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EP0351608A1
EP0351608A1 EP89111968A EP89111968A EP0351608A1 EP 0351608 A1 EP0351608 A1 EP 0351608A1 EP 89111968 A EP89111968 A EP 89111968A EP 89111968 A EP89111968 A EP 89111968A EP 0351608 A1 EP0351608 A1 EP 0351608A1
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laundry
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Graziello Grandin
Maurizio Saccia
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Industrie Zanussi SpA
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
    • D06F58/02—Domestic laundry dryers having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis
    • D06F58/04—Details 
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
    • D06F58/02—Domestic laundry dryers having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis
    • D06F58/04—Details 
    • D06F58/06—Mountings for the rotating drums
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F2103/00—Parameters monitored or detected for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2103/02—Characteristics of laundry or load
    • D06F2103/08—Humidity
    • D06F2103/10—Humidity expressed as capacitance or resistance
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F2105/00—Systems or parameters controlled or affected by the control systems of washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2105/28—Electric heating
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F2105/00—Systems or parameters controlled or affected by the control systems of washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2105/30—Blowers
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F2105/00—Systems or parameters controlled or affected by the control systems of washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2105/46—Drum speed; Actuation of motors, e.g. starting or interrupting
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
    • D06F58/32—Control of operations performed in domestic laundry dryers 
    • D06F58/34—Control of operations performed in domestic laundry dryers  characterised by the purpose or target of the control
    • D06F58/36—Control of operational steps, e.g. for optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry
    • D06F58/38—Control of operational steps, e.g. for optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry of drying, e.g. to achieve the target humidity

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  • the present invention relates to a drying machine for laundry, in particu­lar a domestic dryer provided with a drum for the laundry supported within the cabinet of the machine to rotate about a horizontal axis and equipped with sensor electrodes for measuring the degree of residual moisture in the laundry.
  • this type of machine is provided with sensor electrodes adapted to measure the conductance of the laundry and thus the degree of residual moisture therein in order to control the drying process and prevent the laundry from being damaged by any overdrying and overheat­ing.
  • Electrodes are joined up to the electric circuit of the machine and connected to the driving motor of the drum, to the motor of the fan and to the heating elements for the drying air.
  • the sensor electrodes are generally disposed within the drum in such a way as to be in contact with the laundry during the entire drying phase and to produce electrical output signals corresponding to the dif­ferent degrees of drying of the laundry during the operation of the ma­chine.
  • This drying machine for laundry is also provided with a suitable moisture control means consisting, for example, of an electronic compara­tor of the conventional type connected to the sensor electrodes by means of sliding contacts on the drum and designed to perform comparison be­tween the electrical signals from the electrodes and further electrical reference signals corresponding to the various states of drying of the laundry.
  • a suitable moisture control means consisting, for example, of an electronic compara­tor of the conventional type connected to the sensor electrodes by means of sliding contacts on the drum and designed to perform comparison be­tween the electrical signals from the electrodes and further electrical reference signals corresponding to the various states of drying of the laundry.
  • control means switches off the heating elements and the driving motors of the drum and the fan, thereby ending the drying process of the laundry.
  • European patent application no. 0136.491 from the same applicant dis­closes means for sliding support of the front flange of the drum consist­ing of bearings housed, either in fixed or in pivoting fashion, within a collar disposed inside the cabinet of the machine. It is known from the same applicant's European patent no. 0106283 to realize the sensor elec­trodes by means of the two metal half shells which form the laundry drum.
  • the two metal half shells are separated by an insulating ring and connected to the moisture control means by means of the sliding contact of a brush on the raised edge of the front flange of the drum.
  • a drying machine for laundry in particular of the domestic type and com­prising an outer cabinet supporting in its interior, in such a way that it rotates about a horizontal axis, the drum adapted to contain the laundry to be dried, the drum consisting substantially of two metal half shells separated by an electrically insulating ring and connected to the power supply and to the ground of the machine, respectively, in order to func­tion as electrodes for sensing the moisture of the laundry and to cooper­ate with a drying control means known per se and connected with the sensor electrodes, the drum also being provided with a central opening supported in a corresponding collar disposed within the cabinet and pro­vided with means for sliding support of the drum, characterized in that at least one of the means for sliding support of the drum also realizes the electric contact between the drum and the means for controlling the re­sidual moisture in the laundry contained in the drum.
  • inventive drying machine 3 consists substantially of an outer cabinet 4 housing a drum 5 for the laundry to be dried and rotated by a motor 6 and by transmission means known per se and not shown.
  • Machine 3 also comprises all those mechanical and electrical means (for example fans, pneumatic conduits, heating means for the drying air) necessary for its operation and sufficiently well known that they can be disregarded in the following description.
  • mechanical and electrical means for example fans, pneumatic conduits, heating means for the drying air
  • drum 5 has a front opening 10 and consists of two half shells 7, 8 functioning di­rectly as sensor electrodes and separated from each other by a ring 9 made of electrically insulating material.
  • Drum 5 is supported in rotating fashion within cabinet 4 both in correspondence with the rear pivot pin, not shown, and in correspondence with the edge of front opening 10.
  • Rear half shell 7 is connected electrically to ground in correspond­ence with the contact between the pivot pin of drum 5 and cabinet 4 of machine 3.
  • Front half shell 8 is made alive by means of a sliding contact which will be described below and realizes the connection both with the power supply of machine 3 and with the terminal of a conventional electronic moisture control means joined up to the electrical circuit of the machine and not shown.
  • the other terminal of the electronic moisture control means is con­nected to ground.
  • the edge of front opening 10 of drum 5 is bent toward the front side of cabinet 4 (Fig. 2) by a horizontal piece 11 having an end 12 curved toward the rear side of cabinet 4.
  • a circular support collar 13 having an S-shaped radial section is fixed in correspondence with the edge of opening 10 of drum 5.
  • Collar 13 has a portion 14 disposed internally at opening 10 of drum 5 and in a position below horizontal piece 11 of the edge thereof, and a portion 15 supported on curved end 12 of said edge.
  • Portion 14 of collar 13 houses at least two bearings (only one bearing 16 being visible in the figures) made of antifriction material and adapted to effect the sliding support of edge 11 of drum 5.
  • inventive drying machine 3 at least one supporting bearing 16 is realized in antifriction material incorporating integrally an expedient percentage of material with elevated electrical conductivity (for example graphite).
  • support bearing 16 advantageously also realizes the slid­ing contact for the residual moisture control means for the laundry, thus avoiding the use of a disadvantageous additional component (brush con­tacts or the like).
  • the electrical conductivity of support bearing 16 can be realized by incorporating therein the metal elements or coating the sur­face thereof in contact with the drum by means of metal layers or me­tallic plating.
  • support bearing 16, and corresponding housing collar 13 can be realized in a form other than that described without prejudice to the feature that the electrical conductivity is guaranteed.

