Classifications

• • 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 

Definitions

• the invention relates to a drying rack according to the preamble of patent claim 1 and a clothes dryer according to the preamble of patent claim 14.
• the stationary arrangement of dry goods may be necessary if the dry goods are not allowed to be moved during the drying process. This can be the case, for example, with knitwear and garments made of wool that would shrink if they were moved during drying. The same can apply to shoes or other dry goods that could be damaged by movement in the drum.
• drying rack or dryer is known for example from DE 40 34 660 A1.
• a drying rack in the form of a laundry basket is described, which is attached to the rear of the drum rear wall and to the front of the dryer door.
• the laundry basket has the shape of an open bowl and is made of a wire mesh.
• Comparable drying racks are known from DE 27 06 595, DE 85 05 995 U1, US 3,344,532, US 3,316,659 and US 4,591,548. All of the aforementioned documents also describe drying racks in the form of an open shell. Drying racks designed in this way can take up a large volume, but they have the disadvantage, in particular, that the drying material forms a bale therein.
• the object of the invention is to create a drying rack of the type mentioned at the outset, with which dry goods arranged at rest can be dried faster and more efficiently, in particular from wool. According to the invention, this object is achieved by the features specified in claim 1. Advantageous refinements and developments of the invention result from the following subclaims.
• the surface area of the dry goods that can be reached by the dry air flow can be increased.
• larger items of clothing do not have to be dried as bales, but can be spread out flat and in particular in one layer.
• This also makes it possible to dry larger items of wool, such as pullovers, dresses or skirts, in a dryer, which otherwise could not be dried as bales, since the bale would remain moist in the core and overdry on the surface. Over-drying on the surface would damage the fabric and pose a high safety risk, since over-dried and overheated fabric can easily catch fire.
• the drying process becomes more efficient, since the hot drying air is better used and can absorb more moisture due to the increased surface area of the dry goods.
• the single-layer spreading on several surfaces not only accelerates their drying, but also makes it possible.
• the areas formed by the edges arranged one above the other are preferably largely open. Larger dry goods can thus be distributed over several surfaces by arranging a part on one surface and turning the part that extends beyond the surface edge around the edge and arranging it on an adjacent surface.
• a sweater can advantageously be arranged on a drying rack with three surfaces, with the chest area in the upper surface, the sleeves being folded over on the sides and arranged on the central area underneath, and the torso area of the sweater adjoining the chest area in is placed in the bottom surface in the same way.
• the dry goods can be arranged more easily on the surfaces, since an area above can be removed to load a surface. This can also be done with an articulated connection of the areas can be reached, and in addition the individual areas cannot be lost.
• a surface is connected to the drying rack via an articulated intermediate piece, this surface having supports which are arranged at a distance from the articulation point of the intermediate piece and can cooperate with receptacles which are formed either in the drying rack itself or in a further surface are, which can be connected to the drying rack.
• the articulated intermediate piece makes it possible to arrange the surface connected above in different ways, since the surface and the intermediate piece can be inclined upwards and downwards once when supports are used.
• the surface articulated via the intermediate piece can be arranged at different heights, several different arrangements of the surface also being possible with several receptacles for the supports.
• the surface can be arranged at the bottom with the intermediate piece inclined downward, so that there is sufficient space above the surface for the dry material.
• the drying rack and the surfaces can be made from a grid, in particular from metal wire, so that high mechanical stability with high air permeability can be achieved.
• the drying rack is provided with an outer casing in order to prevent dry goods from falling out over the edge of a surface and / or dry goods from coming into contact with the rotating drum, it can be manufactured, for example, from a lattice structure which has a smaller mesh width in the lower region than in the upper area or where a lower lattice part is spanned by brackets at the top. This prevents small dry goods from falling through and still increases safety.
• the outer casing is advantageously closed on all sides, with the exception of an access opening which can be arranged behind the filling opening of the tumble dryer and in particular closed by its door.
• the drying rack can have, for example, the shape of a cylinder which is open at one end and which can be inserted horizontally into the tumble dryer.
• a drying rack with an outer shell
• the fastening devices for fastening to the clothes dryer are arranged on the outer casing.
• the inner frame can either be inserted without further fastening or is fastened to the outer frame with simple, non-bulky fastenings, so that the inner frame which has been removed is easy to handle.
