CN214736823U

CN214736823U - Clothes dryer

Info

Publication number: CN214736823U
Application number: CN202120275946.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 彭小明; 薛洪丽; 肖毅
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2021-01-29
Filing date: 2021-01-29
Publication date: 2021-11-16
Anticipated expiration: 2031-01-29

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of household appliances, and provides a clothes dryer, which comprises: the drying machine comprises a machine body, a heating source and a plurality of drying chambers, wherein the heating source and the plurality of drying chambers are positioned in the machine body; the chamber where the heating source is located and the plurality of drying chambers are independent respectively; the hot air flow emitted by the heating source is switched on and off with each drying chamber through the switching device respectively so as to dry at least one drying chamber. When the drying device is used, the drying chambers can be switched to save energy.

Description

Clothes dryer

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a clothes dryer.

Background

At present, multiple type dryers comprising a plurality of drying chambers have appeared on the market. The multiple clothes dryer can respectively dry clothes and other wearing articles put into the respective drying cavities.

The clothes dryer on the market can perform drying treatment on each drying object by enabling a plurality of drying cavities to work simultaneously, and has high drying performance and efficiency. However, such a dryer can only dry all the drying cavities simultaneously or dry the main cavity independently, and other auxiliary cavities cannot dry independently, and cannot achieve the purpose of energy saving.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The main purpose of this application is to overcome the above-mentioned problem that the dryer of prior art dries simultaneously and leads to energy-conserving effect poor, provides a dryer.

The present application provides a clothes dryer, comprising: the drying machine comprises a machine body, a heating source and a plurality of drying chambers, wherein the heating source and the plurality of drying chambers are positioned in the machine body; the chamber where the heating source is located and the drying chambers are independent respectively; and hot air flow emitted by the heating source is switched on and off with each drying chamber through a switching device respectively so as to dry at least one drying chamber.

Optionally, a plurality of first drying chambers are formed in the plurality of drying chambers respectively; or a plurality of second drying chambers are formed in the plurality of drying chambers respectively; or, a first drying cavity is formed in part of the drying chamber, and a second drying cavity is formed in the drying chamber.

Optionally, the switching device includes a first switching component, and/or a second switching component; the on-off between the hot air flow of the heating source and the first drying cavity is controlled through the first switching component, and the on-off between the hot air flow of the heating source and the second drying cavity is controlled through the second switching component.

Optionally, the first drying cavity is provided with an air inlet in the air flow direction of the heat source; the first switching assembly comprises a first driving piece and a first control valve, the first driving piece is in transmission connection with the first control valve, the first control valve is located at the air inlet, and the first driving piece drives the first control valve to move so as to realize opening and closing of the air inlet.

Optionally, the output end of the first driving part is provided with a gear, the first control valve is provided with a rack adapted to the gear, and the first driving part drives the gear to rotate forward or backward, so that the rack drives the first control valve to move back and forth.

Optionally, an air inlet channel is arranged in the second drying cavity in the air flow direction of the heating source; the second switching component comprises a second driving piece and a second control valve, the second driving piece is in transmission connection with the second control valve, and the second control valve is located at the air inlet or the air outlet of the air inlet channel and drives the second control valve to rotate so as to seal or open the air inlet channel.

Optionally, the second control valve has a blade width D₁Length d of₁The width of the cross section of the air inlet channel is D₂Length d of₂(ii) a Wherein D is₁≥D₂，d₁≥d₂。

Optionally, a roller is rotatably mounted in the first drying cavity, and a drawer is slidably mounted in the second drying cavity.

Optionally, an exhaust device is further arranged in the machine body; and the exhaust device is communicated with the exhaust channels of the first drying cavity and the second drying cavity.

Optionally, the exhaust device includes an air guide duct and exhaust blades, the air guide duct is communicated with the exhaust channels of the first drying chamber and the second drying chamber, and the exhaust blades are disposed in the air guide duct.

Optionally, a braking device is further included in the machine body; the brake device comprises a third driving piece and a clutch; the output end of the third driving piece is in transmission connection with the driving end of the clutch and the exhaust fan blade, and the output end of the clutch is in transmission connection with the roller.

Optionally, the device further comprises a control device; the control device comprises a knob and a controller, the knob is electrically connected with the controller to output signal instructions, and the controller is respectively electrically connected with the switching device and the braking device to control the switching of the drying mode.