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  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Detail Structures Of Washing Machines And Dryers (AREA)
  • Control Of Washing Machine And Dryer (AREA)
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IT8834036U IT218178Z2 (it) 1988-07-22 1988-07-22 Macchina asciugabiancheria.
IT3403688U 1988-07-22

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EP1449954A1 (de) * 2003-02-19 2004-08-25 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Geräuscharmer Haushaltswäschetrockner
CN1854381B (zh) * 2005-04-25 2010-04-28 海尔集团公司 一种新型烘干机

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US3335501A (en) * 1964-06-24 1967-08-15 Whirlpool Co Electronic dry control with storage capacitors for dryers
EP0106283A2 (de) * 1982-10-08 1984-04-25 INDUSTRIE ZANUSSI S.p.A. Wäschetrockner
EP0136491A2 (de) * 1983-09-02 1985-04-10 INDUSTRIE ZANUSSI S.p.A. Lagerungs- und Dichtungsanordnung für die Trommel eines Wäschetrockners
EP0226209A2 (de) * 1985-12-16 1987-06-24 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Trockner

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3335501A (en) * 1964-06-24 1967-08-15 Whirlpool Co Electronic dry control with storage capacitors for dryers
EP0106283A2 (de) * 1982-10-08 1984-04-25 INDUSTRIE ZANUSSI S.p.A. Wäschetrockner
EP0136491A2 (de) * 1983-09-02 1985-04-10 INDUSTRIE ZANUSSI S.p.A. Lagerungs- und Dichtungsanordnung für die Trommel eines Wäschetrockners
EP0226209A2 (de) * 1985-12-16 1987-06-24 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Trockner

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1449954A1 (de) * 2003-02-19 2004-08-25 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Geräuscharmer Haushaltswäschetrockner
CN1854381B (zh) * 2005-04-25 2010-04-28 海尔集团公司 一种新型烘干机

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DE68903801D1 (en) 1993-01-21

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