• the drying rack can also be designed in such a way that the inner rack is held at a distance from the bottom of the outer shell, so that in addition to the surfaces of the inner rack the bottom of the outer shell can be used for storing dry goods.
• three fastening devices are advantageously provided in order to prevent mechanical overdetermination, the three fastening devices being able to be provided, for example, at the bottom center and left or right of the filling opening of the tumble dryer.
• FIG. 1 shows a clothes dryer in vertical section with a drying rack inserted according to a first embodiment
• FIG. 2 is a side view of a drying rack according to a second embodiment
• 3 shows a view of the drying rack from FIG. 2 with a different arrangement of the surfaces
• Fig. 5 shows the drying rack of Figure 4 in a view from the front
• FIG. 6 shows the drying rack from FIG. 4 in a view from the side.
• the tumble dryer 2 shown in FIG. 1 has a drum 3 which can be rotated about a horizontal axis and within which laundry carriers 4 are fastened in order to move the laundry while the drum is rotating. Furthermore, a blower 14, a heating device 15 and a condenser 13 are provided in order to generate an air circuit through the drum 3 which is closed by the air duct 12. In this case, heated air from the heater 15 is passed from behind through the perforated bottom of the drum 3 into the drum 3, comes into contact with the laundry to be dried and flows through the filling opening of the drum 3 to a fluff filter 6 within a dryer door closing the filling opening 5.
• the air flow in the dryer door 5 is then deflected downward and is conducted from the air duct 12 to the condenser 13, in which laundry moisture absorbed by the air is condensed and removed by cooling. After the condenser 13, air is again passed from the blower 14 to the heating device 15.
• the drum 3 is mounted at the rear on the floor by means of a rotary bearing and at the front by means of a bearing plate 7, the drum 3 resting with a brim on a sliding strip 8 on the bearing plate 7 and thus being held at the front end.
• a drying rack 1 is also arranged within the drum 3. This comprises an outer casing 10 and an inner frame 16 arranged inside the outer casing 10.
• the outer casing 10 consists of a cylindrical wire basket which is closed at a bottom. At its front, open end, the outer shell 10 of the drying rack 1 has fastening tabs 11, which can cooperate with corresponding fastening receptacles 9, which are formed within the end shield 7. By attaching the drying rack 1 exclusively to the end shield 7, the drying rack 1 can be arranged at rest with particularly little effort within the rotatable drum 3.
• the inner frame 16 shown only partially in FIG. 1 according to a first embodiment is additionally shown in FIGS. 4 to 6.
• the top view shown in FIG. 4 shows two edge parts 17 which serve to connect the surfaces arranged one above the other.
• the individual surfaces are formed by the plastic frame 18, in which a fine, air-permeable plastic net 19 is stretched. This can be achieved by inserting the plastic net 19 into its shape during the manufacture of the frame 18 and injecting it into the frame 18.
• the attachment of the plastic frame 18 in the side parts 17 can be seen in the front view shown in FIG.
• the E-shaped side parts 17 have receptacles into which the plastic frames 18 can be inserted and, if necessary, locked.
• This configuration advantageously only requires two different parts, on the one hand the side parts 17 and on the other hand the surfaces consisting of the frame 18 and the plastic net 19.
• the inner frame 16 is shown from the side, in particular the side access openings 20 are shown within the side parts 17 through which one can get between the surfaces 18, 19 from the side.
• a dry material projecting beyond a surface 18, 19 can be turned around the edge both on the side and at the front, and the folded part can be arranged on an adjacent surface.
• a pair of pants can be placed into the inner frame in an S-shape.
• the chest area can be folded over onto the upper surface, the lower torso area in the front area and placed on the lower surface and the sleeves from the side onto the middle surface.
• FIGS. 2 and 3 A second embodiment of the drying rack 1 is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
• the drying rack 1 shown there in a lateral sectional view three surfaces 21-23 are provided, of which the lower surface 21 forms the base body for the drying rack 1 and has fastening devices (not shown) for fastening to the clothes dryer 2.
• an intermediate piece 26 is articulated, with which the upper surface 23 is in turn articulated.
• the upper surface 23 has 26 supports 24 on its underside, spaced apart from the intermediate piece.
• the drying rack 1 has receptacles for the central surface 22, which is detachably connected or removable to the drying rack 1 and has receptacles 25 for the supports 24 of the surface 23 arranged above, the receptacles 25 also providing support for the supports 24 in the horizontal direction.
• the upper surface 23 can be arranged parallel and at a distance, the upper surface 23 resting on the supports 24 and on the intermediate piece 26. If the middle surface 22 is removed, the intermediate piece 26 can be folded down and the upper surface 23 can be placed on the lower surface 21 by means of the supports 24, so that the upper surface 23 is arranged at the bottom and is inclined. In this arrangement, there is sufficient space above the upper surface 23 for the arrangement of larger dry goods such as shoes.
• the surfaces 21-23 can have edge regions curved upwards at the edges parallel to the drawing plane level in order to prevent dry goods arranged thereon from falling down on the sides.

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