and the outer drum and is not in contact with the inner drum.
5. A garment sterilisation device according to claim 4, wherein the distance L between the UV generating means and the inner drum is greater than or equal to 0.5a + R and less than or equal to a + R, wherein a is the distance between the inner drum and the outer drum and R is the equivalent radius of the theoretical emitter of the UV generating means.
6. A garment sterilisation device according to claim 4, wherein at least 2 of said UV generating means are evenly distributed about the inner drum.
7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the ultraviolet generating means is an ultraviolet mercury lamp or an LED ultraviolet light source.
8. The clothes sterilization device according to claim 5, wherein in the clothes sterilization process, the heating time and the heating temperature of the heating part are selected according to the requirements of a user or the type and the total mass of the clothes to be treated, and the set temperature ranges from 60 ℃ to 130 ℃; and selecting the ultraviolet irradiation intensity and the irradiation time of the ultraviolet generating part according to the type and the total mass of the clothes to be treated.
9. The clothes sterilization device according to claim 8, wherein the ultraviolet irradiation intensity is 7-10W/m 2, and the irradiation time is preferably 10-60 minutes.
10. A laundry treatment apparatus comprising a laundry sterilization apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the laundry treatment apparatus is a washing machine or a washing and drying all-in-one machine.
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