According to the technical scheme, the clothes dryer has the advantages and positive effects that:

the application provides a pair of clothes dryer has a plurality of drying chambers, switches the heat source supply to the heat source of a plurality of drying chambers through auto-change over device, for the drying-machine of many stoving cavitys that has announced, this application carries out simultaneous heating or realizes carrying out independent heating to certain drying chamber through auto-change over device to different drying chambers by same heat source to reach the purpose of drying to the clothing of different kind or quantity, can also reduce the energy consumption simultaneously.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive labor.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a dryer according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an opened internal structure of a dryer according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3 is an internal hot air flow diagram of a dryer according to an exemplary embodiment;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view illustrating a braking apparatus of a dryer according to an exemplary embodiment.

Wherein the reference numerals are as follows:

1. a first drying chamber; 11. a drum; 111. a door body; 12. a drum pulley; 13. a first exhaust duct; 14. an air inlet; 2. a second drying chamber; 21. a drawer; 211. a cover body; 22. A second air exhaust channel; 3. an air diversion chamber; 31. a heat generating source; 32. an airflow chamber housing; 33. a shunt chamber cover; 41. a first switching assembly; 411. a first driving member; 412. a first control valve; 42. A second switching component; 421. a second driving member; 422. a second control valve; 5. an air exhaust device; 51. an air guide channel; 52. air exhaust fan blades; 53. an exhaust belt pulley; 6. a braking device; 61. A third driving member; 62. a clutch; 7. a knob.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the present application provides a clothes dryer including: the drying machine comprises a machine body, a heating source 31 and a plurality of drying chambers, wherein the heating source and the drying chambers are positioned in the machine body; the chamber where the heat source 31 is located and the plurality of drying chambers are independent respectively; the hot air flow emitted by the heat source 31 is switched on and off with each drying chamber through a switching device respectively so as to dry at least one drying chamber.

This example has three embodiments:

the first method is as follows: a first drying cavity 1 is formed in each drying chamber, namely a plurality of first drying cavities 1 are formed in the clothes dryer, a roller 11 is rotatably arranged in each first drying cavity 1, clothes to be dried are placed in the roller 11 for rolling drying, and a door body 111 for sealing the roller is arranged at the position of the roller 11;

the second method comprises the following steps: a second drying cavity 2 is formed in each drying chamber, namely a plurality of second drying cavities 2 are formed in the clothes dryer, a drawer 21 is slidably mounted in each second drying cavity 2, a cover body 211 for sealing the drawer 21 is arranged on the drawer 21, a folding assembly is mounted in each drawer 21, and the folding assembly is used for placing clothes to be dried in a flat state and driving the clothes to be dried to be folded and then placed into the drawer 21 for drying;

the third method comprises the following steps: a first drying cavity 1 is formed in part of the drying chamber, and a second drying cavity 2 is formed in the other part of the drying chamber.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1-2, a third method includes two drying chambers, a first drying chamber 1 and a second drying chamber 2 are respectively formed in the two drying chambers, a drum 11 is installed in the first drying chamber 1, and a drawer 21 is installed in the second drying chamber 2.

Further, as shown in fig. 3, the switching device includes a first switching member 41 and a second switching member 42; the first switching assembly 41 comprises a first driving member 411 and a first control valve 412, the first driving member 411 controls the movement of the first control valve 412 to realize the on-off of the heat generating source 31 and the first drying chamber 1; the second switching assembly 42 includes a second driving member 421 and a second control valve 422, and the second driving member 421 controls the operation of the second control valve 422 to switch the heat generating source 31 and the second drying chamber 2.

For the first drying chamber 1, the first drying chamber 1 is provided with an air inlet 14 at the air flow direction of the heat generating source 31; the first switching assembly 41 includes a first driving member 411, a first control valve 412, and a first driving member 411, the first control valve 412 and the first driving member 411 are connected in a transmission manner, the first control valve 412 is located at the air inlet 14, and the first driving member 411 drives the first control valve 412 to move, so as to realize opening and closing of the air inlet 14. Specifically, the output end of the first driving member 411 is provided with a gear, the blades of the first control valve 412 are provided with racks adapted to the gear, and the first driving member 411 drives the gear to rotate forward or backward, so that the racks drive the blades of the first control valve 412 to move back and forth, and the air inlet 14 is opened or closed.

The first control valve 412 works in a manner that the first driving member 411 drives the blades of the first control valve 412 to move left and right through the cooperation of the gear and the rack, so that the blades of the first control valve 412 are overlapped or staggered with the corresponding air inlets 14 on the first drying chamber 1, thereby opening and closing the air inlets 14.

For the second drying cavity 2, an air inlet channel is arranged in the second drying cavity 2 in the air flow direction of the heating source 31; the second switching assembly 42 includes a second driving member 421 and a second control valve 422, the second driving member 421 is in transmission connection with the second control valve 422 to drive the second control valve 422 to rotate, the second control valve 422 is located at the air inlet of the air inlet channelOr the air outlet is used for plugging or opening the air inlet channel. The second control valve 422 has a blade width D₁Length d of₁The width of the cross section of the air inlet channel is D₂Length d of₂(ii) a Wherein D is₁≥D₂，d₁≥d₂。

Wherein, the air inlet duct of the second drying chamber 2 is arranged at the upper end of the chamber where the heat source 31 is arranged, wherein a second control valve 422 and a second driving member 421 are arranged, the blades of the second control valve 422 are driven to rotate by the rotation of the second driving member 421, the air inlet duct of the second drying chamber 2 is disconnected when the blades of the second control valve 422 rotate to the horizontal position, and the air inlet duct of the second drying chamber 2 is opened when the blades of the second control valve 422 rotate to the vertical position.

Further, the machine body also comprises an air exhaust device 5; the exhaust device 5 is communicated with the first exhaust channel 13 of the first drying cavity 1 and the second exhaust channel 22 of the second drying cavity 2. Specifically, the exhaust device 5 includes an air guiding duct 51 and exhaust blades 52, the air guiding duct 51 is communicated with both the first exhaust channel 13 and the second exhaust channel 22, and the exhaust blades 52 are disposed in the air guiding duct 51. The first exhaust passage 13 and the second exhaust passage 22 are joined to the exhaust device 5 at the wind guide duct 51, and the wet air is exhausted by the exhaust device 5.

In addition, as shown in fig. 4, a braking device 6 is also included in the body; the brake device 6 comprises a third driver 61 and a clutch 62; the output end of the third driving member 61 is in transmission connection with the driving end of the clutch 62 and the exhaust fan blade 52, and the output end of the clutch 62 is in transmission connection with the drum 11. Specifically, the third driving member 61 is in transmission connection with the exhaust fan blade 52 through the exhaust belt pulley 53, the clutch 62 is in transmission connection with the drum 11 through the drum belt pulley 12, and the clutch 62 is connected with the third driving member 61 through a transmission shaft.

It should be noted that the heat source 31 in this embodiment is a heater, the chamber where the heater is located is an air diversion cavity 3, the air diversion cavity 3 is composed of an air diversion cavity shell 32 and a diversion cavity cover 33, both the first control valve 412 and the second control valve 422 are air valves, rotation and movement are rotation and movement of air valve blades, and the first driving member 411 and the second driving member 421 are stepping motors, so as to control the number of turns or angles of operation thereof through a controller signal, so that the first control valve 412 and the second control valve 422 are controlled more accurately, the degree of automation is high, and the third driving member 61 is a common motor.

For the completeness of the scheme, the system also comprises a control device; the control device comprises a knob 7 and a controller, the knob 7 is arranged on the surface of the machine body and is electrically connected with the controller to output a signal instruction, and the controller is respectively electrically connected with the switching device and the braking device 6 to control the switching of the drying mode.

The control method of the clothes dryer comprises the following steps:

acquiring a target operation mode signal of the clothes dryer;

acquiring a current operation mode signal of the clothes dryer;

if the current operation mode is the same as the target operation mode signal, the current operation mode of the switching device 4 and the braking device 6 is maintained;

and if the current operation mode is different from the target operation mode signal, controlling the switching device 4 and the braking device 6 to switch the operation modes.

Wherein the performing the operation mode conversion comprises:

the first drying cavity 1 is in a drying mode: controlling the first control valve 412 to operate, the second control valve 422 to close, and the control clutch 62 to be connected with the third driver 61; in this mode, the first control valve 412 is open, the second control valve 422 is closed, the clutch 62 is connected, and the heater operates at a second, lower power level to provide a heat source. When the clothes dryer runs, the second drying cavity 2 is disconnected from the air shunting cavity 3 where the heater is positioned, and hot air cannot be supplied; the hot air is separately supplied to the first drying chamber 1 and the drum 11 is rotated, which is suitable for a case where the laundry is small and the laundry is not required to be separately dried.

And the second drying cavity 2 is in a drying mode: the first control valve 412 is controlled to be closed, the second control valve 422 is controlled to be opened, and the clutch 62 is controlled to be disconnected from the third driver 61; in this mode, the first control valve 412 is closed, the second control valve 422 is open, the clutch 62 is disengaged, and the heater is operating in third gear low power. When the clothes dryer operates, the first drying cavity 1 is disconnected from the air diversion cavity 3 where the heater is located, and hot air cannot be supplied; the hot air is supplied separately to the second drying chamber 2 and the drum 11 is in a state of stopped rotation, which is suitable for clothes with little or no body clothes or clothes which are liable to wrinkle.

The simultaneous drying mode of the first drying chamber 1 and the second drying chamber 2 is as follows: the first control valve 412 and the second control valve 422 are controlled to operate simultaneously, and the control clutch 62 is connected to the third driver 61. In this mode, the first control valve 412 and the second control valve 422 are open, the clutch 62 is closed, and the heater is operating at full first gear. When the clothes dryer is operated, the first drying cavity 1 and the second drying cavity 2 can be supplied with hot air, and the drum 11 is in a rotating state, so that the mode is suitable for the condition that more clothes exist, or different clothes need to be dried separately, or clothes which are easy to wrinkle exist.

It is noted that, in this document, relational terms such as "first" and "second," and the like, may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The above description is only exemplary of the invention, and is intended to enable those skilled in the art to understand and implement the invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A clothes dryer, characterized by comprising: the drying machine comprises a machine body, a heating source (31) and a plurality of drying chambers, wherein the heating source and the drying chambers are positioned in the machine body;

the chamber where the heating source (31) is located and the drying chambers are independent respectively;

the hot air flow emitted by the heating source (31) is switched on and off with each drying chamber through a switching device respectively so as to dry at least one drying chamber.

2. Laundry drying machine, according to claim 1, characterized in that a plurality of first drying chambers (1) are respectively formed in a plurality of said drying chambers; or a plurality of second drying cavities (2) are formed in the plurality of drying chambers respectively; or, a first drying cavity (1) is formed in part of the drying chamber, and a second drying cavity (2) is formed in the drying chamber.

3. Laundry dryer according to claim 2, characterized in that said switching means comprise a first switching assembly (41), and/or a second switching assembly (42);

the on-off between the hot air flow of the heating source (31) and the first drying cavity (1) is controlled through the first switching component (41), and the on-off between the hot air flow of the heating source (31) and the second drying cavity (2) is controlled through the second switching component (42).

4. Laundry dryer according to claim 3, characterized in that said first drying chamber (1) is provided with an air inlet (14) at the direction of the air flow of said heat generating source (31);

the first switching assembly (41) comprises a first driving piece (411) and a first control valve (412), the first driving piece (411) is in transmission connection with the first control valve (412), the first control valve (412) is located at the air inlet (14), and the first driving piece (411) drives the first control valve (412) to move so as to realize opening and closing of the air inlet (14).

5. Clothes dryer according to claim 4, characterized in that the output end of the first driving member (411) is provided with a gear, the first control valve (412) is provided with a rack adapted to the gear, the first driving member (411) drives the gear to rotate forward or backward, so that the rack drives the first control valve (412) to move back and forth.

6. Laundry dryer according to claim 3, characterized in that said second drying chamber (2) is provided with an air intake channel at the direction of the air flow of said heat generating source (31);

the second switches subassembly (42) and includes second driving piece (421) and second control valve (422), second driving piece (421) with second control valve (422) transmission is connected, second control valve (422) are located inlet air or air outlet department drive second control valve (422) rotate to shutoff or open inlet air passageway.

7. Laundry dryer according to claim 6, characterized in that said second control valve (422) has a blade width D₁Length d of₁The width of the cross section of the air inlet channel is D₂Length d of₂(ii) a Wherein D is₁≥D₂，d₁≥d₂。

8. Laundry drying machine, according to claim 2, characterized in that said first drying chamber (1) is rotatably equipped with a drum (11) and said second drying chamber (2) is slidably equipped with a drawer (21).

9. Laundry drying machine, according to claim 8, characterized in that exhaust means (5) are also provided in said body;

and the exhaust device (5) is communicated with exhaust channels of the first drying cavity (1) and the second drying cavity (2).

10. The clothes dryer of claim 9, wherein said air exhaust means (5) comprises an air guiding duct (51) and air exhaust blades (52), said air guiding duct (51) is communicated with the air exhaust passages of said first drying chamber (1) and said second drying chamber (2), and said air exhaust blades (52) are disposed inside said air guiding duct (51).

11. Laundry drying machine, according to claim 10, characterized in that said body also comprises braking means (6);

the brake device (6) comprises a third driver (61) and a clutch (62);

the output end of the third driving piece (61) is in transmission connection with the driving end of the clutch (62) and the exhaust fan blade (52), and the output end of the clutch (62) is in transmission connection with the roller (11).

12. The clothes dryer of claim 11 further comprising control means;

the control device comprises a knob (7) and a controller, the knob (7) is electrically connected with the controller to output signal instructions, and the controller is respectively electrically connected with the switching device and the braking device (6) to control the switching of the drying mode.